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STEM: 101 teachers and educators trained

Launched on September 26, 2023 in Libreville, the training program for teachers and educators in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and arts (STIMA) funded by the United States Embassy in Gabon, continued in Port-Gentil where, for five days, 31 seminarians assiduously followed the program concocted by the partners of the Gabtrotter association.

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Education, General!

"Education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world". General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguéma was undoubtedly inspired by Nelson Mandela's martial affirmation, and took the first key measures to inaugurate the first year of the new Gabon in the education sector. These measures coincided with the start of the new school year: restoration of scholarships for secondary school pupils, free enrolment fees in public and religious schools, and the provision of 1,000 budgetary posts for teachers who had previously been on pre-salary.

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International Children's Book Day

The Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen, famous for his tales including "The Ugly Duckling", "Thumbette" or "The Little Mermaid", was born on April 2, 1805. Since 1967, the date of April 2 is dedicated to the book for children to fight against illiteracy. Sylvie Méviane Fourn, founder of the Imya library in Port-Gentil, from her South African "exile", sent a video where she read a Gabonese tale to the children gathered for the occasion around the artist and writer Nanda La Gaboma . For this, she chose a Gabonese tale with a motivating moral which, in the Omyene language, declares: "oba wi bosso wa lwanizi ndjina ni ndjana", which means "by dint of waiting for the next mango tree, the gorilla remained without eat ". To say "Never put off until later what you can do now". The story is taken from the book Inkogo, Petites fables de la forêt équatoriale, written by two Gabonese authors, Yveline and Florisse MABBYALAS. After also reading some stories to children, Nanda took the opportunity to appeal to writers to also invest in children's literature.

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Assa Diawara National Oratory Art Contest Of The Joseph Ambourouè Avaro High School On The Highest Step

Organized until now only with establishments in Port-Gentil, the public speaking competition created by the NGO Festival de la Jeunesse took on another dimension this year by opening up to other provinces of Gabon, in this case Estuary, Moyen-Ogooué and Ngounié. He has just delivered his verdict. Organized since February, under the leadership of Paul Toukourou, president of the Youth Festival, the preselections of Libreville, Lambaréné, Mouila and Port-Gentil made it possible to select eight candidates, i.e. two per province. The following were chosen to represent their respective establishments: Alene Biyoghe and Ndombi Okoumba for the Aubin Georges Modjekoude high school in Lambaréné, Minto Niels for the Michel Dirat Complex (Grand Libreville), Abagha Akwe for the Mohamed Arissani high school (Grand Libreville), Moanda Bignoumba for the high school of excellence (Mouila), Ughulu Naomie for the Saint-Gabriel high school (Mouila), Assa Diawara for the Joseph Ambourouè Avaro high school (Port-Gentil) and Essono Mvono for the Islamic high school (Port-Gentil). Faced with a jury made up of public speaking professionals, a representative of the Youth Festival, environmental education professionals who are partners of the NGO, namely Mouyissi Environnement from Mouila and OELO from Lambaréné, the finalists had to deliver on themes inspired by the World Climate Week held in Gabon in September, on the one hand, and the recent One Forest Summit in Libreville, on the other. The final, first scheduled to be held in Port-Gentil, finally took place by videoconference, following the tragedy of the sinking of the boat Esther Miracle. By presenting a plea on the impact of deforestation, Assa Diawara, from Joseph Ambourouè Avaro high school was crowned, followed by Essono Mvono from Islamic high school and Ughulu Naomie from Saint-Gabriel high school, both tied. An appointment has been made for next year, certainly with the entry into the running of other provinces. Faithful AFANOU EDEMBE

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