The African Union Fee (AUC), in partnership with the Authorities of Côte d’Ivoire and UNESCO’s International Training Monitoring (GEM) Report, immediately launched the nation Highlight report on foundational studying. The occasion additionally marked the discharge of the French model of the 2025 continental Highlight report on primary training completion and foundational studying in Africa “Lead for foundational studying“, reinforcing Africa’s collective dedication to remodeling training outcomes.
Talking on the launch, H.E. Commissioner Gaspard Banyankimbona, AUC Commissioner for Training, Science, Expertise and Innovation (ESTI), emphasised that the Highlight sequence is a core instrument of the African Union’s Leveraging Training Evaluation for Outcomes Community (LEARN) community, a peer-learning mechanism below the Continental Training Technique for Africa (CESA 2026-2035).
“We congratulate Côte d’Ivoire on the numerous progress offered within the ‘Highlight’ report relating to the development of training and the growth of alternatives for learners. These efforts reveal the affect of sustained nationwide dedication to instructional reforms. The African Union is proud to steer and assist the ‘Highlight’ report sequence as a platform for sharing experiences, strengthening management, and accelerating instructional progress throughout the continent,” said Commissioner Banyankimbona.
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The Côte d’Ivoire report reveals exceptional beneficial properties: gross enrollment charges rose from 64% to 93% between 2000 and 2023, and first completion charges elevated by 56 proportion factors since 1990, reaching 78% in 2024. The report additionally highlights the strengthening of college principals as tutorial leaders and the institution of college administration committees in all faculties surveyed.
Nevertheless, challenges stay. Roughly one-third of Ivorian college students possess solely minimal studying and math expertise, regardless of instructor high quality and classroom supplies exceeding regional averages.
To deal with this, the report requires merit-based recruitment of college principals, steady career-long coaching, lowered instructing masses to permit tutorial management, and extra collaborative governance involving native training authorities and communities. Two promising nationwide initiatives, Goals and Efficiency Contracts and structured pedagogy below the Nationwide Program for the Enchancment of Foundational Studying (PNAPAS), are cited as sturdy foundations for reform.
Côte d’Ivoire’s Minister of Nationwide Training, Literacy and Technical Coaching, Mr. N’Guessan KOFFI, strengthened the urgency of motion. “Each little one is born to study, however entry alone will not be sufficient. The teachings from the reviews present us with a transparent roadmap: stronger faculty management, better-supported academics, and shared accountability- from the classroom to the neighborhood. We’re able to act,” emphasised Mr. N’Guessan KOFFI.
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The African Union’s LEARN community will proceed to make use of Highlight reviews to drive coverage dialogue throughout Member States, supported by a brand new public coverage dashboard that compares nationwide approaches to curricula, faculty management, and studying enchancment.
Mame Omar Diop, Head of the UNESCO Workplace in Abidjan, added:
“The Highlight report reveals that Côte d’Ivoire has stable foundations for enhancing studying. UNESCO stays dedicated to supporting these reforms alongside the African Union and nationwide authorities.”