CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

AREA OF EXPERTISE

Education and protection

FUNDING

Crisis and Support Centre

The learning environment is very poor in the Vakaga, due to the lack of school infrastructure (apart from the buildings built by TGH, the few existing schools are made of perishable materials¹), combined with the lack of teachers (only eleven permanent teachers were deployed in 2017 throughout the 45 schools in the Vakaga, and only two were actually present in the field, schools operating only with parent teachers).

Schools are also very poorly equipped (459 tables and benches for 45 schools). The basic enrolment rate in Fondamental 1 for girls is much lower than that of boys (41% compared to 59%, while the national level is 65% / 79%).

Literacy class Birao

Two priority areas of work have been defined for effective intervention:

• Technical and material support (infrastructure and equipment);
• Capacity building of national institutions and the teaching staff (teachers or parent-teachers from the community).

In order to provide a comprehensive and complete response to the educational needs of the Vakaga, TGH is focusing its intervention on two identified areas of work:

• A study on the provision of tablets compiling several educational sheets in order to propose innovative work supports.
• The construction of 14 classrooms and 9 latrines in 4 schools in Vodomassa, Zanzir, Sikikikédé and Matala, and the provision of school furniture. The least equipped schools will also receive teaching materials and school kits for both students and teachers. 

Literacy class Birao

The training of 97 parent-teachers, with the support of the Academy Inspectorate, will strengthen the capacities and resources of education stakeholders. Awareness-raising on hygiene and girls' schooling will also be implemented in schools.

¹According to the 2016/2017 statistical yearbook of the Ministry of Primary, Secondary and Technical Education and Literacy, 48.7% of schools in the Vakaga Region are in "poor condition".