Burkina: The Minister of National Education welcomes the progress of the scientific high school projects
The Minister of National Education, Joseph André Ouédraogo said he was satisfied on Friday with the progress of the science high school projects, under construction in districts 10 and 7 of the city of Ouagadougou.
The Minister of National Education, Literacy and the Promotion of National Languages, Joseph André Ouédraogo visited this Friday, the Nioko 2 regional scientific high school in Kossodo in district 10 and that of the Jesuit scientific school ( KoJUS) in Nagrin in district 7, in order to see the progress of the work.
At the end of his tour, Mr. Ouédraogo said he was satisfied with the progress of work in the two science high schools, under construction for the promotion of science teaching and to promote the development of Burkina Faso.
“We were at the Nioko 2 regional science high school in Kossodo and we were able to see there that the work is progressing very well. We therefore congratulated the entrepreneur,” he said.
The first head of the department in charge of Education said he noticed a delay in work last July when he visited the Nagrin construction site.
Four months later with his second tour, he was delighted with the considerable progress of the work on the same site.
“This is the place for me to reiterate my appeal to all entrepreneurs so that from now on, projects are completed on time, especially when it comes to projects dedicated to students. We must work diligently to ensure that deadlines are met so as not to penalize students,” he maintained.
Joseph André Ouédraogo promised to return next December to the Jesuit scientific school of Nagrin to see if the commitments made by the contractors to finalize the work on time have been respected.
The technical secretary for the development of public establishments of excellence, Gaston Nimien, indicated that the Government of the Transition is working to promote science teaching.
For Mr. Nimien, there is no development without engineers and for this, we must eliminate the deficit of science teachers in Burkina Faso.
“Today we have fifteen science high schools and it should be added that KoJUS is an establishment that we manage, in partnership with the Jesuits; otherwise it is an establishment that is built with public funding,” he confided.
The works controller for the Becotex office for the KoJUS project, Arnaud Ouiminga, for his part stressed that the overall rate of works is 43%.
Mr. Ouiminga, also a civil engineer, stressed that the companies concerned intend to deliver the buildings at the end of December.
He noted that the delay is due to poor organization of companies which was characterized by a gap of three months.
Source: Burkina Information Agency