Niassa: Students from 8 districts still held in initiation rites 2 weeks after school resumption

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Niassa: Students from 8 districts still held in initiation rites 2 weeks after school resumption

12:30 CAT | 01 Sep 2017

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Students in at least eight Niassa province districts are still attending initiation rites two weeks after the start of the third and last term of the school year.

Most of the pupils attend primary school in Lichinga, Sanga, Majune, Chimbonila, Muembe, Ngaúma, Mandinba and Marrupa.

Head of education at the provincial directorate of Education and Human Development in Niassa, Amisse Corata, said that everything had been done to ensure initiation rites were not carried out during school terms this year.

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“As provincial director, we issued a circular urging all district services, in collaboration with grassroots bodies, to take advantage of the extended vacation this year [due to the Population Census] so that the children would undergo initiation rites during the holidays,” she explained.

Niassa province has 16 districts: Chimbonila, Cuamba, Lago, Lichinga, Majune, Mandimba, Marrupa, Maúa, Mavago, Mecanhelas, Mecula, Metarica, Muembe, N’gauma, Nipepe and Sanga.

Source: Rádio Moçambique