Improving access and retention of excluded children in education
The adoption of barrier gestures allowed the normal continuation of the learning cycle in the bridge centres and schools.
In early 2021, the project area suffered arson attacks on huts used as classrooms in several schools, both in rural and urban areas, including the capital, Niamey.
To support this project :
The aim of the project
Contribute to improving access and retention of excluded children to and in quality formal and non-formal education and training (basic education and vocational training).
What we did
Key figures
- 1,040 out of 1,427 children aged 9 to 12 from the accelerated schooling strategy/bridging classes (SSA/P) were transferred to CE2 and CE1;
- 387 out of 1,427 children aged 15 to 16 from the Strategy for Accelerated Schooling Form 2 (SSA2) classes enrolled in secondary school, including 16 in vocational training centres;
- 4 capitalization booklets produced and shared on the experience of the implementation of the gateway centres;
- Organisation of 51 awareness-raising and social mobilisation sessions for the targeted communities on the project's issues and offer (approximately 2,808 participants);
- Establishment and training of local grassroots structures around 47 open centres.