Total 55 69 54 62 Source: National School Statistics Directory of the Directorate of Educational Planning and Evaluation (DPEE), June, 2015. 289. To improve the quality of education in the first cycle of secondary education, the government, with the support of the French Development Agency (AFD) has put in place the Colleges Reform Support Project (PAREC). Several actions are on the programme: the training of heads of schools, training of French language and experimental science teachers (life and earth sciences, and physical sciences), the construction of classrooms in the Martime and Plateaux regions, equipping the classrooms, etc. To achieve this, more than 600 heads of first cycle of secondary education were trained from 30 November to 4 December, 2015 on the theme: “Pedagogical and Educational Management of Schools”. The two other modules of March 2016 focused on “The Management of School Resources” and “The Administrative Management of Schools”. Table No. 22: Trend of the general education budget (in billions of CFA francs) 2011 2012 2013 2014 Nationa Budget 548,75 656,20 694,02 General Education Budget 60,64 74,74 77,85 90,90 Total Expenditure in % 11,05% 11,39% 9,90% 10,95% Total Education Expenditure in % 74,03 76,05 71,92 74,49 Table No. 23 : Trend of Primary Education Budget (in billions of CFA francs) 2011 2012 2013 2014 Nationa Budget 548,75 656,20 694,02 Primary Education Budget 41,53 45,92 26,94 31,80 Total Expenditure in % 7,57% 7,00% 3,43% 3,83% 86

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