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Representative of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to Angola Kkoenraad Vanormelingen has handed over here a cheque valued at 5.1 million Euros to the Angolan Ministry of Education for the improvement of school projects.

At the delivery ceremony on Thursday, the UNICEF official said the money would be used to improve school projects in seven provinces under the Program of Assistance to Primary Education in Angola, benefiting at least 70,000 pupils.

The official said the improvement of the school projects include 100 schools under the School of Educational Projects and the Micro-Projects. They are 14 in Benguela province, 14 in Namibe, 14 in Kwanza Sul, 14 in Bie, 14 in Cunene, 14 in Huila and 16 in Huambo.

There are also 300 schools selected to implement micro projects to meliorate teaching of Portuguese language and Maths (MPLPMs), including 43 schools in Kwanza Sul, 43 in Benguela, 43 in Bie, 42 in Huambo, 43 in Cunene, 43 in Huila and 43 in Namibe.

According to the UNICEF official, all these projects will be carried out by the Angolan Ministry of Education with the assistance of UNICEF and the European Union with a view to strengthening capacity building of students.