Burkina Faso
Early childhood development | Education, training
2024 – 2028
The structure of reinforced pre-school education (EQUIPE)
The pre-school enrolment rate remains very low in Burkina Faso, barely reaching 7% by 2024. This program aims to strengthen the quality of education (3-6 years), improve access to after-school care and support governance bodies.
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The context
Burkina Faso's pre-school enrolment rate remains very low, barely reaching 7% in 2024.
At a time when the State has launched a 5-year program to promote education, with an ambitious plan to create new public pre-schools, the latter are still largely inadequate. Private schools, which account for 61% of pre-school educational provision, are poorly supervised and too expensive for many families.
In addition, the training and supervision of those involved in the pre-school education chain needs to be strengthened.
Approaches also need to be harmonized with the new state reforms.
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of children enrolled in pre-school by 2024
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of the educational offer provided by private schools
The project
Lhe EQUIPE (Education de Qualité, Inclusive, Protectrice et Equitable) program, coordinated by the NGO Enfants du Monde and implemented by Planète Enfants & Développement on the pre-school component, aims to work on the following 3 dimensions in support of the State and decentralized services between 2024 and 2028.
Enhancing the quality of education
In particular, the aim is to set up an inter-institutional team of pre-school and primary education professionals to decompartmentalize initial and in-service training initiatives, carry out a diagnosis of the alignment of school curricula and build the capacities of training school teams, pedagogical supervisors and pre-school and primary school teachers.
Improving access to preschool (ages 3-6)
Our action will focus on a socio-economic and financial study that will enrich our reflections on models for childcare facilities, with a view to broadening the offer: both for the Centres d'Eveil et d'Education Préscolaires (CEEP) and for the Bissongo, community schools for children aged 3 to 6. This program will facilitate experimentation and regular monitoring of players to measure the impact of actions in training schools and nursery schools.
Supporting governance bodies
Lastly, the aim is to consolidate the role of pre-school education governance bodies in their steering and management roles, particularly at regional and local level, in close collaboration with the institutions in charge of education at national level, in order to facilitate the coherent deployment of public policies.
This structured program, which involves 50 Ministry of Education staff, nearly 60 trainers, over 350 pedagogical supervisors in 24 communes, more than 2,100 teachers or student-teachers and nearly 1,500 communal service agents or school committee management members, is set to benefit more than 67,000 children.
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Burkina Faso: Preschool educators trained
Involving 50 Ministry of Education staff, nearly 60 trainers, more than 350 pedagogical supervisors in 24 communes, more than 2,100 teachers or student teachers, and nearly 1,500 communal services staff or school committee management members, this structured program is set to benefit more than 67,000 children.
Our partners in the field
Enfants du Monde
The Ministry of Basic Education, Literacy and the Promotion of National Languages, through its various departments