Peaceful Life School Opens Enrollment for Special Needs Students

Calumbo: The special education primary school located in the Vida Pacífica urbanization in the municipality of Calumbo, province of Icolo e Bengo, has announced 150 available places for seventh-grade students and 50 for primary education. This announcement was made earlier this week. According to Angola Press News Agency, the information came from Anália Sesechuma, the coordinator of special education at Vida Pacifica Elementary School. She stated that enrollments are scheduled to occur from the 20th to the 23rd of this month. The school has made provisions to enroll children with varying degrees of the autism spectrum, hearing impairments, syndromes, or learning difficulties. At a ceremony marking the opening of enrollments for primary and lower secondary schools in the municipality of Calumbo for the 2025/2026 academic year, Sesechuma noted that primary education remains the most sought after. She expressed concern over some parents' reluctance to enroll their children with disabilities due to a lack of a cknowledgment of their child's condition. Bonifácio Francisco, an inspector from the municipal education department, mentioned that the enrollment process is proceeding in an orderly manner and encouraged parents to reach out to public schools to secure places for their children. The province of Icolo e Bengo, part of the Political and Administrative Division with Luanda, includes Catete as its headquarters and encompasses seven municipalities, 11 communes, with an estimated population of 2.2 million inhabitants.