The contribution of the safe school approach to the resilience of stakeholders in the municipality of Fada N'gourma (Burkina Faso). Burkina Faso's education system in the face of the security crisis

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Abstract
Since 2016, Burkina Faso has been faced with growing insecurity that is disrupting the state's ability to provide adequate education services. Armed attacks that were initially directed against the security forces are now deliberately targeting schools and those involved in them. Against this backdrop, the need to protect schools and those involved in them is growing. The government and its partners are therefore implementing the Safe School approach in regions affected by insecurity. This analysis was carried out in the commune of Fada N'Gourma and aims to highlight the causes of the difficulties encountered with the Safe School approach in the commune's pilot schools. A mixed methodology combining qualitative and quantitative data was used to arrive at the results. These indicate that the causes of the difficulties in implementing the approach can be summed up as inadequate training for those involved, poor community involvement, the failure of some teachers to get involved in drawing up the school's Response Preparedness Plans, unfamiliarity with the approach on the part of pupils in the lower grades and those who arrive during the school year, and inadequate monitoring and support.

Keywords
Safe School approach – preparedness plan responses – Resilience – pilot school

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Amado Kaboré, The contribution of the safe school approach to the resilience of stakeholders in the municipality of Fada N'gourma (Burkina Faso). Burkina Faso's education system in the face of the security crisis , SCIREA Journal of Education. Volume 8, Issue 5, October 2023 | PP. 203-218. 10.54647/education880474

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