Male Pupils in Kitwe are shunning classes to pick chrome at the ore rich black mountain.
Kitwe District Administrative officer Mulenga Mwamba says a number of schools in Kitwe are recording a lot of absenteeism because pupils are flocking to the black mountain for quick cash.
He told ZNBC’s Kunda Masupelo on the sidelines of the Child protection against Child labor meeting that the most affected schools are in Kitwe’s Wusakile and Nkana constituencies.
Meanwhile Kitwe Principal Labor Officer Constantine Mbazima said there is need to protect pupils in Kitwe from the black mountain to ensure they get an education.