Luanda – The Vice-President of Angola, Esperança da Costa, assessed Thursday the current state of some primary and secondary schools in the country’s capital, Luanda.
The schools that were subject to an assessment visit by the vice-president are registered in the Learning for All and Empowerment of Girls Project (PAT II).
Esperança da Costa expressed concern over the poor conditions of the schools, having announced that the schools would soon receive a facelift to secure bigger and better accommodation conditions for teachers, students and administrative staff.
The Vice President said the repair works of schools in Luanda would be carried out in two phases.
Seven schools are due to be refurbished during the pilot phase, whilst 11 will be covered in the second phase, totaling 18 schools, with a total of 344 classrooms benefiting 30,526 pupils.
Work on the pilot phase should start in November of this year and conclude in June 2024, while the second phase will start in November 2024, with conclusion in June 2025.
Esperança da Costa said the aim of the government is to improve the conditions of the schools and to extend access to school for the entire population, without any kind of discrimination.
The Vice-President said her assessment visit is part of the government’s intervention programme to be carried out throughout the education system, mainly to improve the conditions of the infrastructures and the learning process.
"It is also a way of improving conditions and valuing the staff involved in the teaching process", Ms Costa said.
PAT II project was launched in 2022 and is expected to benefit 6 million pupils over the next five years and to contribute to improvement of the quality of education and teaching in the country.
One of the ideas of the PAT II project for the next five years is to help keep girls attending school.
The programme is budgeted at 250 million US dollars. FMA/AL/ADR/Amp/jmc
