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Literacy-Intensive Training for Development (AFI-D): Solidar Suisse in the midst of revising manuals

Acting in accordance with the curriculum. This was the aim of a workshop to review the manuals of the Literacy/Intensive Training for Young People aged 9 to 15 for Development (AFI-D) centers. The workshop took place from October 16 to 21, 2023 in Koudougou. Solidar Suisse organized the activity with the support of officials from the Ministry of Education, Literacy and Promotion of National Languages (MENA/PLN) and resource persons.

The heads of key structures in the Ministry of Education took an active part in the review of the manuals.

The program Alphabétisation/Formation Intensive des jeunes de 9 à 15 ans pour le Développement (AFI-D) is an innovation of Solidar Suisse. The workshop is devoted to reviewing the textbooks and curricula of the2nd,3rd and4th grade Mooré-French AFI-D centers. But that’s not all. Also on the agenda is the rereading of the animator’s guides. The1st year manuals and guides have already been reread. Rereading these documents is a must, as the AFI-D curriculum has been reduced from 5 to 4 years to comply with the provisions of the common core of training programs and approaches in non-formal education in Burkina Faso. During the work, participants were divided into 7 workshops corresponding to the 7 manuals to be reviewed. They reviewed history, geography, mathematics grades2 and3, grammar of the language within the language, reading/expression/comprehension, not forgetting observation.

A total of seven manuals from the AFI-D

The work also involved identifying content mismatches between existing curricula and textbooks, integrating new content and withdrawing content that seemed inadequate. The representatives of Solidar Suisse, namely the program manager for Democracy, Civil Society and Humanitarian Aid, the technical advisor for education and the education project manager, were delighted with the results of the work. They promised to take into account issues of interculturality, gender, endogenous values, etc. in the integration of content. The Director General of Non-Formal Education (DGENF), accompanied by the Permanent Secretary for the Promotion of National Languages (SP/PLN), presided over the proceedings. The workshop was also attended by many other central and decentralized structures of the Ministry of National Education, Literacy and Promotion of National Languages (MENA/PLN), as well as resource persons.

Work took place in workshops followed by plenary sessions.