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and housing and food assistance to students. Funding for the program came from the budget of the
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grades. Students who failed in two successful years are not allowed to enroll in public school. In addition, students who are older than 13 are not allowed into general education public secondary school, regardless of their exam grades. Those students are routed to a technical school where they can learn a trade in 4 years, the most common certificates from technical
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and is the most popular program among students, who have started riots when the government failed to deliver the money on time. The second most popular program has been free bussing of any students wearing a school uniform. This program is very popular among parents due to the long distances children
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Libreville, Port-Gentil, Franceville, Oyem, Mouila, and Tchibanga account for more than 95% of all day care and pre-kindergarten schools in the country. As a result, there is a difference in skill and age among children introduced to C.P.1. This difference results in the
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388:Concours
167:collèges
162:Concours
127:Concours
57:), then
1340:Outline
1266:Cuisine
1254:Society
1235:Tourism
1213:Economy
1007:History
931:RĂ©union
927:Mayotte
918:Madeira
913:(Spain)
909:Melilla
840:Tunisia
810:Somalia
795:Senegal
780:Nigeria
770:Namibia
760:Morocco
725:Liberia
720:Lesotho
670:Eritrea
640:Comoros
615:Burundi
590:Algeria
239:Physics
228:Physics
1301:Health
1225:Energy
1175:Senate
1109:Places
1089:Cities
997:
950:
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850:Zambia
845:Uganda
785:Rwanda
740:Malawi
700:Guinea
595:Angola
94:French
55:Crèche
1347:Index
1316:Music
1311:Media
1286:Films
995:Gabon
905:Ceuta
825:Sudan
775:Niger
730:Libya
715:Kenya
695:Ghana
685:Gabon
660:Egypt
600:Benin
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28:Gabon
1291:Flag
835:Togo
745:Mali
635:Chad
442:2014
245:and
241:and
226:and
201:and
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