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The Movement for Freedom in Mozambique - Page 12. children of all races were enrolled in any school, out of an estimated school age African population of over 2,500,000. Out of these only about 500 African children were enrolled in post primary schools, and less than ten were attending any kind of university programme. The Roman Catholic Church doesjnot_have any secondary school programme for Africans, save a number of < ■ — — ■ ;— seminaries, which concentrate on the training of future priests and catechists. The highest education that an average African f child who attends school in Mozambique can aspire to is a Standard Three Certificate. A very small proportion of those who manage to pass the Standard Three examinations can continue one more year in one of the restricted elementary schools and hope to do his Standard Four, v/hich is the qualifying year for either leaving school or entering secondary school, if one is available locally or if the child is less than 13 years of age at the time the secondary school opens that year. The new policy gives the impression that any Africa© child may attend any school near to his residence, including European schools. Yet there are many handicaps which make it difficult, if not impossible, for most African children to get to school: The language is probably the most important of these difficulties, but the availability of schools in most areas of Mozambique is a serious matter* For example, g(^.ernm_ent schools exist only^in those areas of Mozambique where there is a sufficiently large white or Asian population to justify them. The rest are missionary schools, which are far apart. The secondary schools are also for Europeans and Asians, with a sprinkling of assimilated Africans here and there. According to the 1958 statistics cited above, there were no more than 342 African students in technical and academic secondary schools in Mozambique, while Europeans and Asians had more than 15,000 students in the same schools. In I960, at the largest academic secondary school in Mozambique (Liceu Salazar in Lourenpo Marques), there were only 30 African students out of the school's population of more than 1,000. The | Roman Catholic Church, which has the responsibility of educating \ the native people, does not have a single secondary school for Africans. Some of the Protestant missions,which are still allowed limited facilities for working in Mozambique, subsidize and administer boarding houses for some of the very few African students who attend secondary schools in the capital city of Lourenpo Marques. There are also a number of private secondary schools and a number of secondary technical schools with a very small number of African students attending them due to the
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Full text | The Movement for Freedom in Mozambique - Page 12. children of all races were enrolled in any school, out of an estimated school age African population of over 2,500,000. Out of these only about 500 African children were enrolled in post primary schools, and less than ten were attending any kind of university programme. The Roman Catholic Church doesjnot_have any secondary school programme for Africans, save a number of < ■ — — ■ ;— seminaries, which concentrate on the training of future priests and catechists. The highest education that an average African f child who attends school in Mozambique can aspire to is a Standard Three Certificate. A very small proportion of those who manage to pass the Standard Three examinations can continue one more year in one of the restricted elementary schools and hope to do his Standard Four, v/hich is the qualifying year for either leaving school or entering secondary school, if one is available locally or if the child is less than 13 years of age at the time the secondary school opens that year. The new policy gives the impression that any Africa© child may attend any school near to his residence, including European schools. Yet there are many handicaps which make it difficult, if not impossible, for most African children to get to school: The language is probably the most important of these difficulties, but the availability of schools in most areas of Mozambique is a serious matter* For example, g(^.ernm_ent schools exist only^in those areas of Mozambique where there is a sufficiently large white or Asian population to justify them. The rest are missionary schools, which are far apart. The secondary schools are also for Europeans and Asians, with a sprinkling of assimilated Africans here and there. According to the 1958 statistics cited above, there were no more than 342 African students in technical and academic secondary schools in Mozambique, while Europeans and Asians had more than 15,000 students in the same schools. In I960, at the largest academic secondary school in Mozambique (Liceu Salazar in Lourenpo Marques), there were only 30 African students out of the school's population of more than 1,000. The | Roman Catholic Church, which has the responsibility of educating \ the native people, does not have a single secondary school for Africans. Some of the Protestant missions,which are still allowed limited facilities for working in Mozambique, subsidize and administer boarding houses for some of the very few African students who attend secondary schools in the capital city of Lourenpo Marques. There are also a number of private secondary schools and a number of secondary technical schools with a very small number of African students attending them due to the |
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