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EMERGENCY EDUCATION FUND

KDF meets the needs of vulnerable and marginalized students in Kolda by helping bridge the academic achievement gaps in rural and inner city schools.
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EMERGENCY EDUCATION FUND

KDF meets the needs of vulnerable and marginalized students in Kolda  by helping bridge  the academic achievement gaps in rural and inner city schools.

For 20 years, the high school graduation rate has never exceeded 36% in the Kolda region. The 70% average failure rate to the general national high school exam (Baccalaureate) means that 7 out of 10 candidates repeat the final year. This results in the exclusion of thousands of students from public high schools. Public schools are the only way for daughters and sons of peasants and poor parents to get an education. In addition, the annual school dropout rate in middle and secondary is around 15%.

The school environment is marked by a very high number of temporary shelters – 136 shelters (35.8%) in preschool and 521 (16.3%) in elementary school. The percentage of public schools with restrooms in preschool, elementary and middle school  are respectively 55%, 57.6% and 59%. As for the teaching staff, 35% have no professional diploma in the public preschool and 80.4% do not have a diploma in the private preschool. 70% of teachers in the public elementary  school have a professional diploma compared to 12.8% in the private elementary school.

In response to this tragedy, KDF and its strategic partners have set up the Emergency Education Fund to hire certified teachers who will regularly provide focused instructional support through tutoring to hundreds of high school students to public schools where the need is the greatest throughout the region. Without this emergency fund, these teenagers will fall into the trap of poverty, juvenile delinquency, illegal immigration, drugs, violence, etc. This annual fund will be used to keep students in school and  increase their graduation rate through the following strategies:

  • Making remedial classes and tutoring available in the departments of Kolda, Médina Yéro Foula and Vélingara
  • Conduct action research to identify and address the root causes of the high failure rate
  • Award need-based scholarships to ensure students have decent meals
  • Subsidize teacher professional development
  • Donate books and school supplies
  • Pilot second chance classes for at-risk students (likely to dropout if no assistance is provided)

Together we can reduce student achievement gaps!