Half of Mozambicans are illiterate
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nairiporterMore than half of Moz illiterate - report
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=68&art_id=nw20070906103251620C916005
Maputo - Mozambicans are still hamstrung by poor education as after 30 years of independence, more than 53 percent of Mozambicans still remain illiterate, a senior government official told Radio Mozambique on Thursday.
Ernesto Muianga, the national director of adult education in the ministry of education and culture said that most of these people were women.
He said the government was encouraging women to attend adult education classes implemented through out the country and manned by 32 000 teachers.
Muianga said women failed to access education in most cases because of cultural beliefs that women had to perform certain duties rather than attend school.
He said illiteracy levels in the country had improved significantly considering that at independence from Portugal in 1975 only seven out of 100 Mozambicans could read and write.
Mozambique joined the international community this week to celebrate the United Nations' International Literacy Day on September 8.
The United Nations 2006 Global Monitoring Report noted that illiteracy levels remained high in most countries because national governments did not allocate enough funds for the education sector.
In Mozambique, for example, the capital city Maputo was home to six percent of the population, but received almost one third of all public education spending.
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=68&art_id=nw20070906103251620C916005
Maputo - Mozambicans are still hamstrung by poor education as after 30 years of independence, more than 53 percent of Mozambicans still remain illiterate, a senior government official told Radio Mozambique on Thursday.
Ernesto Muianga, the national director of adult education in the ministry of education and culture said that most of these people were women.
He said the government was encouraging women to attend adult education classes implemented through out the country and manned by 32 000 teachers.
Muianga said women failed to access education in most cases because of cultural beliefs that women had to perform certain duties rather than attend school.
He said illiteracy levels in the country had improved significantly considering that at independence from Portugal in 1975 only seven out of 100 Mozambicans could read and write.
Mozambique joined the international community this week to celebrate the United Nations' International Literacy Day on September 8.
The United Nations 2006 Global Monitoring Report noted that illiteracy levels remained high in most countries because national governments did not allocate enough funds for the education sector.
In Mozambique, for example, the capital city Maputo was home to six percent of the population, but received almost one third of all public education spending.
