Chinese liquor company spends $500K in renovating school in Mozambique

Maotai Group, renowned Chinese liquor brand has delivered a primary school in Mozambique, on whose renovation and expansion it spent nearly USD 500,000.

The group released the investment in the construction of eight additional classrooms, an office, a lavatory and other facilities, and purchase about 200 sets of desks and chairs for Lewi Pethrus Primary School in the Ka-Tembe district of Maputo city in Mozambique. Currently the school has 489 students and 11 teachers.

The government pays close attention to the education sector, which 'is reflected in the government's effort to seek and allocate financial resources through state budget and strong support from the cooperation partners as we can witness today,' according to the Permanent Secretary of Mozambique's Ministry of Education and Human Development Jose Seiuane Junior, as reported by Xinhua.

Municipal Education Councilor of Maputo Celso Fulano said that the added classrooms and facilities will improve the school's educational conditions, help increase enrollment and thus contribute to the national education system.

The renovated school reflects the friendship between China and Mozambique and embodies the social responsibility of the Chinese enterprise, according to the Chinese ambassador to Mozambique Su Jian. "It's also a school of seeds, as it will function as the cradle for the talents that the country needs, with the seeds of bilateral friendship being sowed," Su cited.

China has long provided aid for the construction of vocational schools, primary and secondary schools and educational facilities in Mozambique, Su said. This is a part of the cooperation between Mozambique and China.

"Each year, there are more than 400 Mozambicans going to China for short-term training programs and another dozens studying there with government scholarships," he further said.

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