04/08/2026
Burkina Faso has readjusted the curricula in secondary schools to align with the country's job market.
The decision was adopted during the Council of Ministers meeting chaired on Thursday by President Ibrahim Traoré.
The meeting was aimed at accelerating the digitalization of identity and restructuring vocational training in the Sahel nation.
The minister of secondary, vocational, and technical education, Moumouni Zoungrana, told the council that the change aimed to strengthen and ensure adaptation to socio-economic realities and the actual needs of the job market.
"We have indeed created the directory of professions to specify the work that will be carried out in these institutions. This directory includes 14 priority sectors for the state (...) in which we will focus training efforts to respond to employment needs," he said.
Some of those sectors include agriculture, livestock farming, mining, crafts, health, communication, security, and digital transformation, among others selected to promote the professional integration of young people.