including through the appointment of DMOSS focal points in schools.
- With the support of Save the Children, the establishment by the DMOSS of an integration pilot project
module on psychosocial care in eight (8) of the fourteen (14) Pedagogical Training Centres (CAFOP)
which are part of the Ministry in charge of education in the country. A feasibility plan for replication of
this approach is in progress.
- The adoption by the Ministry for Education (MENET) of a concept note setting out the vision and the
strategic direction in order to ensure a protective environment of students against violence.
A framework of coordination and consultation was established within the Ministry under the responsibility
of the Department, responsible for designing and monitoring the MENET policy on prevention and
response to violence affecting students.
A draft code of conduct and professional obligations for the MENET staff is currently being developed /
adopted and will soon be released.
3. Statistical Data
The results of the MICS 2006 show that 90% of children aged 02-14 years have experienced at least
one form of psychological or physical punishment by their mothers or carers or other household
members. In this case, the carers may be the relatives, female domestic workers, academic supervisors
(home tutors or teachers). Mapping and analysis of the child protection system conducted in September
2010, confirms like the 37 group discussions conducted in pilot area, the extent of this phenomenon.
However, no national survey has been conducted for this purpose.
About violence in schools, a study of sexual risk behaviour conducted in 2010 by the Ministry of
Education with the support of the World Bank and through the Emergency Programme to combat AIDS
(PUMLS ) in four DREN reported that 47% of teachers in primary and secondary had sex with their
students. A national study on violence affecting students is currently underway, with the support of
UNICEF.
A study entitled "Impact of successive Ivorian crises in schools, Government answers, Strategies to
support the process of national reconciliation" was conducted on violence in schools.
This study reports the causes of school violence, analyses the impact of successive crises on the Ivorian
educational institution and offers positioning axes for the Ivorian schools in the process of national
reconciliation. The methodology of the study included a quantitative and qualitative component and has
collected the views of nearly 1,500 people - pupils, students, teachers, administrators, unions,
community members, religious and traditional leaders in 16 regions of the country in 2012.
Despite the extent of the abuse, the national response is based on several sectoral strategies, which
are within the scope of the fight against the worst forms of child labour or the fight against Gender
Based Violence.
The Government, with the support of various international agencies for the protection of the child, has
noted that the approaches taken so far to protect children against abuse, violence, neglect and
exploitation are not sufficient to overcome the challenges and prevent them. A consensus gradually
formed around the need to implement a systems approach including prevention, rather than reacting to
specific violations when they occur.
This new approach to child protection, which has the advantage to respond holistically to the
multidimensional needs of child protection, has resulted in the commitment towards the process of
drafting a framework document for the child protection sector.
With UNICEF support, the Ministry in charge of the child conducted in 2012, a broad consultative
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