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-2- J b) to raise its academic level, as sooH' as possible, to at least 5th year of the Portuguese Secondary School System. This was correctly interpreted by the director and staff of the Mozambique Institute as meaning that the school should as soon as possible develop into an independent institution, with its own curriculum, teaching in Portuguese, the official language of Mozambique today, but maintaining sufficiently high standards to enable the students to acquire equivalence with other secondary school programmes elsewhere in the world. But in order to achieve this the Mozambique Institute had to undertake to carry out an ambitious programme of appeals for aid from friendly governments, humanitarian organizations, and church institutions for funds, equipment and"! qualified personnel. Until the end of 1966 the Institute depended for most of its teaching staff on the better educated Africans who from time to time came over as refugees, but none of whom had any training whatsoever for secondary school teaching. From the end of 1966 on it was necessary to acquire qualified teachers in order to fulfill the new programme. Fortunately the first year of the campaign for funds, equipment and personnel was successful, far beyond our best hopes. Firstly, the Swedish programme for foreign aid, SIDA, decided to increase its annual grants for the running costs of the Mozambique Institute, including some extra funds for covering part of the expenses for the preparation of upper primary school children at Bagamoyo and Tunduru. In 1967 the Danish Government gave a special grant to the Mozambique Institute to enable it to pay for the construction of a new block of building, thus, expanding classroom and dormitory space and providing adequate quarters for the residence of the teaching staff. During the same year funds were pledged by some religious and humanitarian organisations to meet the cost of the building of two new structures: a student refectory and a science laboratory. The Government of the German Democratic Republic offered to equip the new laboratory building v/ith modern science furnishings and equipment. Concerning the staff we hrve been equally fortunate in having had positive responses from various sympathetic source?, including the following: 1) From the Government of Czechoslovakia we received a teacher, Dr. Zdanek Kirschner, who helps ■ both the director of the Mozambique Institute end the secretary of education of FRELIMO with educational planning and programming; 2) the Government of India gave us Dr. Fernandes, a physician who teaches biological sciences; 3) the Governraent ofof the/German Democratic Republic gave us Mr. Joaquim Kindler v/ho is a specialist in the teaching of the physical sciences, and who, since his arrival late last year, has been working on the reorganization of our science programme. 4) About two years ago we received two teachers from the Presbyterian Church of the United States, Mr. & Mrs. William Winter, who have . since been teaching mathematics and geography. The rest of our teachers are either Mozambican refugees or temporary volunteers. Our hope is that finally all our teachers will be Mozambicans. "■«»" 'l"..l'Ull^i> M<«».» II..1.U, ■■■i.m.m,!,. ,, , ,.,„ ■ ,,.,. -»■ ijHMUHI.il*> J
Object Description
Title | Some considerations on the causes of the difficulties at the Mozambique Institute, 1968 Apr. 2 |
Description | Memorandum to: A.C.Mwingira, Chairman, Commission on the Mozambique Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, from: Eduardo C. Mondlane, President of the Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO). Contents: Purpose and development of the Institute since its inception (p. 1); Sources of the present difficulties (p. 3); Reaction of the leaders of FRELIMO to the students' uneasiness (p. 4); General background: A false conception of the educational policy of FRELIMO in Mozambique (p. 6); Father Gwentjere's conception of FRELIMO's education policy (p. 7); Accusations levelled against the Institute and FRELIMO (p. 8); Conclusion (p.11). |
Subject (lcsh) |
Nationalism -- Mozambique Self-determination, National Mozambique -- History Portugal -- Politics and government -- 1933-1974 |
Geographic Subject (Country) | Mozambique |
Geographic Subject (Continent) | Africa |
Geographic Coordinates | -18.6696821,35.5273356 |
Coverage date | 1963/1968-02 |
Creator | Mondlane, Eduardo C. |
Publisher (of the Digital Version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
Recipient | A.C.Mwingira, Chairman, Commission on the Mozambique Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
Date created | 1968-04-02 |
Type | texts |
Format | 11 p. |
Format (aat) | memorandums |
Language | English |
Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
Part of collection | Emerging Nationalism in Portuguese Africa, 1959-1965 |
Part of subcollection | Mozambique Collection |
Rights | The University of Southern California has licensed the rights to this material from the Aluka initiative of Ithaka Harbors, Inc., a non-profit Delaware corporation whose address is 151 East 61st Street, New York, NY 10021 |
Physical access | Original archive is at the Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies. Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343. |
Repository Name | USC Libraries Special Collections |
Repository Address | Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 |
Repository Email | specol@usc.edu |
Filename | CENPA-194 |
Description
Title | CENPA-194~02 |
Filename | CENPA-194~02.tiff |
Full text | -2- J b) to raise its academic level, as sooH' as possible, to at least 5th year of the Portuguese Secondary School System. This was correctly interpreted by the director and staff of the Mozambique Institute as meaning that the school should as soon as possible develop into an independent institution, with its own curriculum, teaching in Portuguese, the official language of Mozambique today, but maintaining sufficiently high standards to enable the students to acquire equivalence with other secondary school programmes elsewhere in the world. But in order to achieve this the Mozambique Institute had to undertake to carry out an ambitious programme of appeals for aid from friendly governments, humanitarian organizations, and church institutions for funds, equipment and"! qualified personnel. Until the end of 1966 the Institute depended for most of its teaching staff on the better educated Africans who from time to time came over as refugees, but none of whom had any training whatsoever for secondary school teaching. From the end of 1966 on it was necessary to acquire qualified teachers in order to fulfill the new programme. Fortunately the first year of the campaign for funds, equipment and personnel was successful, far beyond our best hopes. Firstly, the Swedish programme for foreign aid, SIDA, decided to increase its annual grants for the running costs of the Mozambique Institute, including some extra funds for covering part of the expenses for the preparation of upper primary school children at Bagamoyo and Tunduru. In 1967 the Danish Government gave a special grant to the Mozambique Institute to enable it to pay for the construction of a new block of building, thus, expanding classroom and dormitory space and providing adequate quarters for the residence of the teaching staff. During the same year funds were pledged by some religious and humanitarian organisations to meet the cost of the building of two new structures: a student refectory and a science laboratory. The Government of the German Democratic Republic offered to equip the new laboratory building v/ith modern science furnishings and equipment. Concerning the staff we hrve been equally fortunate in having had positive responses from various sympathetic source?, including the following: 1) From the Government of Czechoslovakia we received a teacher, Dr. Zdanek Kirschner, who helps ■ both the director of the Mozambique Institute end the secretary of education of FRELIMO with educational planning and programming; 2) the Government of India gave us Dr. Fernandes, a physician who teaches biological sciences; 3) the Governraent ofof the/German Democratic Republic gave us Mr. Joaquim Kindler v/ho is a specialist in the teaching of the physical sciences, and who, since his arrival late last year, has been working on the reorganization of our science programme. 4) About two years ago we received two teachers from the Presbyterian Church of the United States, Mr. & Mrs. William Winter, who have . since been teaching mathematics and geography. The rest of our teachers are either Mozambican refugees or temporary volunteers. Our hope is that finally all our teachers will be Mozambicans. "■«»" 'l"..l'Ull^i> M<«».» II..1.U, ■■■i.m.m,!,. ,, , ,.,„ ■ ,,.,. -»■ ijHMUHI.il*> J |
Archival file | Volume13/CENPA-194~02.tiff |