3: Measures to Ease Access to Education 319- During the reference period, some measures were taken to ease access to education and encourage sound emulation between learners. This is the case of illegal collection of fees, and assistance to students. 320- Considering the persistent unwarranted collection of PTA fees and other undue fees by some Principals, the Minister of Secondary Education signed Circular No. 25/13/LC/MINESEC/CAB of 23 July 2013 to remind Principals to respect the regulations on management of PTA fees by not increasing any fees thereto. In addition, Principals were requested to refrain from collecting any undue fees and from authorising the sale of objects in the school premises. 321- The implementation of the said instructions was monitored under controls conducted on the administrative200 and financial201 management of schools and the financial management and running of PTAs by the Minister of Secondary Education202 and the Rapid Results Initiative (RRI) of National Anti-Corruption Commission. In comparison to the 2014/2015 academic year when the RRIs were launched, the 2016/2017 academic year recorded an increase of 78.83% in the execution of practicals in technical schools. 322- As part of assistance, bursaries were regularly granted to deserving students and to some students with disabilities or socially vulnerable students. Besides, the MINESEC Award of Excellence referred to above was instituted. The 1st edition was organised on 16 October 2017 with 293 awards granted to laureats of the 2017 session of examinations, of which 34 laureats won at the national level and 259 at the regional levels. During the 2nd edition that was held on 16 September 2018, 556 prizes were awarded of which 457 to laureats. It should be noted that the amount allocated to the awards varied for the 2 editions between CFAF100,000 and CFAF300,000203. The table in APPENDIX 11 shows what was done during the reference period 323- Some CFAF1,500,000,000204 was allocated to promoters of private education as part of assistance from 2013 to 2018. 4: Increase in Student Enrolment 324- The different actions carried out helped increase student enrolment in schools. The enrolment increased from 1,812,849 students in the 2012/2013 academic year to 2,205,778 students in the 2015/2016 academic year, with a progression rate that varied between 4.6 and 10.1 %. (APPENDIX 12) 200 The dysfunctionings concerning administrative management include poor management of staff punctuality and regular presence in school, staff classification, irregular functioning of the school council, violation of laws and regulations, non-respect of the standards and procedures for the award of public contracts, non-respect of the standards and procedures in the preparation of steering documents and poor keeping of documents. 201 The dysfunctionings concerning financial management include collection of undue fees, violation of procedures on the collection and security of public property and a lot of procedural irregularities in spending. 202 The dysfunctionings concerning PTA management include failure to legalise the associations, illegitimate executive bureaux, lack of funds, poor collaboration between members of the executive bureau on the one hand, and the said members and officials of the school administration on the other hand, and the execution of works ordered by the PTA on credit. 203 About 458,015 Euros. 204 About 2,290,076 euros. 59