Project profile — Support to the Ten-year Basic Education Development Plan

• Burkina Faso (100.00%)

• Education policy and administrative management:
Education policy and administrative management (11110) (20.00%)
Education facilities and training (11120) (10.00%)
• Primary education:
Primary education (11220) (40.00%)
Basic life skills for youth and adults (11230) (20.00%)
• Population Policies/Programmes And Reproductive Health: STD control including HIV/AIDS (13040) (10.00%)

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Participatory development and good governance (significant objective)
• Children's issues (significant objective)

The goal of the Support to the Ten-year Basic Education Development Plan in Burkina Faso (PDDEB) project is to help develop Burkina Faso's human resources by offering them adequate education and training. Its objective is to support the Government of Burkina Faso's efforts to implement PDDEB Phase I, designed to lay the foundation to expedite the development of basic education, while ensuring satisfactory quality and institutional/management capacity. The project supports PDDEB's three components: (i) greater access to basic education; (ii) greater quality and effectiveness of basic education; (iii) institutional and system management capacity building. Activities under this project are limited to technical assistance since 2007.

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Results at the end of the project include: the gross enrolment ratio has increased from 52.9% (girls 45.5%) in 2002-2003 to 78.3% (girls 72.4%) in 2007-2008; in comparison to 2002-2003, the number of classes has increased by 70% in 2007-2008.

• Proactive disclosure