The 2025 school year officially began on Friday, with the President of the Republic, Daniel Chapo, presiding over the central ceremonies in the Lugela district of Zambezia province. In the meantime, students are "going to their desks" as the shortage of teachers reaches 22,000 to cover current needs. Despite this gap, which will influence the ratio...
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First class registration starts today
Today, October 1, the nationwide enrollment of new 1st graders for the 2025 school year begins, with the expectation of enrolling around 1.6 million children who turn six by June 30. The process is expected to last until December 31, said the spokesperson for the Ministry of Education...
Teachers threaten to boycott evening classes and overtime this school year
The National Association of Teachers (ANAPRO) reiterates that if the Executive does not pay the 13 months of overtime arrears, they may not be able to secure work during the overtime period and the second shift. According to the association, the government has not done enough to resolve the dispute between the class and the Executive,...
Cholera in Zambia has killed 518 people and forced another postponement of the start of the school year
The cholera outbreak in Zambia has claimed 518 lives since October, Zambian Health Minister Sylvia Masebo announced on Wednesday, forcing the second postponement of the start of the school year. Zambia, which borders Angola, has been facing an increase in the cholera outbreak since October 2023 and is experiencing the worst epidemic...
From terrorism to lack of overtime pay: Uncertainties persist just before the start of the new school year
A few days before the start of the school year in February, it is expected that several schools that have been closed due to the terrorist attacks in Cabo Delgado province, northern Mozambique, since October 2017 may remain closed. Outside of this situation, the Ministry of Education and Human Development guarantees that school books will be distributed...
Grade 7 students who fail this year will move on to secondary school in 2023
The students who pass from the 6th grade and those who failed the 7th grade in the current school year will be integrated into Secondary Education in 2023, as part of the implementation of the new Law of the National Education System (SNE). The information was provided by the Director of Social Affairs Services in Maputo City, Artur Dombo, stressing that...
Schoolbooks have already started to arrive in the country
The books for the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th grades, of the National Education System, have already started to arrive in the country, about a month after the beginning of the school year. According to the spokesperson of the Ministry of Education and Human Development (MINEDH), Gina Guibunda, distribution of the textbooks will be soon. Speaking to Notícias, Guibunda said...
MINEDH guarantees that textbook will arrive at the end of this month
The books for the 1st, 2nd, 4th and 6th grade of the National Education System may be in the country still this month, about a month after the beginning of the current school year 2022. The guarantee was given a few days ago, in Maputo, by the spokesperson of the Ministry of Education and Human Development (MINEDH), Gina Guibunda, having referred that...
MINEDH considers resuming normal class schedule after easing restrictive measures
The normal schedule of classes may resume in the current school year, with the relief of the restrictive measures imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic. According to the spokesperson for the Ministry of Education and Human Development (MINEDH), Gina Guibunda, her institution is discussing this possibility, however, for it to become effective, all schools must have...
MINEDH builds more than a thousand classrooms for the 2022 school year
At least 1256 new classrooms will come into operation in the current school year, which starts on January 31, housing a little over 125 thousand students throughout the country. The infrastructures, erected with conventional material, were built on the basis of the Education Sector Support Fund (FASE) and support from the...