on behalf of the head of State, José Eduardo dos Santos, the official said this is the only way to raise competence of national technicians, with a view to an effective participation in the country`s development process.
Aguinaldo Jaime also stated that the government is concerned about the opening of other sectors to employ the graduates, in order to reduce unemployment, which had reached at 26 percent in 2006, three percent less as compared with the previous year.
However, there is need for combined effort towards diversifying the economy and the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) structure, through investments in various sectors such as agriculture, fishing, livestock and others.
"The oil sector which accounted for more than 67 percent of investments in 2006 had only employed 0.26 percent of active economically population", explained the official.
According to Aguinaldo Jaime, the view of Angolan State and what the president of the Republic expects from the country is the identification of a sustainable social development, economic growth higher than the population growth rate, job for the citizens, fair distribution of the national income and equality of opportunities.
In this context, the Government will keep committed to the quality of public investments, aimed at securing the rehabilitation, expansion and modernisation of basic infrastructures, paying a special attention to the social sectors.
Over the last four years, UAN expanded from 12 to 17 organic units and 68 courses being lectured in 11 of the country’s 18 provinces, Luanda, Benguela, Cabinda, Huíla, Kwanza Sul, Uíge, Bié, Lunda Norte, Luanda Sul and Namibe.
The 17 unit comprise seven Faculties, (Sciences, Agrarian Sciences, Law, Economics, Engineering, Art and Social Sciences and Medicine), six higher institutes of Sciences of Education (Luanda, Benguela, Huíla, Cabinda, Huambo and Uíge), one higher Nursing institute and two higher schools of science and technology (Lunda Sul and Sumbe).
The ceremony, which took place at Cidadela stadium pavilion, gathered government officials, memers of the diplomatic corps, MPs, Agostiho Neto university Principal and deputy-principal, deans, officials and relatives of recently graduates. Source: Angop