Mozambique: Scholarship holders leave for technical-professional education in Portugal

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Mozambique: Scholarship holders leave for technical-professional education in Portugal

12:18 CAT | 11 Mar 2022

Photo: O País

A total of 22 Mozambican scholarship students participating in a technical-professional scholarship program have recently left to continue their studies in Leiria, Portugal.

According to the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education (MCTES), this represents the implementation of the memorandum of understanding signed in July 2021 between the Scholarship Institute (IBE) and the Integrated Development Agency of the North (ADIN), whose purpose is to promote the formation of human capital in Mozambique through access to scholarships.

The director-general of the IBE, Carla Caomba, says that these young people will join others already there who are benefiting from training in the area of technical-professional education, making a total of 39 of a group of 50 students in Leiria.

In her speech, Caomba urged the scholarship holders to honour the opportunity they were enjoying by committing themselves to the fullest in their studies, and promoting a healthy social and cultural exchange with the Portuguese.

In fact, she said, technical-professional education is paramount for the training of highly qualified technicians with the skills and abilities demanded by the domestic and foreign productive sectors.

“We believe that the young people leaving for the Portuguese Republic today, and the many others who will follow them, will, once they have graduated, contribute to the promotion of growth and socio-economic development in our country, a basic prerequisite for the creation of social well-being,” Caomba said.

Furthermore, the strengthening and growth of this movement and the creation of new opportunities for granting scholarships and training for other young people and fellow citizens will, in part, be dependent on the performance of the initiative’s pioneers – a heavy responsibility on their shoulders, she added.

The IBE is a national public institution responsible for the strategic and integrated management of scholarships. Its mandate is to promote access to academic training for Mozambican citizens, at home and abroad, through the granting of scholarships.

Source: O País