Huambo – The Vice-President of the Republic, Esperança da Costa, announced this Thursday, in the province of Huambo, a fund of $200 million to increase access to higher education in the country and guarantee quality in this subsystem.
Esperança da Costa, who was speaking during a meeting with the academic community, as part of a working visit to this central province, informed that the fund was authorized by the President of the Republic, João Lourenço, in partnership with the World Bank.
According to the Vice-President, the fund also aims to strengthen the management of new courses, postgraduate courses, curricular harmonization and gender equity.
She went on to say that it is also an objective to safeguard the quality of the education sub-system, at the level of general education, which is why investment will be made in the Higher Institutes of Educational Sciences (ISCED).
She highlighted as priorities the ISCED in the provinces of Huambo, Huíla, Uíge and the Bengo High Pedagogical School, as well as the focus on digital skills.
“The Executive will continue to invest in training staff in our academy”, she stated, highlighting that Huambo has always been recognized as one of Angola's largest academic centers, alongside Luanda and Huíla.
Likewise, she said that the government remains committed to finding solutions to the population's difficulties, so that they can experience a better life and have a brighter future.
Working in the province since Wednesday, the Vice-President said she witnessed Huambo's progress in several aspects, especially in the higher education subsystem, for which she expressed satisfaction.
This Thursday the Vice President continued to listen to concerns in some higher education institutions, namely the faculties of Agricultural Sciences, Medicine, Law, the Polytechnic Institute, the Special Training School, ISCED, at the Benguela Railway Training Center (CFB) and at the Huambo municipal hospital.
For Friday, the last day of her visit, she is scheduled to travel to the municipality of Cachiungo, where she will visit the works on the university campus, the evangelical mission and the water treatment plant, as well as will meet with rural women.
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