Mozambique raises efforts to educate girls

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Mozambique raises efforts to educate girls

8:11 CAT | 15 Jan 2019

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Save the Children International Mozambique and the Ministry of Education and Human Development have launched a project for the successful transition of the Advancement of Girls’ Rights (STAR-G) under the GEC program, along with 26 other DFID projects.

The STAR-G programme, Save the Children stated, aims to improve the quality of life of the marginalised girls by ensuring increased access to education, the quality and relevance of schooling, as well as new learning opportunities designed to improve outcomes for a successful transition, through the implementation of different approaches.

The organisation’s focus is to “reverse the current context in which, according to the UNESCO study, 606,000 school-aged children (60 per cent girls) and 920,000 high school adolescents (54 per cent girls) are not at school”.

“Through funding DFID’s GEC program, SCiMoz will collaborate with MINEDH and the Pedagogical University in activities related to (i) development of teaching materials, guide and tools for the professional development of the primary teacher, (ii) training of literacy trainers (iii) Assessment of primary teacher competencies and support for the development of teacher competencies, (iv) training of staff and DAPS for all target schools ( v) exchange of good practice in primary teacher learning circles (ZIP level),” the statement read, adding, “(vi) development of resources for secondary teachers Professional and implementation of pedagogical workshops cycle); (VII) training of school administrators and tutors; (VIII) creation of distance learning centers; (IX) to advocate for the rehabilitation of internees and adoption of quality standards by MINEDH; (X) continue with the provision of scholarships to the secondary level.”

This programme, which started last year, will be implemented in Gaza Province (six districts, 68 primary schools and 15 secondary schools), Manica (three districts, 40 primary schools and 14 secondary schools) and Tete (two districts, 32 primary schools and seven secondary schools ) until 2021.

The statement further indicated that the Girls Education Challenge (GEC-1) programme had succeeded in helping girls to stay in school.

“Evidence shows that girls’ attendance rates improved during the project period, with better outcomes in schools supported by the project compared to control schools. It is in the above context that this programme will officially be launched by…Minister of Education and Human Development, Concepta Sortane and the Director-General of Save the Children, Chance Briggs, which are opportunities for the education of thousands of young marginalised girls in Mozambique,” read the statement.

Source: Save the Children International Mozambique/Press Release