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Haiti - Education : National Education Fund, 5 billion 1/2 invested in 3 years
22/12/2021 08:33:04

On Monday Nesmy Manigat, the Minister of National Education proceeded to the installation of Jean Ronald Joseph, as the new Director General of the National Education Fund (FNE). He replaces Joseph Frantz Nicolas, who had held this position since October 2018.

In his intervention, Joseph Frantz Nicolas, the outgoing Director General, declared that he had never stood out from the two fundamental points of his mandate : the establishment and operation of the administrative mechanisms of the Fund, which was called upon to evolve as an autonomous institution and support for State efforts in the educational field.

He recalled that with a little more than 7 billion 521 million gourdes paid into this Fund, more than 5 billion 513 million were invested from 2018 to 2021 in various projects and programs summarizing the use of these funds during its 3 years. in office :

Summary :

28 national school projects have been launched 12 schools have now been completed and work is continuing on the other 16 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-31367-haiti-diaspora-25-schools-under-construction-financed-by-the-fne.html
At least 3 high schools are under construction https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-34510-icihaiti-fne-construction-of-3-new-high-schools-in-the-north-west.html ;
The payment of salaries of approximately 5,000 contract teachers of the Program for the Nationalization of Communal Schools (PRONEC) has been funded;
Nearly 10,000 furniture and hundreds of thousands of school materials were distributed across the country;
Tuition fees were paid for nearly 80,000 families at the start of each school year https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-28737-haiti-education-100-million-from-the-fne-to-pay-school-fees-for-poor-families-children.html ;
Substantial support was provided to associations working with young people with special educational needs https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-29546-icihaiti-education-more-than-32-million-grant-for-the-blind.html https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29495-haiti-fne-grant-of-more-than-2-million-to-support-the-education-of-young-disabled.html ;
Almost 60,000 students benefited from a hot meal at school in the most vulnerable areas;
The annual payment of school fees for approximately 700,000 students in national schools;
More than 1,000 young people have entered the University https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-32042-haiti-flash-1000-scholarships-for-the-benefit-of-young-haitians.html ;