This Wednesday's Burkinabè dailies echo the news on the National Development Policy (PND) and on the launch, the day before, of the Certificate of Primary Studies (CEP ).
The private newspaper Le Quotidien informs, through its front page, that in the Center region there are “83,696 candidates (who are) in the running for the first school diploma”.
For its part, the national daily Sidwaya highlights the number of applicants at the national level by posting on the headline: "CEP 2023: 376,275 candidates to conquer the first school diploma".
The newspaper informs that the Minister of National Education, Literacy and the Promotion of National Languages, Joseph André Ouédraogo officially launched, yesterday Tuesday, at the South "A" school of Koupèla (Kouritenga), the tests of the Certificate of Primary Studies (CEP) 2023.
The private daily Le Pays, for its part, specifies that it was at 7:30 a.m. that the composition of the CEP began with the writing test, which was followed by that of dictation and text study, marking the end of the composition of the morning.
L'Express du Faso, a private daily published in Bobo-Dioulasso, for its part, mentions on its front page: "CEP 2023: the number of candidates down in the Cascades".
In this regard, the newspaper relates the words of the regional director in charge of National Education in the Cascades, Soilliou Karantao who declares that "for this session we have 15,970 candidates who make up the entire extent of the Cascades region". .
He adds that "unlike last year, there is a drop of about 12%", before explaining that "this drop is due to the movement of candidates with regard to the security context and also losses".
The Observer Paalga informs that the Minister of National Education, Literacy and the Promotion of National Languages, Joseph André Ouédraogo took advantage of his short stay to go "to encourage his soldiers at the front".
On a completely different current topic, the newspaper Le Pays mentions on the front page: “National development policy 2022: achievements that poorly hide shortcomings”.
The newspaper reports that on June 6, 2023 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, National Cooperation and Burkinabe Abroad in Ouagadougou, the annual review of the National Development Policy (PND) for the year 2022 took place.
The daily Sidwaya notes that the overall objective of the PND is to "restore security and peace, strengthen the nation's resilience and structurally transform the Burkinabè economy for strong, sustainable and inclusive growth".
The Minister of Economy, Finance and Prospective, Aboubacar Nacanabo, informs through the columns of Sidwaya that the Action Plan for Stabilization and Development (PA-SD) recorded a performance of 63%.
On the security aspect, L'Observateur Paalga lets read: "Insecurity in Gourcy (North): Protesters are angry with the provincial director of the national police".
According to the article, a group of individuals organized a march yesterday Tuesday in Gourcy, in the province of Zondoma, North region, to denounce the behavior of the provincial director of the national police in the management of the security crisis.
According to L'Observateur Paalga, the demonstrators scratched the prefect of Gourcy and the high commissioner of Zondoma province.
Source: Burkina Information Agency