PAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
The development in the EB-project.
| Year | Activity | Comments | Source |
| 1992-1995 | PEBIMO Pilot projects in Tete (Cinyanja) and Gaza (Xishangana) | 8 schools, 2 in each language | A |
| 1995 | Resolution by the government saying that the language of instruction should be a Bantu language | ||
| 1996 | A manual for teachers: "PROGRAMA DO ENSINO PRIMÁRIO DO 1o GRAU" contains nothing about Bantu languages. | Part of the introductory work in the revision of education which became necessary after the Marxist-leninist era. | |
| 1999 | Evaluation of PEBIMO.
2nd. NELIMO Seminar on orthography. |
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| 2003 | The first schools started the present EB-project. Progresso assumes responsibility of Shimakonde, Emakhuwa, Kimwani, Ciyao and Cinyanja, in the provinces Cabo Delgado, Niassa e Nampula. |
"Mahubo Escola Primáris Completa, 14 km" and others. | F |
| 2004 | EB was approved by the "Assembleia da Rebública" as part of the "Curriculum novo". | ||
| 2005 | Books for Language and Maths in 16 languages ready for printing in Dec | 32 schools | F |
| 2006 | Seminar on the EB-project (IBIS/MEPT) in March | 14 schools | B |
| 2007 | 23 schools | D | |
| 2007 | 64 schools in all provinces and languages (INDE) | E | |
| Feb 2008 | INDE informs that books for EB are delayed for years. MEC informs that the EB-project is an INDE experiment |
75 schools (see list) | F |
| July 2008 | Still no progress in the delivery of books |
In Dec 2005, the books for the first 2 years in Language and Mathematics in all 16 languages were ready for printing. In an international tender, the firm Cerigrafe (serigrafica?) won the bid. They have not in February 2008 delivered the books!
In July 2008, the books have still not arrived.
Geographical distribution of the schools.
Distribution according to language and province.
Sources
A. Carol Benson: "Final Report on Bilingual Education" SIDA April 2001. (Original document in Portuguese from 1997).
B. IBIS/MEPT seminar in March 2006 in Maputo.(The Danish NGO and Movimento Educacao Para Todos).
C. Michel Lafon: "Débuts timides de l'éducation bilingue au Mozambique", Paris 2006.
D. Eduardo Kitoko-Nsiku: "Dog´s language or peoples language"."Current issues in language planning" No 2 2007.
E. Chambal Sendela INDE: Personal correspondance and "Lista nominal das escolas do ensino bilingue".
F. our own visits to Mozambique in 2005 and 2008.