{"id":3721,"date":"2014-05-30T11:30:45","date_gmt":"2014-05-30T11:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/afrifacto.com\/burundi\/?page_id=3721"},"modified":"2016-06-06T19:29:38","modified_gmt":"2016-06-06T19:29:38","slug":"education-sector-profile-burundi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/burundi\/education-sector-profile-burundi\/","title":{"rendered":"Education Sector Profile in Burundi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Burundi\u2019s education sector is improving steadily over the recent past because of the support from both the public and private sectors. The Global Partnership for Education (GPE) granted 52.9 million dollar to Burundi for a three-year period (2013-2015) to support the ambitious objectives that the country has set for itself for education and training to guarantee access to quality education for all Burundi children.<br \/>\n<strong>Characteristics of the sector<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The Government of Burundi has made education a priority, resulting in a considerable mobilization of national resources for the sector.<br \/>\n\u2022 Education has 29.3 % of current government expenditure<br \/>\n\u2022 The private sector participation is encouraged in the education sector<br \/>\n\u2022 Enrolment in the education sector tends to be driven by students quest for good, affordable and competitive schools in the region<\/p>\n<p><strong>Education system<\/strong><br \/>\nThe system of education in Burundi has a structure of 6 years of primary education, 7 years of secondary education which is divided into 4 years of lower secondary and 3 years of upper secondary school and 3 to 5 years of post-secondary education.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Educational Objectives<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Government adopted the following educational objectives for 2015:<br \/>\n\u2022 To achieve the universal completion of the primary cycle in 2015<br \/>\n\u2022 To manage in a controlled manner the fluxes of pupils beyond the primary level<br \/>\n\u2022 To improve the quality and the relevance of public education<br \/>\n\u2022 To guarantee an equitable education system<br \/>\n\u2022 To assure better efficiency in the use of resources<br \/>\n\u2022 Develop and promote competitiveness.<br \/>\n\u2022 Develop and promote self confidence, open mindedness and mutual acceptability within partner states.<br \/>\n\u2022 Reinforce the teaching of SMT (science, mathematics and technology)<br \/>\n\u2022 Reinforce the quality and accuracy of the teaching\/ curricula.<br \/>\n\u2022 Empower teachers\/ ongoing teacher training.<br \/>\n\u2022 Introduce ICT (Information, communication and Technology)<br \/>\n\u2022 Training of HIV\/AIDS.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenges in the Education sector<\/strong><br \/>\nThe challenges facing the education sector include the following:<br \/>\n\u2022 Weak institutional alignment<br \/>\n\u2022 Inadequate qualified teachers<br \/>\n\u2022 Inadequate budgetary resources<br \/>\n\u2022 Capacity gap in Education sector<br \/>\n\u2022 Inadequate infrastructure<br \/>\n\u2022 Inadequate sports facilities<\/p>\n<p>Education Sector Profile in Burundi has been summarized to include the following<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/afrifacto.com\/burundi\/burundi-education-system\/\">Burundi Education System<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/afrifacto.com\/burundi\/why-study-in-burundi\/\">Why Study in Burundi?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Burundi\u2019s education sector is improving steadily over the recent past because of the support from both the public and private sectors. 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