Mozambique: Donors support education

Six donor countries have granted 39 million US dollars to support education development in Mozambique and the sector's second strategic plan. A memorandum to that effect was signed in Maputo on Tuesday by Education Minister Aires Aly and Dutch Ambassador Lidi Remmelzwaal, on behalf of the six donor countries - namely Holland, Canada, Ireland, Britain, Germany, and Finland. Speaking shortly after the signing ceremony, Remmelzwaal said that this sum will be increased to 50 million US dollars in 2007.