According to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the Ivorian government made a commitment to confront the challenge for the 2015-2016 academic year with regard to the 100% enrolment target of children of school-going age. Education has now been declared compulsory for children aged between 6 and 16 in Cote d’Ivoire by Law No. 2015-635 of 17 September, 2015 on the amendment of Law No. 95-696 of 7 September, 1995 on education. Basic Education Basic education comprises pre-school and primary. In order to generally promote access to education by children, the State has taken a number of measures: - free primary school enrolment; distribution of school kit; rehabilitation of school canteens in disadvantaged areas; waiver of the production of a birth certificate for enrolment into infant class year one (CP1); increase in intake facilities through the construction of new classrooms and the rehabilitation of establishments affected by the crisis, and - girl-child education. In order to boost the statistical indicators for girl-child education, in accordance with the Millennium Development Goals, numerous activities have been carried out. In specific terms, these are the free enrolment into primary school and the School Canteen Project implemented in partnership with the World Food Programme (WFP). Thus, 5714 canteens are being run throughout the country for more than one million children. All these activities were made possible through a sensitization and capacity building policy of the stakeholders of the educational system and the partnership with the international bodies. Table of the 2015 national results of the CEPE/Form One entrance examination. Number of Registered Candidates: 419,591 Girls Passed 335,987 43.98% Boys PERCENTAGE 56.02% National 82.12% This success rate for 2015 is a clear improvement compared to that of 2014 which was 79.13%. With regard to primary school pupil enrolment, for the 2014-2015 academic year, 84.27% are in the public sector, while 13.31% and 2.42% are in private and community schools respectively. In the area of infrastructure, out of 1,991 nurseries, 1,355 are public. At the primary level, there are 14,857 schools, including 11, 870 public ones. With regard to human resources, there are 69,765 primary school teachers. Concerning the rate of primary school enrolment, a certain trend was observed for the Gross Enrolment Rate (TBS) which increased from 83.80% to 95.50, i.e. an increase of about 4.3 points over the period. 31