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sConclusions
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here is certainly a high level of awareness of the
need to bridge the wide gender gap in basic educa-
in Burkina Faso. This awareness is captured in the
ten-year strategic plan for the development
education. It is also taken as an area of concern by the
NGOs operating in the country.
Fation Fgovernment’s
Fof Fnumerous
NGOs are helping to extend the scope of coverage of
basic education activities, and are complementing the work
government in a number of ways. They seem to have a
strong potential for reaching the ’unreached’. They
seem to have acquired experience in linking basic
to overall human development activities, using
traditional aof
avery aalso aeducation organizational structures and collaborating with
local authorities and external support agencies.
They have, above all, approached the gender ques-
in a culture-sensitive manner, and they seem to be
winning, nboth
ntion
for as most of them said in the course of inter-
‘the men are also involved’.
iviews,
iAt the same time, to enhance the sustainability and
positive impact of the interesting activities currently
on, attention would have to be paid to a number of
challenges:
kthe
kgoing kmajor
Geographical coverage is still a problem. All
actors attest to the fact that some parts of the
country (among them areas in dire need) are
not covered by NGOs, while some other areas
(among them regions that are better off in terms
of access to basic education) experience an
over-concentration of NGO activities.
There is a general feeling that co-ordination and