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The Minister of National Education of Niger and the technical and financial partners contributing to the Common Education Sector Fund FCSE received more than 140000 French and mathematics textbooks intended for 6th grade students. The Luxembourg Cooperation which played a leading role in setting up and operationalizing the common fund was represented by the Charg dAffaires of the Embassy of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the resident representative of LuxDev.Since the launch of the Education Sector Common Fund FCSE more than 55 billion FCFA have been mobilized to finance the five ministries of education and training with the Ministry of National Education being the largest beneficiary. with more than 65 of the amounts each year. This funding has made it possible to support more than 5000 primary and secondary establishments with direct grants to enable them to meet their small expenses and improve student learning conditions.As part of its support for decentralization the FCSE transferred to municipalities and regional councils the construction of 163 classrooms and the acquisition of more than 68000 tables-benches to accommodate and improve the learning conditions of approximately 130000 students. The fund has also made it possible to acquire more than 1.1 million teaching aids for primary and secondary education in order to facilitate student learning to which are now added more than 140000 French and mathematics textbooks intended for 150000 new entrants in 6th grade . With the receipt of these textbooks the Ministry of National Education now guarantees one book for two students whereas there was talk of one textbook for about five students until now. This will make it possible to improve the quality indicators of education at the secondary level noted the Minister of National Education in his speech.The 6th grade a key yearThe speakers all underlined the importance of the first year of college a priority in the sectoral policy of the State of Niger. Having textbooks at this pivotal moment in a schoolchilds life should allow him to keep a taste for learning to practice and improve in subjects as fundamental as French and mathematics said mentioned the French Ambassador speaking on behalf of the partners contributing to the FCSE. Indeed the 6th year is a strategic year for consolidating the achievements of primary school and determines success and retention in college especially for young girls .An exemplary multi-stakeholder partnership This ceremony embodies a huge amount of work and an exemplary multi-stakeholder partnership. We firmly believe that pooling our financing in the fund is the most appropriate way to respond to the scale of the challenges in this sector and to obtain visible and lasting impacts indicated the partners contributing to the FCSE.Launched in 2018 the FCSE brings together the contributions of the Swiss Luxembourg and Norwegian Cooperation the Global Partnership for Education the French Development Agency and UNICEF. It is intended for ministries in charge of education and training to implement the activities of the Education and Training Sector Transition Programme. It is a tool to support reforms specific to education but also critical projects such as decentralization or public finance reforms. specified the contributors to the FCSE. The common fund finances the programming of all the public entities working in this sector and transfers 80 of its resources to the regions to the decentralized services to the local authorities and to the establishments where the educational changes are taking place.The FCSE is notably supported by the support program for the operationalization of the education and training sector program NIG023. This program is financed by the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and implemented by LuxDev the Luxembourg agency for development cooperation.
