Two primary schools in Lélouma are shut, leaving over 500 first-year students unable to attend classes due to a critical lack of educators.
The Lélouma prefecture's education system is severely impacted by a shortage of teachers, with over 550 educators missing across all levels. This deficit has forced the closure of two primary schools, preventing more than 500 first-year students from continuing their education. The interim prefectural director of education, Mamadou Oury Diallo, stated that Lélouma has 237 elementary schools and 855 pedagogical groups, but only 395 tenured teachers, requiring an additional 460 for elementary levels alone.
The affected schools are the Hakkou Pellé primary school in Sagalé, with three classrooms, and the Yambou school in the rural commune of Linsan, which has two classrooms. Beyond these closures, hundreds of children enrolled in first grade have been unable to attend school since last year due to the lack of teachers. This situation spans all eleven rural communes within the prefecture.
The shortage also affects secondary education, with 24 establishments struggling. For instance, the Diountou college-lycée lacks mathematics teachers from seventh grade to the final year, and there are no geology professors in any of the prefecture's high schools. Teachers are being asked to be versatile, covering multiple subjects, but this is proving difficult.
Why it mattersHundreds of children are unable to attend school in Lélouma due to a severe lack of teachers.
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