MOZAMBIQUE INSTITUTE 5. 9 OCTOBER 1964
PRIMARY INSTRUCTION
until the present, all primary instruction has been given at
Bagamoyo Camp.  This has been a necessity, for no facilities for
teaching at this level are available in the city of Dar es Salaam
for refugees.  However, if a steady program of classes can be formed
at the camp, such a location is not regrettable for the camp is well-
organized and the site is excellent and healthful.
There have been six classes for primary students at the camp.
The great disadvantage for the primary program to date has been the
lack of textbooks in Portuguese, the prevalent language.  The Mozambique Institute has supplied several dozen text books, but the books
cover varied subjects without following a syllabus at the primary
level.  To remedy this situation, the Institute has ordered 200
copies of each text book of the whole primary syllabus from Brazil,
and with the arrival of these books, primary schooling should get
under way without difficulty.  The teachers used in this program are
Mozambicans who have had primary school and at least one year of
teacher training.  With the arrival of the text books, the Institute
tutors in Dar es Salaam will help the Mozambican teachers to set up
a classroom program that will make for good instruction.
There is one group of refugees for whom we have found no
satisfactory solution.  This goup is made up of young children of
primary school age.  Fortunately most of these children have come
to Tanganyika v/ith one or the other of their parents and they therefore live v/here their parents stay.  The living conditions of the
children leave a great deal to be desired, and where possible, the
Mozambique Institute has at least provided a bed and given them
medical attention.  But so far the solution to the educational
problem has been to send them first to a private school for instruction in Swahili, and then to another school where instruction is in
English via Swahili.  This is expensive, but not prohibitively so
when the number remains below thirty students.  But the time will
cone, and in fact is already here, when there will be many children
in this category, and the question is what kind of facilities can
be set up for them.  It has been suggested that the classrooms of
the Mozambique Institute hostel be used for primary schooling during
the time when the secondary school students are attending the refugee
school.  But this will mean an extra group of teachers and raises
the question of a hostel for small children if their parents are not
with them.  In fact, it presents the problem of constructing a program similar to that now operating for the secondary school students.
Whether such a program can even be considered is something which
nd.s a great deal of attention.  Meanwhile, the Institute handles
individual cases of young children, looking for a better solution.
IVERSITY STUDENTS
There are now approximately 50 Mozambican students overseas in
universities or technical schools.  This is an important group whose
ranks we hope to swell during the next few years, for it is on them
that the leadership of a new country depends.  „fter arranging
scholarships suitable for each student, he or she is encouraged to
follow a course of study that will help to fill the needs of a developing society.  Thus, courses in agriculture, medicine, administration, engineering and education are particularly favoured.
Close ties with the students in Dar are cultivated by the overseas
studentsj and it is not uncommon for materials to be sent to the
student refugees in Tanganyika.  Once the student has his scholarship, it is necessary to make him feel that he has a home in spite
of the fact that he is a refugee, in order that his overseas adjustment is easier.