Eritrea: Efforts to augment educational capacity

Barentu — At a meeting conducted in Aqordet it was disclosed that other than the good relationship between parents, teachers and students the contribution of stakeholders is vital for the strengthening the educational capacity.

The school directors who attended the meeting called for identifying the problems for not starting the school year on time and for the introduction of a mechanism to enable the students at the junior level become competitive.

The head of schools in the sub-zone Mr. Abdalla Omar Karam indicated that more than two million Nakfa was spent by the MOE branch to renovate the schools in the administrative areas of Shelab, Aderde, Deret and Welet-Abarik that were damaged by heavy wind and rain.

In the sub-zone of Aqordet there are 40 schools providing educational services and 52 adult education centers.