Bangui: Lycée des Martyrs rehabilitated after the violence
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Centra News
National Education Minister Aurélien Simplice Zingas announced the construction of a borehole and the distribution of textbooks and school desks to Bangui's Lycée des Martyrs, after violence that left several people injured. A student representative knelt to apologise to the government and the security forces, according to Centra News.
The Central African Republic's Minister of State for National Education, Aurélien Simplice Zingas, announced on Monday in Bangui the construction of a borehole, the provision of educational books and the supply of school desks to the Lycée des Martyrs, during a flag-raising ceremony attended by several members of the government, according to Centra News.
The students' representative knelt to apologise to the government, the school's officials and the security forces, after the recent incidents. Minister Marthe Augustine Kirima urged students to favour dialogue and raised young girls' awareness of the consequences of early pregnancy. Aurélien Simplice Zingas said the government had received instructions to close schools, both in Bangui and in the rest of the country, and called on students not to give in to manipulation.
The visit follows the violence at the Lycée des Martyrs of 4 November, which left several people injured, and the announcement on 8 November that the violent students of the Lycée des Martyrs will be expelled.
