Project profile — Support to the Ten-Year Basic Education Development Plan - Phase II

• Burkina Faso (100.00%)

• Education policy and administrative management:
Education policy and administrative management (11110) (40.00%)
Education facilities and training (11120) (10.00%)
• Basic Education: Primary education (11220) (40.00%)
• 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)

CIDA has been providing financial and technical support for Burkina Faso’s Ten-Year Basic Education Development Plan (PDDEB) since 2001. Burkina Faso is one of the world’s poorest countries. The gross school enrolment rate is 66,6% and the literacy rate is about 32%. The purpose of this new contribution is to support the efforts of the government of Burkina Faso to continue implementation of the PDDEB in order to accelerate the development of basic education, while guaranteeing an improvement in quality and satisfactory institutional and managerial capacity. Implementation of the PDDEB is also intended to reduce disparities. The current project is part of a pooling of funds coordinated by Canada and other technical and financial partners, including France, Denmark, Sweden, Belgium, the World Bank, and the Netherlands (leader). PDDEB activities include constructing school infrastructure (schools, boreholes, and latrines) and supplying equipment, teaching materials, and school supplies.

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Results at the end of the project include: the primary gross intake ratio for primary education went from 80.7% (75% girls) in 2006-2007 to 85.7% (84.4% girls) in 2009-2010; the gross enrolment rate increased from 67% (60.1% girls) in 2006-2007 to 74.8% (71.2% girls) in 2009-2010; and the number of classrooms at the primary level has increased by 32.3%, going from 28,925 classrooms in 2006-2007 to 38,269 in 2009-2010.

• Proactive disclosure