3.1.4 – Education (Article 12)
514. In order to enable girls to have access to education, several measures and actions
are implemented, notably:
improvement of the school environment (separate latrines for girls/boys, sports
facilities, etc.);
stepping up the fight against violence in schools, including sexual harassment
and rape, especially against girls (see more in point 3.2);
the fight against early and unwanted pregnancies in schools;
continued organization of excellence camps for the best young girls in national
examinations (CEPD), BEPC, BAC1 and BAC2), granting scholarships to the
top three girls in the scientific series in the BAC2 examination as well as
excellence support and awards to girls from poor families;
school canteen programmes in rural schools that improve the education of
children and girls in particular and reduce the factors that further expose girls
to trafficking;
the cash transfer pilot project in the Kara and Savanna regions to strengthen the
capacity of vulnerable families to better care for children including girls;
capacity building of teachers in eliminating discrimination against girls in
schools;
building the capacity of community structures to manage schools and monitor
girls' education;
the mobilization of Imams and Koranic teachers, traditional and customary
leaders, opinion leaders in favour of girls' education ;
supervision of early childhood in order to free the school-age girls and their
mothers;
setting up girls’ clubs and mothers’ clubs to promote rewarding models;
the creation of clubs of excellence with the award of scholarships to the best
girls in partnership with the Peace Corps;
the creation of new vocational training centres with the aim of making this
sector accessible to all and especially to girls who encounter more difficulties
travelling and more importantly, accommodation;
the creation of new series (CAP in domestic arts, agropastoral activities,
sewing, hairdressing-cosmetology ...) within the country to diversify the
training offered to girls.
515. At the level of higher education, there was the institution of tutorials for girls at
the Faculty of Science and at the Advanced School of Biological and Food
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