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Haiti - Education : Diaspora taxes, 3-year report of the FNE
27/01/2022 09:28:58

At the beginning of the week, the Prime Minister a.i., Ariel Henry, chaired at the Karibe Convention Center, the ceremony to celebrate the 4th International Day of Education around the theme "Changing course, transforming education".

In his speech, Jean Ronald Joseph, Director General of the National Education Fund (FNE) summarized the efforts made by the FNE over the past 3 years which have contributed to increasing the school offer in which more than 5,5 billion Gourdes have been invested, for among others:

28 national school sites have been launched 12 schools are now completed including 3 inaugurated and 9 delivered and work continues in the other sites 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 constructionh https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-34510-icihaiti-fne-construction-of-3-new-high-schools-in-the-north-west.html .
The brand new Roseline Vaval high school was inaugurated https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-32744-haiti-education-inauguration-of-the-brand-new-high-school-roseline-vaval.html
Inauguration of the National School Jovenel Moïse of Fonds-des-Nègres https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-34922-haiti-education-inauguration-of-the-jovenel-moise-national-school-in-fonds-des-negres.html
The renovation of 53 school buildings housing respectively 44 national schools, 2 community schools, 1 preschool and 6 high schools;
The construction of 3 hangars combining 26 classrooms;
Nearly 10,000 pieces of furniture and hundreds of thousands of school materials have been distributed across the country;
Tuition fees have been paid for nearly 80,000 families every 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 ;
The annual payment of school fees for approximately 700,000 students in national schools;
Substantial support has been 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 ;
Nearly 60,000 students have benefited from a hot meal at school in the most vulnerable areas;
The payment of the salaries of approximately 5,000 contract teachers of the Program for the Nationalization of Communal Schools (PRONEC) has been financed;
Payment of salary arrears for more than 4,000 contractual teaching staff (teachers, directors and guards);
More than 1,000 young people entered the University https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-32042-haiti-flash-1000-scholarships-for-the-benefit-of-young-haitians.html ;

Emphasizing that the main achievements for the past 3 years have focused on the construction and renovation of school infrastructure in order to promote a substantial increase in the school offer and that the FNE, while aligning itself with the UN SDG4, continues, in the context of the 2021-2022 financial year:

The construction of 23 new school buildings to house respectively 20 national schools, 2 high schools and 1 preschool;
The supply of dry food rations;
The subsidy program for families with limited access to universal education;
Strengthening progress in the quality and equity of the education system through the acquisition of didactic and digital materials for the benefit of schools ensuring educational continuity;