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pendence by the Sofala provincial and the Nhamatanda
district education authorities, with the support of UNESCO
and the World Bank.
It was closed between 1981 and 1984, due to the
civil war. Reopened in 1995, it became part of a national
pilot project for the enhancement of the participation of
girls in primary education. The major thrust of the project
was the involvement of the local community and the
sensitization of society to the need for girls’ education.
Community involvement was in membership of the school
council, the provision of six classrooms, using local mate-
rials, the preparation of school meals.
There has been increased in enrolment over the
years In 1996, the school had 345 children, made up of:
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220 boys and 125 girls (i.e. 36 per cent girls). In 2002,
total enrolment was 1,298 – 834 boys and 464 girls
(i.e. 36 per cent girls).
Learning activities in the school are closely linked with poverty reduction; hence students are involved in practical work in the following areas: poultry farming,
green zone protection, sewing and typewriting.
are provided for teachers on the school
premises, while the school has a health centre and solar
electricity. Sixty-eight of the pupils (forty-eight boys and
aHouses twenty girls) live in the boarding facilities provided within
the school.
The school still faces the problems of shortage of
classrooms, while some children travel as much as 50–60
kilometres to the school. Only two of the eighteen teach-
ers are women.
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The school is housed in rehabilitated structures a few kilo-
metres outside Beira, capital of Sofala province. It operates a