Centre-West: The Minister of National Education listens to his colleagues

Koudougou: The Minister of National Education, Literacy and Promotion of National Languages (MENAPLN), Jacques Sosthène Dingara, stayed in Koudougou on Thursday March 14, 2024, as part of a tour. Objective: to speak with education stakeholders and partners and identify perspectives. This face-to-face meeting lasting a little over two hours, in the city of the red rider, between Minister Dingara and the actors and partners of education, coming from the four provinces (Boulkiemdé, Sanguié, Sissili and Ziro) from the Central-West region, has set his sights on a certain number of files. These include the social debt (empty locker operation), curricular reform, educational conferences, the point of the educational kit, the ESU, without forgetting the functioning of basic education districts (CEB), exams schools (issues and participation of the different actors in the organization), etc. Thus, the opportunity was given to participants (actors and partners) to raise their concerns, both legal and legitimate. He is a relaxed and straightforward minister who, supported by his close collaborators, was willing to provide answers. Faced with certain thorny issues such as the large numbers caused by the exceptional situation in the country, the MENAPLN showed itself to be optimistic and altruistic. He, in fact, urged stakeholders to become more involved in preventing internally displaced students from rushing into the streets where they will not have the means to emerge with responsibility and dignity. In addition to these aspects, the new head of National Education wanted to outline the challenges that are close to his heart. These challenges include, among others, excellent personnel management, the digitalization of the education system, the introduction of technical and vocational education alongside classical education, continuing training of teachers, and the promotion of national languages. And we add to this early childhood development, improvement of the SIGEC platform, improvement of students' access to the school canteen. Note that from the outset, Dreppnf Abylaicé Rouamba, took the floor, on behalf of the two regional directorates in charge of education in the Center-West, to provide an overview of the state of education in this part from Burkina. The number of students stands at 309,839, including 158,422 girls in primary school; 9,656 listeners including 4,816 girls in preschool; 3,042 learners 2,252 women in non-formal education. As for post-primary, there are 127,920 students including 67,798 girls. Source: Burkina Information Agency