School year 2022-2023: Towards a return to school under water
As the start of the 2022-2023 school year is fast approaching in Senegal (on October 6), the observation is chilling. Almost everywhere in Senegalese schools, there is stagnant water in the classrooms and in the courtyards, grass covering the ground and, above all, dilapidated buildings.
Faced with this situation, the parents of students are indignant at the state of the schools: "no one is going to let their child go to a school where there are weeds, you never know, there may be snakes and it is dangerous. »
Despite the catastrophic state of the schools, SELS still believes in the slogan “Oubi téy Djiang téy”. According to the Secretary General of the Union of Free Teachers of Senegal, Amidou Diédhiou, “Senegalese must change their mentality and also change their way of doing things. So if the opening of classes is set for October 6, it must be carried out..." Read More...