Kaolack, September 30 (APS) – The academy inspection (IA) of Kaolack has set itself the ambition of improving performance and exam results for the coming school year, Siaka Goudiaby said on Monday. , the inspector of this academy in the center of the country.
”This year, in view of the results obtained in 2023-2024, we have set ourselves targets in terms of projection for the next school exams. The conditions will indeed be met, we want to achieve a 50% success rate for the baccalaureate, 70% for the BFEM and 65% for the CFEE,” he declared in particular.
Mr. Goudiaby spoke during a Regional Development Committee (CRD) preparatory to the 2024-2025 school year. The meeting was chaired by the governor of the Kaolack region Mohamadou Moctar Watt.
Academic and school authorities, representatives of decentralized State technical services, social partners and other stakeholders in the regional education system participated in the meeting.
Mr. Goudiaby explained that the ambition to improve academic results stems from a lucid and fairly relevant analysis.
“We were inspired by the trends obtained in terms of results over the last four years to make such projections,” he argued, calling on all stakeholders in the education system to work in this direction.
This will make it possible to determine the causes of the successes and poor performances obtained, he said.
”We will continue to strengthen, to further improve our results, our educational management system, in particular the DRAPS (Regional School Performance Improvement System) to support, supervise and control middle secondary teachers,” he said. said.
At the elementary level, ”we are going to strengthen the PAK (Kaolack academic center), in order to allow the education and training inspectorates (IEF) to form an intervention pool to support, supervise and control the teachers,” continued Mr. Goudiaby.
Among the difficulties reported by Kaolack’s AI is the rate of transition from middle school to high school, particularly in the scientific series.
“We noted, to regret it, that there is a desertion of science and mathematics streams,” lamented the AI of Kaolack, emphasizing that this year, only 26% of students in the 3e were oriented towards the Second S.
He promises to continue to strengthen the existing system to further promote the teaching of mathematics, science and technology in accordance with national priorities and recommendations, particularly within the framework of the agreement which was concluded with the African Institute of Sciences mathematics, internationally renowned, based in Mbour (west).
”This year, we had the opportunity to benefit from his support for six establishments, including middle and high schools in the Kaolack region,” he said.
He invited local authorities and parents to work to make school supplies available on time before the start of the school year, taking into account the “special educational needs” of children with disabilities.
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