Africa-Press – Lesotho. The Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of Education and Training have launched a project to enroll and issue 336 Ha-Ratjomose Primary School students with birth certificates and parental information documents on Thursday.
Maseru District Superintendent of Home Affairs, Mr Litsoane Keketsi, said it had come to the attention of the department that the children did not have birth certificates and identity documents, so the department approached schools to develop the project.
so before. He said the number of children expected to enroll and receive these services at the school was 336 in total; when they are 16 years and older they will be issued with identity documents.
The school principal, Ms Mamikaele Matšaba, said she thanked the children and said the documents would help them as they further their education in high school so that they can register for the right age with the Examination Board.
of Lesotho (Examination Council of Lesotho). Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Honorable Maimane Maphathe, said the ministry was committed to ensuring that every Mosotho has a birth certificate and identity document.
He called on the parents of the children to ensure that all those who are still at home have access to these services throughout the community. “It is important for staff to be present at health facilities so that when each child is born, they are provided with an identity document right there.
The reason is that sometimes we delay and the child loses a parent where in the future he or she ends up facing certain obstacles to obtain documents, ”said Maphathe.
He said they were aware that schools in Maseru district were becoming a major problem, as one would think that only urban areas could be easily accessible, and therefore, the Ministry of Home Affairs in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Training, will be seen traveling around the district wherever people gather as in schools, enrolling them and handing out natural letters and identity documents.
“I thank these school children for this issuance of birth certificates and identity documents as next Thursday, everyone will be holding their birth certificate in hand; while those whose age is acceptable will receive identity documents, ”he stated.
Mr. Maphathe requested that those who are unable to access these services, should also be assisted with the issuance of documents, as the travel documents will never be valid in any way in the country, they will only work across crosses.
The authorities said they would go out of their way across the country to see that everyone had their own identity document. The Minister of Education and Training, Hon. appearing in the constitution of the country.
He said it was the child’s right to be registered and protected, so it was the parents’ responsibility; while the Ministry of Education and Training should stand on its own to enter every school right here in the city where the belief is that this right has been fulfilled in order to fulfill the enrollment mandate of the child.
One of the parents, Ms ‘Matokelo Moheeane, in an exclusive interview with Voice of the Nation, expressed her delight and gratitude that her children would now receive their birth certificates as they did not have them.
He said the reason the children did not have the documents was because he was struggling to do so at other such services, he was often reprimanded and then he was exhausted but here he was. access to services without interruption at Ha-Ratjomose Primary School.
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