The Minister of National Education, Literacy and the Promotion of National Languages, Jacques Sosthène Dingara, spoke on Thursday March 14, 2024 in Dédougou, with education stakeholders in the Boucle of Mouhoun.As part of the mobilization of stakeholders and partners around education, the Minister in charge of National Education, Jacques Sosthène Dingara, went to Dédougou on Thursday March 14, 2024, to discuss with stakeholders in education.It is also about setting out its vision and the reforms envisaged for a resilient education system that meets the aspirations of the moment and collecting the concerns of the various stakeholders.During his stay, he paid a courtesy visit to customary authorities, visited a relocated school in Dédougou and shared his vision with education stakeholders in Boucle du Mouhoun.Before presenting the areas of reflection of his vision of the education system, a presentation of the education situation in the Boucle du Mouhoun region was made.From this presentation, it appe ars that at the level of preschool, primary and non-formal education, the number of internally displaced students and internally displaced learners listed in educational structures as of February 29, 2024, amounts to 51,340 including 25,107 girls (68 in preschool, 51,043 in primary and 229 in non-formal education).This number represents 13.60% of the general number of students and learners in preschool, primary and non-formal education, estimated at 377,251.On the same date, at the post-primary and secondary education level, there were 18,589 internally displaced students, including 9,522 girls. This number represents 12.16% of the general number of post-primary and secondary students which is 78,532.In January 2024, the staff of the regional directorate in charge of Education in Boucle du Mouhoun totaled 7,919 agents, including 7,683 agents in the field and 267 supervisors.The DREPS staff numbers 3,873 agents, ie 3,098 teachers in the field and 61 educational supervisors.The security context in the Boucle du Mouhoun region is quite worrying to the point that it is facing numerous difficulties.Despite this, the resumption of school activities across the entire regional area, the strengthening of resilience as well as the improvement of academic results remain the major challenges for which all stakeholders at the regional level are striving to achieve. .Minister Dingara paid a vibrant tribute to the education stakeholders in Boucle du Mouhoun for their resilience despite the difficult security context to keep the torch of education high.He outlined his vision in eight points, namely career management, the digitalization of educational manuals, the development or generalization of emergency alternating classes, and the improvement of continuing training for teachers.According to him, the reform of the education system, the improvement of the platform for organizing school competitions, the improvement of the school canteen and the cultivation of the spirit of anticipation and innovation feature pr ominently.The concerns focused on the reforms of the education system, the equipment problem of the scientific high school of Dédougou, the management of the careers of the agents, the support of the facilitators in the field of literacy, the fluid communication of information with the social partners.The various concerns raised were the subject of responses with all members of the mission.The actors welcomed the initiative of such a meeting with their supervisory minister, anything which allows us to better understand each other in order to meet the challenge of education in Burkina Faso.Before the meeting with education stakeholders, the ministerial delegation presented its greetings to the customary notables of the city, visited the site of a primary school of the CEB of Douroula relocated to Dédougou and held a working session with the technical services of the DREPPNF and the DREPS.Source: Burkina Information Agency