law ".
334.Madagascar is striving to achieve the requirements referred to in Article 11 of the
Charter.
Preschool education
335.According to Act 2004-004, infant school includes:
- Nurseries that support babies from 0 to 2 years;
- Kindergartens involved in the care of children 2 to 3 years;
- Nursery schools providing education for children from 3 to 5 years. (art. 28).
336.The preschool education sector is underdeveloped. Aware of this gap, and
convinced that early childhood education is a success factor for primary and
secondary education, the Malagasy government introduced the development of
preschool education and parental education in Commitment 3 of the MAP, which
aims "to ensure access of all children to development opportunities before their true
education."
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- Public
148
164
191
2011/12
2010/11
2009/10
180
207
240
9
8
9
10
16
22
38
59
124
138
139
154
164
169
169
181
93,5 %
94,3 %
94,1 %
93,7 %
91,3 %
88,3 %
81,8 %
75,1 %
- Private
Partly Private
146
2008/09
113
2007/08
93
2006/07
2003/04
45
2005/06
2002/03
Preschool
2004/05
Education
sector
2001/02
Table 23 : Number of preschools by sector, from 2001 to 2012 (in thousands of children)
Source : MEN, Planning Directorate
Access to free and compulsory primary education
337.In 2008, Madagascar undertook to reform its education system in order to achieve
the goals of Education for All (EFA) and the MDGs, including access to education for
all Malagasy children.
338.Thus, Act No. 2008-011 of 17 July 2008 on the general orientation of the teaching
system, training and education in Madagascar was adopted providing free and
compulsory primary education for all children from the age of 6 years..
339.The socio-political crisis of 2009 led to the suspension of international aid to the
implementation of the EFA plan and reform. Therefore, the lack of available
resources and the economic difficulties experienced by the population have led to a
decline in the enrollment rate from 96.8% in 2006 to 69.4% in 2012..
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