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Chad

Education mandate

In 2022

564’405

pupils benefited from quality education

15’286

teachers and trainers were trained

400’000

teaching materials were distributed

The country’s challenges

Chad is a multilingual country with over 150 national languages. At school, education is provided in the official languages, French or classical Arabic, which many children do not master.

As a result, more than half of all children drop out of school within the first 6 years, and only 1 in 5 can read and write by the end of primary school.

With an adult literacy rate of 32%, the inability or difficulty to read and write remains a predominant phenomenon and continues to affect the most disadvantaged populations.

For more than 10 years, we have been improving the country’s education system on a sustainable basis, on behalf of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation.

 

Our impact
  • Pupils’ results in languages and maths are up to 2 times better than in traditional schools.
  • Courses are taught in two languages – the official language and the local language.
  • The content of the courses is adapted to the needs and interests of the local population. For example, two stories (“Papa Vaya” and “The hyena, the monkey and the hare”) have been adapted and illustrated in French and Arabic to enable pupils to learn to write in both languages.
  • The content of the courses is adapted to the needs and interests of the local population. For example, two stories (“Papa Vaya” and “The hyena, the monkey and the hare”) have been adapted and illustrated in French and Arabic to enable pupils to learn to write in both languages.
  • We build fully equipped schools, as well as toilets and water points. Pilot schools have been opened in nomadic areas.

 

Fotina Mirayam, Trainer, Chad

Since we have formed the teachers on this new pedagogical approach, we have observed that students participate more, learn better and parents are more involved.

Teaching materials rooted in students’ everyday lives

One of the major contributions of Enfants du Monde is to support national trainers in designing educational materials that are adapted to the needs and realities of the populations, using themes from daily life such as malaria, female genital mutilation, access to clean water, agricultural production, livestock, etc.

The Ministry of National Education and Civic Promotion of Chad has approved this innovative teaching material so that eventually the entire country can benefit from the program.

Multilingual education makes a difference

Multilingualism is emphasized to promote learning in the language that children speak at home. Instruction is initially offered in French and Sar languages at the beginning of primary school, followed by the introduction of Arabic.

 

Usually, the teacher writes A and the student copies A, then the teacher writes O and the student copies O. The child does not try to discover certain things on their own » a teacher explains. « Now, thanks to the training, we have learned to put students in situations and let them think for themselves to find solutions.

Training teachers and trainers

Enfants du Monde’s program in Chad trains teachers and offers training to their trainers with the aim of implementing a cascading training system that has already benefited 10,000 teachers and trainers.

Trained teachers give meaning to what is taught and learned by promoting the acquisition of basic knowledge by students, developing their critical thinking, their sense of ethics, and their responsibilities within a framework of sustainable development.

Lucie Belengar, Director of Literacy and Promotion of National Languages at the Ministry of National Education and Civic Promotion of Chad

« With Enfants du Monde’s quality approach, students feels familiar with their textbook because the objects and images depicted come from their environment and country. »

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Contact our team

Enfants du Monde

Program office in Chad

BP 1102, N’Djamena, Chad

Rufine Samma Yeko

Phone : +235 22 51 09 88

Email : bucoedmproqeb@edm.ch

Financial partners

My donation makes a difference

For example  :

With 70 francs 

I am donating a bilingual textbook in French and Mooré (the local language) to 8 children in Burkina Faso to help them make better progress at school.

With 140 francs

I am helping 250 pregnant women in Bangladesh to prepare for the birth of their baby and the risks associated with childbirth.

With 200 francs

I am funding in-service training in bilingual education for 10 teachers in Guatemala to improve the quality of their lessons.

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