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PRIMARY AND SECONDARY

Only 40% of all Primary school-age children were enrolled in 1996 and only 9.2% of Secondary school-age children. School conditions are usually reasonable with very basic equipment. Legally the size limit for one class is sixty-five students, but in many Rural areas classes are much bigger because of the lack of schools. If a school is full, children may get turned away and will have to try again the next year.


School session

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 Tree s or keep Chickens , on school land. They have a break between noon and 3pm.


HIGHER EDUCATION

As of 2004 there are two main Universities ; The Polytechnic University Of Bobo-Dioulasso which focuses primarily on applied sciences like Agriculture , and University Of Ouagadougou . The first private higher education school was established in 1992 . Supervision rates are different from one school to another. At the University Ouagadougou there is one teacher for every 24 students, while at The Polytechnic University of Bobo-Dioulasso they have one teacher for every three students.


Administration

The University Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso are comprised of five levels of decision making: the board of directors, the university assembly, the university council, institutions, and departments.


INFLUENCING FACTORS

  • The number of actual schools (for primary)

  • A shortage of qualified instructors (for higher education)

  • Families have to pay for school supplies and school fees

  • Families have very low income

  • By sending a child (or children) to school it is limiting the money being earned for the family

  • Many families are only able to send one child to school leaving the others to earn money for the Family . They usually send the Eldest , abled, male.

  • Language Barrier . Education is mainly conducted in French , which only 15% of Burkinabè can speak, rather than in first languages of the country.



LITERACY RATE

According to UNDP the overall adult Literacy rate, without reference to which language(s), is 21.8% ( Male 29.4%; Female 15.2%). UNDP, ''Human Development Report 2006'' "Burkina Faso"


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