Around 1,500 pupils share five classrooms in two shifts, an average of 150 per classroom, at the only secondary school in the district of Nipepe, in Niassa province. The district's government authorities say that overcrowding and a shortage of teachers have a negative impact on the quality of teaching. To reverse the...
Half of the schools closed due to the terrorist attacks in Cabo Delgado will open this year. This information was revealed by the head of primary education at the Cabo Delgado provincial education directorate, Manuel Bacar. He says that the opening of schools in areas that were once the target of terrorist attacks in the northern province of Cabo Delgado...
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will disburse more than 10.5 million dollars, equivalent to 682 million meticais, to finance the retention program in schools in Zambezia and Nampula provinces. It is a program that will be implemented by the Center for Education and Learning and Capacity Building...
There is a growing wave of drug consumption and abuse of alcohol in schools, especially at the basic and secondary levels in the country. The concern was expressed by the Mozambican Youth Organization, OJM, and also by the police who are calling on the society to join efforts to combat this phenomenon. In recent months, there has been an increase...
In Niassa province, heavy rains and strong winds destroyed 18 schools of conventional, mixed and precarious construction, affecting more than four thousand students. The situation also affects 181 teachers. The provincial director of Education in Niassa, Alocre Jaime, said that in order to ensure the continuity of the teaching-learning process, the province received from the United Nations Fund...
More than 700 schools at various levels of education were destroyed by Tropical Storm Ana in Mozambique. Over 350,000 students were affected in the central and northern provinces of the country. The Minister of Education, Carmelita Namashulua, said that everything is being done for the students to attend classes. The minister ...
A total of 778 schools were destroyed by Tropical Storm Ana in the provinces of Zambezia, Tete, Manica, Sofala and Nampula. The phenomenon affected 302 thousand students and 4700 teachers. The spokeswoman for the Ministry of Education and Human Development, Gina Guibunda, said that tents or other temporary facilities will be used to ensure the start of classes,...
Unicef said Thursday that governments around the world should do everything possible to keep schools open, despite the high number of covid-19 infections linked to the Omicron variant in several countries, according to the agency's statement quoted by Mozambican media. Henrietta Forre, executive director of Unicef, says it is necessary to...
Fourteen schools closed due to terrorist attacks in the districts of Mocímboa da Praia and Palma, in Cabo Delgado, will reopen in the academic year about to start. The information was shared Monday by the spokesman for the Provincial Directorate of Education in Cabo Delgado, Manuel Bacar, stating that in the two districts are already created the necessary conditions for the reopening of the school...
Uganda announced today that schools are reopening, ending one of the world's longest school closures caused by the covid-19 pandemic, with students going almost two years without classroom instruction. About 15 million primary and secondary school students had been out of school since March...