After Nampula, the education sector in Cabo Delgado province has also decided to suspend classes in seven districts to mitigate the effects of severe tropical storm Jude. These are the districts of Pemba, Mecúfi, Metuge, Chiúre, Ancuabe, Namuno and Balama, which will have classes suspended for an indefinite period, according to the Education spokesman, Rachide...
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Gaza: Government suspends classes in seven schools due to flooding
The government, through the provincial directorate of Education in Gaza, southern Mozambique, has decided to suspend classes in seven schools in the Limpopo district, following the second wave of flooding. According to the spokeswoman for the provincial education directorate in Gaza, Raquelija Jorge, the situation has forced the transfer of more than 500 pupils to other...
Nampula: Japan donates USD 72, 780 thousand to build classrooms
The Japanese government has announced funding of 72,780 thousand dollars for the classroom construction project at the Mecubúri Rural Family Polytechnic Institute in Nampula province. The funding aims to improve the school environment and performance so that students can acquire skills in suitable environments. The project has already been...
General education classes start on February 4th
General education classes for the 2025 school year will start on February 4, with an estimated 1.6 million new first-graders. The official opening will take place on Friday, with the participation of school principals, teachers and other staff from the education sector and parents...
Civil society calls for school closures in the face of post-election demonstrations
The Civil Society Learning and Training Centre (CESC), a Mozambican non-governmental organization (NGO), is calling on the Ministry of Education and Human Development to stop classes in order to guarantee the safety of children due to the demonstrations against the election results taking place in the country. In a statement published on its website, the...
UNICEF funds construction of classrooms in Nampula
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is building fourteen resilient classrooms and public toilets in three schools in the Chipene, Lúrio and Sede Administrative Posts in Memba district, Nampula province. With the construction of these schools, it is hoped that more than five thousand pupils will be able to study in good conditions and...
MINEDH promises school books before classes start in 2025
The country's elementary school will be able to receive their teaching and learning books before the start of the 2025 school year, the spokesman for the Ministry of Education and Human Development said today. According to Manuel Simbine, this can be achieved with the recent approval of the Framework Agreement, which establishes a minimum of three years...
General strike: Teachers vow to stop work from Friday
Teachers will stop work from next Friday (26) if the government fails to pay 13 months' overtime by then, the President of the National Teachers' Association (ANAPRO) warned on Saturday. This stoppage could affect an undetermined number of students, some of whom will not be able to...
Cabo Delgado: More than 1,500 students still out of school due to terrorism
Just over 1,500 pupils at the Quirimba administrative post, in the district of Ibo, have been out of school since March due to the terrorist attacks affecting the province of Cabo Delgado, in northern Mozambique. According to the Director of Education, Youth and Technology in the Ibo district, the terrorist actions have left the sector's infrastructure...
Matsinho pupils get decent classrooms
Around 2,000 pupils will now study in more decent conditions, with the inauguration of a new five-classroom school in the Matsinho administrative post, Vanduzi district, in Manica province, central Mozambique. The classrooms are spread over two blocks. The school also has administrative services, as well as toilets and a...