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More than 1.3 million students in Mozambique learn in their mother tongues
3:10 CAT | 28 Feb 2025
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More than 1.3 million students in at least 21,000 pre-primary and primary school classes in Mozambique learn in their mother tongues, according to estimates released by the Ministry of Education and Culture.
Since the introduction of teaching in native languages in 2003, Mozambique has gone from 700 mother tongue students and 14 teachers to 1,345,465 students and 16,908 teachers in 2024, according to a document from the ministry consulted by Lusa today.
According to the document, currently, 21,027 classes teach in mother tongues in the country, contributing to improved learning.
The Minister of Education and Culture of Mozambique, Samaria Tovela, launched, as part of the celebrations of Mother Language Day (21 February), the Action Plan for Strengthening the Transition from L1 (first language) to L2 (second language), so that, among other things, “all school-age children would have access to education, regardless of language, region, religion or gender, in accordance with the principle of inclusion that the sector advocates”, the document explains.
Mozambique has more than 20 endemic languages and, according to UNESCO, only 17% of Mozambicans speak Portuguese as their first language.
Source: RM
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