Ouagadougou: The Ministry of Basic Education, Literacy, and the Promotion of National Languages (MEBAPLN) convened the second ordinary session of its Ministerial Sector Administrative Council (CASEM) to examine and adopt the 2026 program of activities and action plan. The session was held on Tuesday in Ouagadougou, focusing on the future of education in Burkina Faso.
According to Burkina Information Agency, Minister of Basic Education, Jacques Sosthene Dingara, highlighted education as "the key to sovereignty and the foundation of the collective future" amid the progressive and popular revolution. The minister stressed that without education, there can be no true sovereignty, freedom, or shared future. The CASEM session occurred in a national context marked by significant challenges and opportunities for the education system.
Minister Dingara outlined major challenges, including the reconquest of national territory, rationalization of the state budget, decrease in CAST/FSDEB resources, operationalization of educational reforms, and development of the ministry's 11 major projects within the new sub-sectoral framework for 2026-2030. Despite these constraints, he identified opportunities to strengthen resilience and performance in the sub-sector, such as funding approval from the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), implementation of the Education System Performance Strengthening and Resilience Improvement Project (REPAIR), and the Presidential Initiative for Quality Education for All (IPEQ).
The session, themed "What strategy for an effective implementation of the 11 major projects of the MEBAPLN by 2030?", aimed to improve intervention coherence, action quality, and result readability. Discussions focused on presenting the central theme of CASEM, critically analyzing activity programs across six budget programs, and reviewing and adopting the ministry's consolidated activity program and 2026 action plan.
Minister Dingara emphasized the importance of these documents as essential steering tools, focusing on access to inclusive and equitable basic education, promotion of functional literacy, enhancement of national languages, and strengthening educational governance. Participants were urged to contribute constructively to provide MEBAPLN with a realistic and effective roadmap, marking 2026 as a pivotal year in consolidating achievements and improving the quality of the Burkinabe education system.