HC Deb 16 July 2001 vol 372 cc26-7W
Ian Lucas

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what plans she has to support the teaching of English in Mozambique. [3573]

Hilary Benn

DFID currently supports the advancement of English language teaching in three key areas:

  1. 1. The development of English language teacher training through distance learning. This programme, which is currently run by the British Council but which will transfer to a Mozambican institution next month, is aimed at secondary school teachers and has cost £3 million over a five-year period.
  2. 2. The establishment of a new Directorate within the Ministry of Education, the main goal of which will be to facilitate the expansion of distance learning in key areas (such as, inter alia, continuing education and training in the Civil Service, including the English language).
  3. 3. The formation of a pilot secondary school distance learning programme for students unable to access conventional secondary schools, which began this year in Nampula Province, with three core subjects, one of which is English.

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