Burkina faso: Burkina Faso ranked first in the latest competitive examination for registration on the lists of qualified candidates of the African and Malagasy Council for Higher Education (CAMES), with 318 successful candidates out of 328, representing a success rate of 96.95%, announced the Minister of Higher Education, Adjima Thiombiano, on Thursday following the Council of Ministers meeting.

According to Burkina Information Agency, these results were obtained during the 47th CAMES session held in N'Djamena, Chad, where Burkinabe higher education and research institutions presented a total of 328 candidates for registration on the various lists of qualified candidates.

"Of the 328 candidates presented, 318 were registered, which represents a success rate of 96.95%, placing Burkina Faso at the top of all the countries that participated in this session," Adjima Thiombiano specified.

He indicated that for public higher education and research institutions alone, 301 candidates were registered out of 306 presented, representing a success rate of 98.36%. In the private sector, 17 out of 22 candidates presented were registered, representing a success rate of 77.27%.

The Minister in charge of Higher Education explained that, in accordance with Law No. 025-2010/AN of May 20, 2010, these registrations must be followed by the creation of the corresponding positions and the appointment of the teachers concerned.

In his opinion, the Council of Ministers authorized the creation of 300 jobs out of the 301 registered public, including one candidate being admitted to retirement.

"These new positions include 166 jobs for the first grade, including assistant professors and research professors, as well as 95 jobs for the intermediate grade, namely lecturers and research directors," he said.

For Mr. Thiombiano, these results illustrate the quality of Burkinabe research and higher education, while strengthening the country's position within the African academic space.