The World Bank has approved a $104 million grant in support of skills development programmes for the youth in Mozambique.
The bank said in a statement that the fund would be used to improve access and quality of educational curricula and skills development training in response to the country’s priorities and economic sectors.
‘Better educated youths will contribute to reduce income inequality, facilitate social mobility and help jump-start the much needed fertility transition’, World Bank Country Director for Mozambique, Madagascar, Comores, Mauritius, and Seychelles, Idah Pswarayi-Riddihough, said.
The project will also support teacher training programmes, including the use of new teaching methods, and will address current shortages of specialised technical skills by strengthening high-quality skills development programmes in industrial maintenance, agriculture, ICT, and construction, among other priority sectors, at selected TVET institutions.
The project will support continued collaboration with industries and help operationalise the National Training Fund for Professional Education.
The project also seeks to tackle key drivers of fragility and help strengthen the social contract between people and the state by addressing the uneven provision of services and regional disparities.
Senior Education Specialist and the project’s co-task team leader of the World Bank, Ana Menezes, said, ‘The project will seek to prioritise women’s access to scholarship and internship programmes and will support regulations and activities aimed at expanding girls’ participation in science events and other programmes likely to contribute to female enrolment in TVET and HE’.
Source: World Bank
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