World Children's Relief » http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=82676 http://www.worldchildrensrelief.org/blog Executive Director's blog Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:57:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 Education in Burkina Faso, Thoughts on Educational Infrastructure http://www.worldchildrensrelief.org/blog/education-in-burkina-faso-thoughts-on-educational-infrastructure/ http://www.worldchildrensrelief.org/blog/education-in-burkina-faso-thoughts-on-educational-infrastructure/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:13:25 +0000 admin http://www.worldchildrensrelief.org/blog/education-in-burkina-faso-thoughts-on-educational-infrastructure/ I refer to the wiki file on “Education in Burkina Faso” as a starting point ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Burkina_Faso ) because it clarifies that the Education Act of 97′ makes school from 6 to 16 compulsory but there are simply not enough schools and not enough qualified teachers. Access, especially for girls, is still a financial dilemma because school fees and supplies. Only 15% of the citizens speak French which is the language of instruction. The adult literacy rate is 23%.

I thought the note on the school session is interesting,  “A week runs from Monday to Saturday, with the schools being closed on Thursday.   Burkina Faso has a national curriculum. The subjects taught include Production, where children may learn to plant maize and trees or keep chickens, on school land. They have a break between noon and 3pm.”

Also, take a look at the primary curriculum review http://curriculum.qca.org.uk/key-stages-1-and-2/Values-aims-and-purposes/primary-curriculum-review/index.aspx. It’s a tall order!

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