Abiara Oreke Primary school in ward 17 constituency of Kairuku District in Central Province opened a single stand alone staff house on Saturday (19 October).

The staff house was built at a total cost of K40 000.

The funding came from the Kairuku District Development Authority.

The DDA made another K50,000 commitment to assist the school with any infrastructure developments.

Head teacher for Oreke Primary School, Mr Jimmy Francis said housing is one of the key areas that needs serious consideration.

“Teachers, Doctors, etc, are very important service providers in the country, therefore to revive the District to a new level, housing is needed the most,” Francis said.

Mr Francis said Oreke Primary school is one of the least developed schools in the district, but with the help of the Kairuku DDA team he will now be intending to build one more staff house before the 2025 schooling year begins.

He further added in the beginning of this year there were eight teaching staff including Mr Francis, however, due to housing difficulties some of the teachers had to leave.

With the minimum number of teachers it is very difficult to double lessons and also take lead as a Head teacher for running the school.

He said it is a mammoth task.