The high number of stalled school construction works in Sofala province has led some partners of the Ministry of Education and Human Development (MINEDH) to withdraw funding.

More organizations are threatening to stop supporting the reconstruction of school infrastructure, according to Sofala governor Lourenço Bulha during the II Provincial Planning Meeting of the sector.

"The partners have recently sent letters threatening to cut off financing if the institution does not improve management and solve the problem of stalled works," he pointed out.

The governor also urged the sector's managers to discuss in depth the hiring of teachers for the 2023 school year in order to reduce the student/teacher ratio.

He also pointed out the need to adopt dynamic measures in the acquisition of desks, rehabilitation of rooms, use of scarce financial resources, with a focus on the sector's budget, partner funds, among other issues.

Regarding the 2021 educational achievement, it revealed that of the 646,677 students enrolled in the public system, 616,901 reached the fi end of the year, having passed 574. 006, which corresponds to a 93 percent pass rate.

The figure, according to the leader, represents a decrease of 5.3 percent compared to the year 2020, when the utilization was 98.3 percent.

The highest percentage of school achievement was registered in Literacy and Youth and Adult Education, with 96.3 percent. The lowest was in 1st cycle general secondary education, with 88.7 percent.

Last year, achievement in junior high school was 88.7 percent, compared to 95.5 percent in 2020.

Meanwhile, the failure and dropout rates were 11 and 2.7 percent, respectively. The lowest yield was recorded in Búzi district (75.5 percent) and the highest (97 percent) in Chibabava.

Meanwhile, in ESG 2nd cycle, teaching achievement was 89.5 percent, down from 94.6 percent in 2020. Failures and dropouts in 2021 were 10.5 and 0.1 percent, respectively.