Burkina: Government reintroduces civic education into school curriculum

The government will reintroduce Civic Education into general post-primary and secondary education and technical and vocational education and training next year.The government has instructed "the effective implementation of the teaching-learning of Civic Education in post-primary and secondary general education and technical and vocational education and training, for the 2024-2025 school year", indicates a circular received by the AIB on Wednesday.The same source adds that the teaching of civic education is part of the introduction of new subjects into the education system in connection with the curriculum reform.This teaching will be provided by History-Geography and French-History-Geography teachers, she confides.The hourly volume of civic education is charged to the overall weekly volume assigned to each History-Geography teacher, specifies the circular.Source: Burkina Information Agency