Mozambique

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Mozambique is a southeastern African country with a population of almost 33 million (World Bank, 2022).

COL’s current work in Mozambique is primarily in the areas of higher education, open schooling and gender equality and women’s empowerment through skills development, and benefits from programmes offered by COL’s regional centre, the Southern African Development Community Centre for Distance Education (SADC-CDE). Learners from Mozambique are also participating in COL’s free online courses and benefitting from other openly available resources.

Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal education and training in the previous 12 months, 15-64 years old¹
n/a		n/a
Female		Male

Completion rate, lower secondary education for the school year ending in 2016¹
8.5%		13.3%
Female		Male

Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education for the school year ending in 2018¹
6.5%		8.1%
Female		Male

Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in secondary education¹
85.9%		84.7%
Female (2015)		Male (2015)

1. UNESCO Institute for Statistics Data Centre, retrieved in May 2023

Highlights

A strategy for the digitisation of learning resources, focusing on climate-responsive sustainable livelihoods and food security, has been developed.
Over 5,900 women and girls trained in livelihood skills.

Partners

Partnerships are fundamental to COL’s work. Strategic partnerships allow COL to broaden its reach and engage at global, regional and national levels, while implementation partners support COL’s work in communities and institutions across Commonwealth Member States. Partners include multilateral organisations, regional bodies, national governments, government agencies, foundations, civil society organisations, public and private (not-for-profit) institutions and the private sector. COL partnerships assist in improving and extending teaching and learning services to people in the developing Commonwealth.

COL’s partners in Mozambique include:

Ministry of Education and Human Development
Development Aid from People to People (ADPP) Mozambique
Eduardo Mondlane University (EMU)
National Directorate for Professional Technical Education
National Institute of Distance Education

Key Contacts

Focal Point

Mr Tinga Fernando Abrão
Senior Technician and Head of Training Department
National Institute of Distance Education (INED)

Literacy rate (2020)¹
48.6%		72.5%
Female, Adult (15+)		Male, Adult (15+)

Economic Activity – Labour Forces Participation (2015)¹
78.7%		80.1%
Female, Ages 15-64		Male, Ages 15-64

Political Decision Making (2019)¹
43.2%
Share of seats held by women in national parliament

Life expectancy (2023)¹
61.7		54.5
Female		Male

1. COL gender country profile October 2023

17	43
Individuals using the internet (%)¹	Mobile-cellular subscriptions per 100 inhabitants¹

0.20	19
Fixed-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants¹	Active mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants¹




1. International Telecommunication Union (ITU), retrieved in May 2023.

Mozambique

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