Luanda – Over 600 students from sixteen provinces of Angola are participating since Tuesday, until August 31, in the National School Games, happening in Malanje Province.
For ten days the students, who are aged between 13 and 16, will be involved in various competitions, namely athletics, football, handball, basketball, volleyball and gymnastics.
According to the director for secondary education, Orlando Lundoloqui, speaking at a press conference, the conditions are set for the event to kick off.
This is an initiative of the Education Ministry, whose objective is to contribute to students’ academic success, elevate their wellbeing and health, as well as stimulate good principles and social value.
The initiative, which comes in the Education Ministry’s programme, was approved through the Presidential Decree number 222/20 of August 28.
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