Expansion of a school

The aim of this project was to expand a primary school in the village of Séguédin in the Bazoulé region, west of the capital of Burkina Faso, Ougadougou. The first three classrooms were built by the African Development Bank. The association Vivre avec Bazoulé continued the work in 2008 and 2009, in order to facilitate access to education for children in the region and to open their horizon for the future.

Two classrooms were added to the primary school in Séguédin to enable students to complete their primary school curriculum. This extension took the school’s capacity from 400 to 500 children, each class comprising 85 students. As the State does not place a teacher in an establishment unless housing is provided, two new buildings were built to accommodate the teaching staff. There were an equal number of boys and girls at the school, a gender balance the project aimed to maintain, as girls often leave school early despite their good results.

 
Founded in 2005, the French Association Vive avec Bazoulé supports the Séguédin village attached to Bazoulé.