Nyusi extends compulsory basic education to 9th grade

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Nyusi extends compulsory basic education to 9th grade

11:41 CAT | 04 Jan 2019

Filipe Nyusi - President of Mozambique

Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi has signed the revised National System of Education Law, which extends compulsory basic education to the ninth grade.

With the enactment of the Law, which is already in force, students move on to secondary education from the seventh grade following the approval by parliament during the eighth ordinary session.
However, compulsory basic education is extended up to ninth grade.

The revised legal instrument extends the classes for compulsory basic education, from the first to the ninth class. Before, compulsory basic education ranged from first to seventh grade.
Another notable change is the fact that primary education is now from first to sixth grade and with only one teacher for each class.

Currently, from the sixth class, there are several teachers for each discipline and porimary education extends to seventh grade.

Additionally, secondary education will now be from the seventh to the 12th grade.
Before the amendment, secondary education was from the eighth to the 12th grade.
The MDM and Renamo are, however, advocating deeper moves.
But Frelimo argues that the revision made is in line with current challenges and responds to the needs of the Mozambican society.
And the Executive says it submitted to Parliament the proposed amendments to the Law after it had been in force for 26 years without any change since its enforcement in 1992.

In a statement on the official website, the Presidency of the Republic states that President Nyusi further promulgated and also published the laws establishing the National Quality System, the Legal Framework of Foundations, and the Legal System for the Use of Mobile Things as a Guarantee of Compliance with Obligations and creates the Central Registry of Secured Guarantees.
This last law, finally approved by Parliament on November 28, allows citizens to have access to credit by using mobile assets as guarantees.

“The aforementioned laws were recently approved by the Assembly of the Republic and submitted to the President of the Republic for promulgation, and the Head of State verified that they do not contradict the Basic Law,” said the statement from the Presidency.

Source: O País