Nyusi inaugurates distance learning centre in Chimoio

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Nyusi inaugurates distance learning centre in Chimoio

7:51 CAT | 29 Mar 2017

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Chimoio (Mozambique), 28 Mar (AIM) – Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Monday inaugurated the Manica Provincial Distance Learning Centre (CPEDM), in the provincial capital, Chimoio.

This is the third such centre in the country – the others are in Maputo, and in the northernmost province of Niassa.

Financed by the World Bank, the investment in the CPEDM amounts to 112.3 million meticais (about 1.7 million US dollars, at current exchange rates). It consists of an academic centre, an administrative sector, laboratories, a lecture theatre and a car park. The courses it will provide include both basic and higher education.

The purpose of such a centre, Nyusi said, is to facilitate access of the largest possible number of Mozambicans to formal education.

“It is necessary to publicise the importance of this centre, and its advantages in comparison with other forms of learning, so that new students will join”, the President added. “The participation of students in the various distance learning programmes must be maintained. The effectiveness of the tutors must be guaranteed, which implies identifying and training tutors with wide-ranging experience in teaching methodologies and who have mastered educational planning and supervision”.

“Aware of the importance of this type of education in social inclusion, the government intends to set up more provincial distance learning centres throughout the country”, pledged Nyusi.

The Manica provincial governor, Alberto Mondlane, said that the recommendations left by the President imply greater responsibility for all users of the Centre. This responsibility should be reflected in the final result, with the trainees acquiring skills that can make a difference in the country’s development.

Source: AIM