Recent cases of errors in sixth grade textbooks have led the Center for Democracy and Development (CDD) to call for the resignation of Education Minister Carmelita Namashulua this Friday.

"In the field of political responsibility, the Minister of Education and Human Development, Carmelita Namashulua, should make her seat available," the non-governmental organization writes. For CDD Namashulua has demonstrated an inability to lead the sector.

In principle, for the NGO, the Minister should resign, but if she does not want to, the President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, should remove her from office.

The CDD believes that Namashulua is not blameless, because legally it must ultimately authorize the textbooks used in the National Education System, after they have been reviewed by the School Book Evaluation Committee.

"What future can be expected from a country where a large part of young people have no access to formal education, and the very few that do have it are poorly trained by teachers without the proper skills and based on books that contain false information and serious errors?", questions CDD.

The CDD considers this to be "an intentional agenda to ensure the construction of a generation of poorly educated citizens, which will make them civically weak and unable to critically question the government of the day."

The misconceptions about textbooks, he continues, are only part of the deficiencies in the National Education System, which include the late distribution of textbooks, poor teacher training, degradation of educational infrastructures, and lack of material and financial resources.

The CDD accuses the authorities of "patronizing" the degradation of education, accusing the government of a lack of determination in holding it accountable for the scenario.