{"id":10005,"date":"2018-09-05T06:38:04","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T06:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/?p=10005"},"modified":"2018-09-06T12:18:56","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T12:18:56","slug":"parents-plead-for-reopening-of-closed-schools-one-week-before-new-school-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/parents-plead-for-reopening-of-closed-schools-one-week-before-new-school-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents plead for reopening of closed schools one week before new school year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following the decision of the ministry of education to close the fourth cycle (from 7th to 9th graders) of the fundamental school with poor performance a week before the new school year, parents say their children will not have way to study.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10000\" style=\"width: 434px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10000\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-10000\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Edouard-Ndikumasabo-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"Edouard Ndikumasabo: \u201cThe decision comes to worsen the situation\u201d \" width=\"424\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Edouard-Ndikumasabo-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Edouard-Ndikumasabo-768x442.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Edouard-Ndikumasabo-600x345.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Edouard-Ndikumasabo.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 424px) 100vw, 424px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10000\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Edouard Ndikumasabo: \u201cThe decision comes to worsen the situation\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Edouard Ndikumasabo, chairman of the national association of parents, pupils and students says the decision taken by the education ministry aims at punishing parents and students while they didn\u2019t make any mistake. \u201cOther \u201cmore successful\u201d schools have finished to enroll new students a week before the beginning of the new school year,\u201d he says adding that the ministry of education has already announced that the new school year is set on 10 September.<\/p>\n<p>The parents\u2019 representative says if nothing is done those students with poor performance will wander in the streets and \u201cthe decision comes to worsen the situation\u201d, he says.<\/p>\n<p>For Ndikumasabo, the education ministry would have carried out inspection to identify teachers who were not competent. \u201cThe general inspection of education would have conducted field visits before the national exam\u201d, he says. <a href=\"https:\/\/iwacu.global.ssl.fastly.net\/englishnews\/burundi-closed-schools-representatives-concerned-about-students-future\/\" target=\"_blank\"> The 31 schools that have been closed have the success rate between 0% and 20% in the national exam<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He also says the ministry would have conducted a survey before allowing any private school to open.<br \/>\nEdouard Ndikumasabo calls on the education ministry to reopen those schools and conduct a close follow-up to analyze if those schools fulfil the required educational standards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the decision of the ministry of education to close the fourth cycle (from 7th to 9th graders) of the fundamental school with poor performance a week before the new school year, parents say their children will not have way to study. 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