A recognised education for children Cote d'Ivoire

by Fondation Graines de Paix

Project Report | Sep 29, 2022
On the way to a recognized education

By Christophe Viltard | Project Leader

The educational resources that were developed were particularly appreciated by users. These are booklets for teachers and for the managers of religious education structures. These resources are about human rights, secularism and national cohesion. They can be adapted and reused to roll out the project in other areas.

Pedagogical advisors and inspectors in the project area have been trained to support the 340 beneficiary schools. They are now able to meet their specific needs.The project strengthened the mutual trust between faith-based schools and state education actors.

It has opened up perspectives for new projects: teachers in faith-based schools in Côte d'Ivoire need additional training in specific subjects as classroom management; the project addressed reading and citizenship programs, but could be extended to other school subjects; parents of pupils in faith-based schools could be involved in awareness-raising sessions; the link between pupils in faith-based schools and those in state schools could be strengthened; the action can be extended to other regions, and even to other countries.

We are currently working on these new developments and look forward to sharing them to you in further actions.

Links:

https://www.grainesdepaix.org/en/countries/ivory-coast?set_language=en

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Apr 1, 2022
On the way to a recognised education

By Asse Chetima | Digital communications manager

We are working on a mission to ensure that the 300,000+ children in Côte d'ivoire who attend Islamic Education Structures receive a recognised, quality eduction. Between now and the end of 2025, along with the Ministry of Education, UNICEF and other partners, we are training teachers to bring the education standard up to the national level.

Since the launch of the project, we have successfully carried out several important activities to support the integration of Islamic education structures (IES).

The activities led by our teams focused on the themes of human rights, secularism and national cohesion - not your usual school curriculum - but topics essential for ensuring that the Islamic and public education systems can be synchronised and which build the basis for communication, understanding and ultimately academic success.

After completing a need analysis workshop in Yamoussoukro with the representatives of the IES and staff of the Ministry of Education and other workshops, we completed a unique set of pedagogical resources including a guidance booklet for teachers and managers of Islamic structures.

Despite Covid, Graines de Paix was able to train more than 100 primary and pre-school education inspectors, more than 300 pedagogical counselors, school principals and IES teachers. The teachers were very happy to receive training, as many of them had never had any formal teacher training. Follow-up and coaching sessions were also conducted in most of the schools. We are planning a workshop in the near future to share best practices with members of the ministry, the pool of trainers and pedagogical advisors.

Things are looking bright for the future with the government convening a regional meeting with other countries to discuss the approach. We already have interest from Senegal for a similar program.

Thank you for your interest and support! We could not accomplish this educational transformation without our community of generous, committed supporters. We invite you to continue to follow the progress of this program on our Cote d'Ivoire Facebook page and to visit our website.

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