INTERNATIONAL SUMMER LITERACY TRAINING PROGRAM 2000

EDUCATION CENTERS FOR DEVELOPMENT (ECDs): AN ALTERNATIVE TO BASIC EDUCATION IN MALI

MALI: SYSTEM OF EDUCATION

• FORMAL EDUCATION
• PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION
• SPECIAL EDUCATION
• FONDAMENTAL EDUCATION: GRADES 1-9
• SECONDARY EDUCATION: GRADES 10-12

MALI: SYSTEM OF EDUCATION (cont.)

• TECHNICAL AND PROF. ED.: 2-4 YRS (VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS)
• NORMAL ED.: 2-4 YRS (TEACHER TRAINING SCHOOLS)
• HIGHER ED.: UNIVERSITY AND SPECIALIZED HIGHER INSTITUTES

MALI: SYSTEM OF EDUCATION (cont.)

NON FORMAL EDUCATION

• NATIONAL DIRECTORATE OF FONCTIONAL LITERACY AND APPLIED LINGUISTICS
• COMMUNITY SCHOOLS

1. ECOMs (Ecoles Communautaires – World Education)

2. EDUCATION CENTERS FOR DEVELOPMENT

(Plan International)

3. Evs (Ecoles du Village – Save the Children)

EDUCATIONAL POLICY OF MALI

• BASIC ED. TO ALL
• REACH ATTENDANCE RATE OF 50% BY 2000 AND 70% BY 2010
• MINIMIZE DROP-OUTS
• UTILSATION OF LOCAL LANGUAGES AND FRENCH

EDUCATION CENTERS FOR DEVELOPMENT (ECDs): AN ALTERNATIVE TO BASIC EDUCATION

CREATION: 1993

A CED IS A CENTER MANAGED BY THE COMMUNITY. IT IS INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE PROMOTING

SITUATION IN 2000: 202 CENTERS FOR 7000 CHILDREN / 400 IN PROF. TRAINING

CONTEXT

1. INEFFICIENCY OF FORMAL SYSTEM TO RECRUIT CHILDREN TOO OLD TO ATTEND FUNDAMENTAL SCHOOL AND TOO YOUNG TO GO TO LITERACY CENTERS FOR ADULTS
2. ENLARGE THE BASE OF EDUCATION PYRAMID
3. REDUCE INEQUALITY BETWEEN SEXES

OBJECTIVES

1. INSTILL IN THE CHILDREN THE CAPACITY TO READ AND WRITE AND DO SOME NUMERACY TO DEFEND THEIR INTEREST AND ORIENT THEIR CHOICES
2. DEVELOP AMONG THE CHILDREN AN ELEMENTARY COMPREHENSION AND A SCIENTIFIC CONCEPT OF THE PROCESSES THAT ARE LINKED TO THEIR PHYSICAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT

OBJECTIVES (CONT.)

3. TEACH THE CHILDREN THE KNOWLEDGE, THE KNOW-HOW TO IMPROVE THEIR PHYSICAL WELL-BEING, MAINLY IN HEALTH PROTECTION AND NUTRITION
4. PROVIDE THE CHILDREN WITH A PROFESSIONAL TRAINING THAT ARE LINKED TO PRODUCTION AND TECHNOLOGY

STUDY CYCLE: 4 YRS

(PROJECTION: EXTEND TO 9 YRS)

TARGET GROUPS: CHILDREN AGED 9-15 (BOTH SEXES) DROP-OUTS OR NOT

NUMBER PER CLASSROOM: 30 (15 BOYS/15 GRILS)

LOCATION: WHERE THERE IS NO SCHOOL. POSSIBILITY OF MORE THAN A CED IN THE SAME VILLAGE

CURRICULUM

OFFICIAL CUR. + MODULES

LANGUAGES OF INSTRUCTION: LOCAL LANGUAGE AND FRENCH

SCHEDULE: 8 AM TO 12 NOON (4 HRS/DAY)

YEAR 1

• PHYSICAL TRAINING
• SENSORIAL EXERCISES
• READING
• NUMERACY
• LANGUAGE
• MORAL EDUCATION

YEAR 2

STRENGTHENING OF PREVIOUS ACQUISITIONS

• READING
• NUMERACY
• LANGUAGE
• CIVIC INSTRUCTION
• ORAL FRENCH
• INTRODUCTION OF NOTIONS OF HEALTH, HYGIENE, ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, IMPROVED SANITATION

YEAR 3

STRENTHENING OF PREVIOUS NOTIONS

• CIVIC INSTRUCTION
• MANAGEMENT
• PROFESSIONAL TRAINING (ARTS & PROFESSIONS)
• WRITTEN FRENCH
• TEXT STUDY
• HOME ECONOMICS
• HEALTH AND SANITATION PROBLEMS
• AGRICULTURE
• LOCAL HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY

YEAR 4

• PRACTICAL TRANING
• FARMING
• SMITHRY
• MECHANICS
• WOOD WORKING
• CONSTRUCTION BUILDING
• MANAGEMENT
• HOME ECONOMICS
• MASTERY OF FRENCH

TRAINING PROGRAM

NOV-APRIL/DEC-MAY

MANAGEMENT OF ECDs

GOVERNMENT (MINISTRY OF EDUCATION)

• RESPONSIBLE FOR THE IMPLEMTATION OF CEDs THROUGH A PILOT COMMITTEE
• CONCEPTION OF DIDACTIC MATERIALS
• DISTRIBUTION OF CURRICULUM, MANUALS AND DOCUMENTARY FILMS
• TRAIN TEACHERS
• EVALUATION OF ECDs

THE COMMUNITY

1. CONSTRUCTS & EQUIPS THE ECD
2. RECRUITS AND PAYS TEACHER(S)
3. RECRUITMENT LEVEL: FORMER STUDENTS FROM FORMAL SCHOOL WITH GRADE 8 OR 9 LEVEL, YOUNG GRADUATES, OR NEO LITERATE
4. CRITERIA: AT LEAST 6 YRS OF FORMAL SCHOOL; HAVE NOTIONS IN MANAGING A BASIC LITERACY CLASS; BEING ABLE TO STAY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY MAX. 6 MTHS

THE COMMUNITY (CONT.)

5. ENSURES THE INTEGRATION OF ECD TO THE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMUNITY
6. MANAGE THE ECD THROUGH COMMITTEE OF 5 MEMBERS (3 MEN AND 2 WOMEN)

NON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (NGOs)

• FINANCIAL AND MATERIAL CONTRIBUTIONS
• TRAINING OF TEACHERS

*WORLD VISION

* PLAN INTERNATIONAL

* WORLD EDUCATION

* CARE MALI

* SAVE THE CHILDREN

• ACODEP (SUPPORT TO DECENTRALIZED COLLECTIVITIES FOR A PARTICIPATIVE DEVELOPMENT

STRENTHGS OF THE ECDs PROGRAM

• WILLINGNESS OF COMMUNITIES TO SOLVE THEIR EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS
• CONSTRUCTIVE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN COMMUNITIES AND EDUCATION PARTNERS
• OPPORTUNITY FOR SOLVING TRAINING PROBLEM
• HUMAN RESOURCES FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES
• POLITICAL WILL TO REALIZE THE LAW OF ORIENTATION IN EDUCATION

WEAKNESSES

• INADEQUATE INVOLVEMENT OF STATE AT REQUIRED LEVEL
• INADEQUACY OF STRATEGIES/MEASURES FOR CONTINUATION OF LEARNERS AT THE END OF TRAINING
• INADEQUACY OF MEASURE FOR EDUCATOR TREATMENT

SUSTAINABILITY OF THE SYSTEM

• GOVERNMENT WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH NGOs AND THE COMMUNITY N ALTERNATIVE AND NON-FORMAL EDUCATION SYSTEM
• TRANSFER OF COMPETENCE TO THE COMMUNITIES
• INTRODUCTION OF THE PROCESS OF DECENTRALIZATION OF THE EDCATION SYSTEM