Victims of terrorism exempt from enrolment fees

Maputo, 17 Febv (AIM) – The education authorities in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado have announced that those pupils displaced because of terrorist attacks in some districts are exempt from paying school enrolment fees in the current academic year, which is due to start on 27h February.

According to Rachid Sualé, spokesperson of the Provincial Education Directorate, the conditions are already in place to welcome back to school displaced students in various parts of the province.

“We know that these children were displaced because of terrorism. They left everything behind and they have no conditions to pay for school enrollment. We must not complicate their access to education, and they must attend school for free”, he said.

The authorities had announced that 106 schools, at both primary and secondary level, may remain closed in the current academic year because of terrorist attacks.

Cabo Delgado had planned to hire more than 1,000 new teachers, but the country’s economic situation meant that only 212 teachers could be hired. The Province has registered, up to 2 February, only 112,042 new students, out of a total of 139,849 expected. Of the registered children, 69,138 are girls.
(AIM)
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