Education in Burkina Faso - Influencing Factors

Influencing Factors

  • The number of actual schools (for primary)
  • A shortage of qualified instructors (for higher education)
  • Families have to pay for school supplies and school fees
  • Families have very low income
  • By sending a child (or children) to school it is limiting the money being earned for the family
  • Many families are only able to send one child to school leaving the others to earn money for the family. They usually send the oldest abled male.
  • Language barrier. Education is mainly conducted in French, which only 15% of Burkinabè can speak, rather than in first languages of the country.

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