Improving Access to Healthy and Safe Primary Schools and Preschools

This project aims to improve access to quality education for more than 58 000 girls and boys in the Kayes Koulikoro Sikasso Ségou and Mopti regions as well as access to early childhood development centres and to junior primary school especially for girls and children with disabilities. The project’s key activities include: (1) the construction and rehabilitation or primary schools and early childhood development centres to allow easy access for girls and children with disabilities; (2) the construction of wells separate latrines for girls and boys and school canteens to improve pupils’ diet and health; and (3) training of teachers school staff and the community to improve school management and school feeding and to offer children a healthy and safe environment. The initiative aims to meet the needs of 50 682 primary-school pupils (aged 6 to 12) including 24 964 girls and of 7 327 preschool children including 3 665 girls.

The expected intermediate outcomes for this project include: (1) more girls and boys attend schools and early childhood development centres thanks to school infrastructures conducive to accommodating girls and mobility-impaired children; (2) primary schools and early childhood development centres improve learning conditions in terms of sanitation safety and diet taking into account the specific needs of girls and boys; and (3) schools and early childhood development centres improve decentralized management in the regions targeted by the project taking into account gender equality considerations.