MINEDH considers abandoning night courses in Greater Maputo this year

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MINEDH considers abandoning night courses in Greater Maputo this year

7:40 CAT | 16 Mar 2021

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The Ministry of Education and Human Development (MINEDH) is considering abandoning face-to-face evening classes in the Maputo metropolitan area for this academic year, and opting for distance learning methods. This will make it possible for students to comply with the curfew in effect in the region since the beginning of February.

The education sector has not yet decided one way or the other, but if face-to face classes are abandoned, students and schools will have access to digital platforms and teaching material, MINEDH spokesperson Gina Guibunda told a press conference in Maputo on Monday.

“Regarding the evening course classes, we have to say that students can rest assured that they will return to the classrooms. We will next week establish the best route for classes this period,” Gina Guibunda said.

Regarding measures to detect coronavirus contamination schools, the education sector is in the process of allocating 30 percent of its annual national education system budget for the purchase of routine hygiene materials.

This academic year, the education sector aims to enrol around 1,564,000 Grade 1 students, and no student will be left standing outside the school gates, Guibunda said.

“We have about 524 million meticais available for primary education, and 103 for secondary. This fund is direct support, allocated annually, but this year it covers the Covid-19 pandemic situation,” Guibunda explained.

The sector will have 88,909 teachers for the present academic year when classes begin on March 22, Guibunda reported.