The introduction of English in elementary school, particularly at CM1 and CM2 levels, will be effective at the start of the next school year for an experimental phase, the Secretary General of the Government announced on Thursday.
“The Prime Minister asks the Minister of Education to ensure, with regard to the introduction of English, both for the experimental phase and for the deployment, the development of a precise and realistic roadmap, ensuring equal access for learners as well as adequacy with the needs of production and the world of work,” said Ahmadou Al Aminou Lo.
Reading the recommendations of the Interministerial Council on the 2024-2025 school year, chaired by the Prime Minister, Ousmane Sonko, Mr. Lo announced to this effect that “the ministers responsible for national education and vocational training, in conjunction with all stakeholders, will undertake, from this year, a major overhaul of the Education and Training curricula, according to the Project Vision”.
He recalled that this vision is focused on national sovereignty, the promotion of values and citizenship, authentic history and national languages, science, technology and digital technology, road safety, environmental education and sustainable development.
Regarding national languages, the Prime Minister expressed the wish to take stock of the initiatives underway and submit the results to him, he reported.
Among the reforms, “the ministers responsible for National Education, Higher Education and Vocational Training, in conjunction with all stakeholders, will begin this year the reform of the certification assessment system (CFEE, BFEM, BAC) in connection with the overhaul of curricula”, said the Secretary General of the Government.
He also indicated that “the Minister of National Education will have to take the appropriate measures to implement the Digital Strategy for Education, including the creation, from the start of the school year, of a digital sector and the start of its experimentation within the Nation-Army High Schools for Quality and Equity (LYNAQE) and certain high schools of excellence”.
The Minister of Higher Education is invited, in conjunction with the Minister of Finance and Budget, to “ensure the completion of the projects in progress on educational and social campuses”.
The Minister of National Education is invited ”to deploy the New Initiative for the Humanist Transformation of Education (NITHÉ)
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