Private
1130
3125
2.77
Source: School directories 2009-2010 and 2011-2012, DEPS, MEPSA
63.84
The number of preschools has almost quadrupled from 257 schools to 909. While during this
period the public sector has recorded only 31 new institutions, the private sector has created
further 621 schools.
The number of primary schools has significantly increased from 2143 in 2003 to 3423 in
2012. This increase of over 37% is primarily due to the explosion of private schools whose
number has more than doubled during this period. However, thanks to the support of
UNICEF and the World Bank in the construction and rehabilitation of schools, public
institutions have still increased by 19%.
Regarding the junior secondary level, 430 new schools were opened, 89% of them being in
the private sector. The number of high schools has also more than doubled, with 74 additional
high schools of which 70 are private initiatives.
Despite all this progress, education provision remains below the needs. It is for this reason
that, in the context of the 2012-2016 National Development Plan, the sectoral priority action
programme (PAP) provided for the rehabilitation, construction and equipment of more than
one hundred schools from preschool to higher education.
Constructions and renovations are not just about classrooms: there are other rooms such as
libraries, laboratories, latrines, boreholes, administrative blocks, dormitories for boarding
schools, sports fields, etc. These constructions are associated with facilities like educational
materials and school furniture (for example, for preschool, the priority action programme
provides for the procurement of approximately 70,000 bench desks by 2016). It should also
be remembered that, in the context of the implementation of free education, the state gives to
each primary school student three manuals (French, mathematics and civic education).
6.1.3 Effort towards school enrolment
Table 26: Trend of school enrolment in 2003-2012
Level
Preschool
Primary
CEG (junior High school
secondary)
Year 2003
13 256
575 959
137 826
26 411
Including private
9 343
159 753
20 693
1815
% Private
70
28
15
7
Year 2012
53 920
734 493
230 959
73 955
Including private
35 881
228 232
78 926
4 293
% Private
67
31
34
6
Coefficient 2012/2003 4.07
1.28
1.68
2.80
Source: 2009-2010 and 2011-2012 school directories, DEPS, MEPSA
Total
753 452
191 604
25
1 093 327
347 332
32
1.45
Preschool
In order to encourage the promotion of early childhood education, the sectoral education
strategy paper has opted for the improvement in enrolment by focusing on the promotion of
early childhood education by private developers and local communities in view of improving
the coverage of this sector.
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