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In Senegal, the school no longer fully fulfils its promise: that of being the social elevator, the place of emancipation and the beating heart of the Republic.
In rural areas, children still learn under makeshift shelters, sitting on the sand, sometimes sharing a manual with several. In urban centres, classrooms are overloaded, teachers are exhausted and families are making increasing financial sacrifices to keep their children in the school system.
Every year, thousands of new bachelors join saturated universities, nurturing the hope for a future that the school institution is increasingly struggling to secure. The gap between training, employment and economic reality is fuelling frustration and disillusionment.
This episode offers a lucid analysis of the Senegalese educational crisis, its structural causes and the fractures it reveals, while opening the reflection on the need for a new educational pact, integrating the technological changes and demographic challenges of the country.
