GUIDE OF SÉDHIOU - Cesie

forms of education provided to public, sometimes far from
meeting social demand. This is reflected by the spontaneous
creation of local groups of community based schools (CBS),
that the department strives to include in its strategic plans. In
addition, 11% of children attend private schools. As far as
quality is concerned, the needs of the Country in regard to
school construction, renovation of the "temporary shelters"
and ensure that many schools meet the standard of water and
sanitation are enormous: an unprecedented amount of work
must be done each year. After many hesitations, the program
review is nearly completed and is reinforced by experiences in
life skills. Finally, because of too wide disparities in the
performance of schools in terms of academic results, the
Ministry of Education is taking action to strengthen
monitoring at local level to ensure minimum standards of
education in whole Country.
Like almost all Countries in sub-Saharan Africa that
participated in the World Education Forum in Dakar in 2000,
Senegal is committed to achieve EFA (Education for All) by
2015. The “Ten-Year Education and Training” (PDEF), whose
editing started in 1996, is the main framework for education
and training for the period 2000-2015. This program
integrates the previously established «National Action Plan for
Education for All” (EFA / NAP). Despite its weaknesses, there
are encouraging results in the areas of governance system,
access, equity and quality. Admitted to the Fast Track Initiative
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