  Establishment of projects to improve reception and provide care for children attending Daaras ; Establishment of a Daaras Inspectorate Unit within the Ministry of Education ; -Implementation of a project towards the modernization of Daaras with the aim of providing the young talibés with a qualitative religious education and the basic skills such as the ones formally acquired at the basic education level in schools under the Ministry of Education. 20. A framework agreement has been signed between the Ministry of Education and the Association of Koranic Schools of Senegal in order to:     Strengthen the partnership between the formal sector of education and the Daaras ; Rehabilitate and equip 90 Daaras ; Improve the environment and learning in 20 Daaras where three languages will be taught (Arabic, French and Wolof) ; Develop a harmonized curriculum incorporating religious education and basic skills taught at the basic education level. 21. Similarly, the different State entities directly or indirectly in charge of children increased the volume and frequency of communication activities aimed at impacting the behaviour of leaders and communities towards the talibés. During an Inter-Ministerial Council devoted to the issue in August 2010, the Senegalese government took a series of measures aimed at:    Continuing with its advocacy among political, religious, customary authorities, development partners and the entire community towards the provision of the best possible conditions for the talibés ; Continuing with and strengthening land-use planning and establishment of appropriate infrastructure for the development of talibés ; Improving the laws in force in the area of extending protection to the talibés. 22. Thus, through the development of religious arguments, the main religious leaders made public statements in the media condemning forced begging by children and carried out several outreach campaigns among parents. In this regard, PARRER initiated a begging prevention project by way of community participation and a change of social standards in 200 villages that are supply locations of child beggars within the 4 regions identified in the survey conducted by the Government. 23. The phenomenon of street children had all along been of concern to public authorities in Senegal. Government’s unwavering conviction led to the adoption of texts and programmes aimed at combating the said phenomenon. 9

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