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Government, donors launch $85 million education fund for Secondary Schools
06 Nov 2011 at 07:17hrs | Views
HARARE, Zimbabwe ' The Zimbabwean government, the United Nations and other Western donors have launched an $85 million education fund aimed at improving education in the country's secondary schools.
Zimbabwe's educational system was once a model in the region, but schools have been brought to a near standstill by years of political and economic turmoil. The chaos has deprived millions of children of schooling.
UNICEF representative Peter Salama said Thursday that the $85 million fund aims to provide a textbook for every child in the country's 2,300 secondary schools.
The program also will target 200,000 absentee children from the most impoverished and vulnerable communities. Last year, UNICEF donated $50 million for primary school textbooks.
Zimbabwe's educational system was once a model in the region, but schools have been brought to a near standstill by years of political and economic turmoil. The chaos has deprived millions of children of schooling.
The program also will target 200,000 absentee children from the most impoverished and vulnerable communities. Last year, UNICEF donated $50 million for primary school textbooks.
Source - www.washingtonpost.com
