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First Lady Isaura Nyusi has expressed concern about recent high drop-out levels at literacy centres in Mozambique.
The First Lady was speaking in Maputo province on Saturday at the opening ceremony of a Movement for Advocacy, Awareness and Resource Mobilisation for Literacy (MASMA) evaluation meeting.
“It encourages us to know that literacy centres have a good participation, particularly of women, but we are concerned about the level of drop-outs that has taken place,” she said.
The wife of the president praised the role of literacy centres in building the character of citizens and contributing to the country’s social development.
Even so, she said, “The country continues to have an illiteracy rate that does not dignify us. Overall, out of 100 adults, 45 cannot read or write. The situation is still worse among women, because in every 100 adult women, 58 need help”.
According to Isaura Nyusi, the eradication of literacy in Mozambique depends on integrated actions and coordinated efforts in all sectors.
“We hope to ensure school enrolment of children at the right age because children who do not have access in a timely manner, or those who later give up, increase the number of non-literate youngsters and adults in the country,” she said.
Isaura Nyusi said that the greatest challenge was not only getting adults to come to literacy centres, but also ensuring they created the material, moral and psychological conditions for their children and grandchildren to attend school in a timely manner.
“We urge teachers, educators, literacy teachers and, in particular, secondary and tertiary students, to learn to teach creatively and with enthusiasm in the certainty that together we will create the conditions for a healthy and prosperous Mozambique in this century,” she said.
Minister of Education and Human Development, Conceição Sortane, said that one of the biggest challenges in the sector was to get the non-literate population to go to the country’s educational institutions.
“This meeting comes at a time when the population census is under way, and this will help us establish how many people are not literate and so better tailor our strategies,” she said.
Sortane said it was important for the government to commit itself to ensuring that literate youth and adults are empowered to meet the challenges of globalisation and the digital age.
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