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Mozambique
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Expanded partnerships
central goal is accelerated progress towards universal
schooling, with particular emphasis on increasqprimary
ing enrolment among girls. Accomplishing this goal would
the participation of all Mozambicans – parents, qrequire qmunities,
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government’s international partners as well. In the future
the Mozambican educational system will comprise a diverse
array of institutions – public and private, formal and nonformal
– supported by provisions from and governed in col-
laboration with stakeholders. This implies a new vision of the
Ministry of Education’s role, and greatly expanded roles of
other actors as they assume a greater share of responsibility
in the system.
Extracts from Mozambique
Education Sector Strategic Plan, 1999–2003
The women-in-education policy
in practice
Formal education
Net enrolment figures for the seven years of primary education
(EP1, or first cycle – 5 years and EP2; or second cycle
– 2 extra years) for the year 2001 show that 46 per cent
of first-grade children were girls. The proportion of girls,
however, decreases steadily through the higher grades,
down to 39 per cent in the seventh grade (see Table 1).