Basic Education Strategic Development Program (PDSEB) 2017-2022

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Key Information

This project aimed to support Burkina Faso’s Ministry of National Education and Literacy (MENA) in implementing its Basic Education Strategic Development Program (PDSEB) for the 2017-2022 period. This is done by helping to improve access to quality education for girls and boys aged 6 to 16. The program is also helping to achieve gender parity in terms of access to post primary education and the completion of primary and post primary education. Project activities include the following: (1) building and equipping approximately 4,000 new classrooms each year for primary and post primary schools; (2) increasing the number of qualified teachers to approximately 105,000 by 2021; (3) adopting specific measures to encourage girls’ education; (4) setting up training programs tailored to out of school youth, training teachers and implementing new curricula; (5) providing textbooks; (6) strengthening school management committees and MENA’s archiving and internal control systems.


Lead Implementing Government(s)

Burkina Faso

Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Burkina Faso

Government Affiliation

Government-affiliated program

Years

2017 - 2022

Partner(s)

World Gospel Mission (WGM) Africa

Ministry Affiliation

Burkina Faso’s Ministry of National Education and Literacy (MENA) and Ministry of Economy and Finance

COVID-19 Response

Unknown

Geographic Scope

National

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Quality

  • Curricula/lesson plans
  • School facilities
  • Teacher training

Cross-cutting areas

  • Community sensitization
  • Empowerment
  • Gender equality

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Boys (both in school and out of school), Girls (both in school and out of school), Youth

Age

6 - 16

School Enrolment Status

Some in school

School Level

  • Lower primary
  • Upper primary
  • Lower secondary

Other populations reached

  • School administrators
  • Teachers - female
  • Teachers - male
  • Youth

Participants include

  • N/A

Program Approaches Back to Top

Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization

  • School management committees

Facilities construction/improvement

  • Construction/improvement of classrooms

Increased availability of learning materials

  • Textbooks (unspecified)

Teaching

  • In-service teacher training – gender-responsive pedagogy
  • Pre-service teacher training – gender-responsive pedagogy
  • Teaching materials (e.g. lesson plans, curricula)

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Increased re-enrolment in school among out-of-school children
  • Increased school completion (general)
  • Reduced grade repetition

Cross-cutting goals

  • Improved critical consciousness
  • Improved health - other
  • More equal power in relationships
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms