The school year begins. Shops fill with backpacks, parents make lists and schools send notices. Everyone knows what needs to be bought. But one thing never appears on a school supply list — and it may be the most important item of all.
The list of school materials
First, the practical items. This is what most pupils in Equatorial Guinea need at the start of the school year:
- pens (blue, black and red)
- Pencils and eraser
- Squared and lined exercise books (several)
- Folders and archives
- Ruler, compass, protractor and set squares
- Scissors and glue
- Markers or colouring pencils (depending on level)
- Course textbooks (check the school's list)
- Dictionary (Spanish and French if applicable)
- School Atlas (from primary)
- Weekly agenda or planning
- Sturdy backpack with sufficient space
- Pencil case or pen holder
- Reusable water bottle
- Lunchbox or money for school meals
- Complete school uniform (check the requirements)
- Suitable footwear
- Sportswear or PE clothing
- Scientific calculator (high level)
- Tablet or laptop if required by the school
- Headphones for language learning or audio activities
What you forget every year
Everyone has a school supply list. Pens, a backpack and exercise books — nobody forgets those. What is forgotten, year after year, is to consider what happens if the person paying for all this can no longer do so.
School supplies are replaced every September. Books change from year to year. But the question very few parents ask aloud is: if something happened to me, who would pay for all this next year?
The reality for many families in Equatorial Guinea
A child's education costs money. A great deal, continuously: enrolment, monthly fees, supplies, transport, uniforms and books. An expense repeated 9 months a year for more than 12 years.
In most families, this expense depends on one or two people. If they can keep working, the child can study. If they cannot — because of illness, an accident or death — the child's future becomes uncertain.
This is not a worst-case fantasy. It is the reality for many families who never planned for it to happen.
School supplies protect this year's studies. Education Insurance protects every year still to come.
What exactly is Education Insurance?
It is life insurance linked to your child's education. It works very simply: you pay a monthly premium while you are able to contribute, and if something happens to you, the insurance provides the money your child needs to continue studying without interruption.
It is not savings. It is not a deposit. It is a guarantee: whatever happens to you, your child's education does not stop.
The plan that ensures your child finishes what they start
VidaSEguros EG is the only authorised life insurer in Equatorial Guinea. Here is what its Education Insurance covers:
- If the policyholder dies, the insurance guarantees continuity in the child's education
- A sum insured that suits you: choose the amount according to your family's needs
- A fixed monthly premium from day one — it does not increase over the years
- No medical examinations in most cases
- First fully free consultation and advice
This September, add this item to the list alongside pens and a backpack. It is the only one that does not expire, does not break and does not need replacing next September.
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