46 In that regard, we may note the construction, improvement and rehabilitation of 43 educational infrastructural facilities for NFE, notably Non-formal basic education centres (CEBNF) and Permanent literacy education and training (CPAF); as well as the holding of literacy campaigns during the year 2012. An initial ordinary campaign held between January and June resulted in the enrolment of 174,626 people, 69.25% of whom are women and a second special campaign from July to December with 77,941 enrolments, of which 67.86% are women. A total of 252,567 people were registered in the literacy education centres, 69% of whom were women. For the Initial Literacy Education (AI) programme, an estimated 257,192 new learners were registered, including 154,315 women, representing 98% of the annual target. The results by sex show that women are keeping the pace and are as successful as men, despite their multiple daily chores. Indeed, their rate of maintenance is 97% as against 96% for men, the success rate, estimated at about 92%, is the same for both sexes. Those who registered for the literacy education sessions included local elected officials, soldiers in the barracks, women in the Maisons de la femme, workers in their work environments, blind and partially sighted persons using the Braille, adults in rural areas and rural folk in the Centres permanents d’alphabétisation et de formation (CPAF), as well as adolescents in the Non-formal basic education centres (CEBNF) and similar structures. A total amount of CFAF 3,354,676,850 was mobilized by the State for promoting access to Non-formal Basic Education (NFE) in 2012, notably by ensuring the funding of more than 400 male and female literary education operators, which helped in opening more than 20,000 literacy education and training centres. This amount does not take into account the funding capacity building sessions of those declared literate and Specific Technical

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