llOn April 9th, 68 million gourdes was paid on behalf of 399 private schools involved in the free and compulsory universal education program (PSUGO in French), in the western departments and Grand Anse, according to a statement from the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training (MENFP in French). Of these 399 schools, "275 of them are in the West department and 124 in Grand Anse.”
This transfer is the payment of the third installment of the 2013-2014 academic year. The MENFP stressed that more than 1,000 other schools located in the western