Mozambique: Government will hire almost 3,000 teachers next year
Notícias
The municipal councils of the cities of Inhambane and Maxixe in Inhambane province yesterday took over the management of education and health services as part of ongoing decentralisation, Notícias reports.
Provincial governor Daniel Chapo signed agreements with the municipal councils of the two municipalities marking the delivery of these services to municipal management. Maxixe municipality also takes over industry and commerce services.
The permanent secretary of Inhambane province, Ricardo Nhacuongue, explained that the signing the memoranda of transfer passes to the municipalities 58 primary schools, of which 31 are in the city of Maxixe and 27 in the city of Inhambane, as well as various vehicles and movable assets.
Under the protocols signed yesterday, 232 employees and state agents will be transferred, 161 to the municipality of Maxixe and 71 to Inhambane. The personnel transferred cover only the technical administrative staff of primary schools. Maxixe currently has two senior, 42 middle, 73 basic and 44 elementary teachers. The provincial capital has one senior teacher, 34 middle, 16 basic and 20 elementary teachers.
Ricardo Nhacuongue explained that health competences transferred are foreseen in article 12 of the above mentioned decree and in accordance with the national health policy, regulations, norms, specifications and technical manuals, professional rules and quality standards required by the Ministry of Health.
The health network being transferred is composed of 17 health units, nine of which are located in Maxixe itself and eight in Inhambane. In this sector, 232 employees and civil servants will be transferred, 109 for the city of Maxixe and 93 for the city of Inhambane.
The industry and commerce sector, which only Maxixe is taking over in this first phase, includes the registration and inspection of small industrial establishments, licensing and supervision of commercial activity, activities carried out in commercial establishments such as ‘barracas’, tents and stalls and by hawkers.
Nhacuongue noted that the two municipalities had expressed their interest in taking over the functions and competencies in the indicated areas in 2010, with multi-sectoral teams from the provincial, districts and the municipalities undertaking a survey of human resources to be transferred.
In his address, the governor of Inhambanbe said that the transfer of competence expressed the desire of the Mozambican state to deepen democracy and good governance and press ahead with decentralisation.
Daniel Chapo called on Benedito Guimino and Simão Rafael, heads of local authorities in Inhambane and Maxixe respectively, to set up solid structures for the management of these activities.
The two mayors acknowledged that the transfer of these services to their municipalities posed a challenge to management capacity and said they would do everything to ensure that health, education, and industry and trade worked to the public‘s advantage.
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