Early childhood care and education
The Interactive Audio Education Programme (IAEP)
Executive Summary, The Interactive Audio Education Programme IAEP is a preschool education programme in Burkina Faso that uses radio broadcasts in national languages for children aged 3 to 6 The programme supported by the World Bank since 2017 operates in 8 out of the 13 regions of the country and aims to improve the quality of preschool education in communitybased preschool structures called BISONGO while promoting the use of national languages The IAEP provides support and training resources to community educators or ´petits papas´ who often lack sufficient qualifications The programme´s achievements include securing community endorsement creating educational radio broadcasts and strengthening the capacities of central and decentralized actors for monitoring and supervision IAEP aims to enroll 45000 children in 220 structures by 2024
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