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Education is administrated by three ministries: | |||
*The Ministry of Social Affairs, in charge of pre-primary education; | |||
*The Ministry of Basic Education and Literacy, in charge of primary education, literacy | |||
and non-formal education; | |||
*The Ministry of Secondary, Higher Education and Scientific Research, in charge of | |||
secondary education, higher education and scientific research. | |||
The structure of the Burkinabè formal educational system was inherited from France. | |||
== School-level education == | == School-level education == | ||
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Burkina Faso in a nutshell
Burkina Faso, also known by its short-form name Burkina, is a landlocked nation in West Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the south east, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Côte d'Ivoire to the south west.
Its size is 274,000 km² with a population of more than 16.7 million (CIA July 2011 est.).
Formerly called the Republic of Upper Volta, it was renamed in 1984 to mean "the land of upright people" in Moré and Dioula, the major native languages of the country.
Burkina Faso's capital is Ouagadougou.
The country occupies the seventh to last place on the Human Development Index.
Education in Burkina Faso
Education is administrated by three ministries:
- The Ministry of Social Affairs, in charge of pre-primary education;
- The Ministry of Basic Education and Literacy, in charge of primary education, literacy
and non-formal education;
- The Ministry of Secondary, Higher Education and Scientific Research, in charge of
secondary education, higher education and scientific research.
The structure of the Burkinabè formal educational system was inherited from France.