Africa-Press – Angola. On the fourth attempt, after missing three penalties, eight-year-old Alberto João “Betinho” scored the first goal in the goal defended by the governor of Bengo, Mara Quiosa, in the multi-sport court built in the lobby of Complexo Escolar 368 do Kawango, which opened yesterday. , in the municipality of Dande.
In addition to this multi-sport court, the school complex, with 1,817 students enrolled, from initiation to 9th grade, distributed in the morning, afternoon and evening, has 13 classrooms, an administrative area, bathrooms and a cafeteria. A total of 47 professors provide classes at the institution.
Right at the entrance, the joy stamped on each of the children in profile was visible, who were anxiously awaiting the reopening of the school, which now houses students from initiation to 9th Grade. Before the rehabilitation and expansion works, the institution had only seven classrooms, and it only housed primary school students (from initiation to 6th grade).
One of the children, 13-year-old Cipriana Joaquim, recognizes that the educational establishment, after being rehabilitated, expanded and properly equipped with desks, paintings and office furniture, became more beautiful.
Out loud, the 6th grade student asked her classmates not to scratch the walls or break the windows of the school.
“I am very happy, because now I study at a good school, close to home, with well-painted walls, new desks and pictures, and good doors and windows”, he said. Caputo, 15, also a student in Grade 6. Despite living in the same neighborhood where the educational institution was built, the boy is faced with several uncomfortable situations.
“In the streets where I walk, to get here, I always find some young people who stop people to ask for money. I am forced to hand in my lunch money, and because of that I am hungry many hours at school”, he revealed.
Public Security
The representative of the Commission of Parents and Guardians of Education, Armando Lázaro, asked the Government to guarantee safety at the school. police,” he pleaded.
According to the municipal administrator of Dande, Cândido Cadifete, the work, valued at more than 200 million kwanzas, consisted of rehabilitation, expansion and equipping works, to reduce, within the urban center of Caxito, the number of children outside the education system.
“This is one of several projects supported by the Integrated Plan for Implementation in Municipalities (PIIM) portfolio. With the inauguration of this school, Dande now has a total of 94 educational institutions, between public and private, which absorb 83 thousand With regard to school safety ,
Cândido Cadifete clarified that the Municipal Administration does not have the financial resources to hire security companies to control social infrastructure.
The governor of Bengo, Mara Quiosa, who inaugurated Complexo Escolar 368 do Kawango, considered that the PIIM has been changing life in the communities and the signs are more than visible.
“And the appeal we leave is for the community to help us take care of social infrastructure. We are happy because the contractor has fulfilled one of our great demands, the construction of a multi-sport court. We must continue to promote sports in the schools”, concluded Mara Quiosa.
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