Providing inclusive, eco-responsible and quality education to learners of Yoff (SNYDK0001)

Commitment ID

SNYDK0001

Commitment Title

Providing inclusive, eco-responsible and quality education to learners of Yoff

Problem

Education, as a decentralized competency transferred to local authorities, is a priority for the mayor of Yoff, who places human development at the heart of his strategic vision. However, despite this stated vision, the primary schools in the municipality are suffering from extreme dilapidation due to coastal erosion and the lack of suitable maintenance. These unsuitable infrastructures do not allow for quality education and exclude students with disabilities, due to the lack of ramps, resource rooms and suitable toilets. Faced with these challenges, it is urgent to rehabilitate these schools with materials that resist coastal erosion, make them accessible to students with disabilities and establish a participatory system to ensure their sustainable and inclusive management.

Status quo

The right to inclusive and quality education is essential for the sustainable development of communities. Yet , in Yoff, 3 out of the total 9  primary schools closest to the beach are seriously dilapidated due to coastal erosion, with dangerous and unsuitable infrastructure for quality education. A recent visit to one of them has shown falling doors and windows, leaking ceilings and toilets in extremely bad conditions. They also lack accessibility for students with disabilities, thus excluding vulnerable learners. Faced with this situation, the mayor of Yoff plans, within the OGP framework, to rebuild one school and rehabilitate a newly build one with inclusive and sustainable infrastructure, while strengthening consultation with stakeholders through school management committees. In 2025, a significant budget (280 million FCFA) will be dedicated to education, including the renovation of classrooms, the provision of educational materials and financial support to schools. Participatory and transparent management of these resources will be put in place to improve the quality of teachings

Action

To promote inclusive and quality education, Yoff plans to rebuild a dilapidated school and renovate another using bioclimatic materials such as terracotta, while equipping them with infrastructure adapted to students with motor disabilities. This commitment, focused on open governance, aims to correct inequalities in access to basic social services. The municipality will revitalize the management committees to ensure the sustainability of the infrastructure, while strengthening community participation, which is in fact a historic achievement in Yoff. Local solidarity, already mobilized in the past to build or rehabilitate schools, will be integrated into this project. In alignment with SDG 4, this plan guarantees free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education. Finally, to ensure transparency and efficiency, the municipality will establish an inclusive monitoring committee and apply fiscal openness, promoting participatory and responsible management of education in Yoff.

How will the commitment contribute to solving the public problem described above?

Renovated school infrastructures, safer, more inclusive and more conducive to quality education will be produced to meet the right of all to decent education and a better life that brings sustainable development. By involving all stakeholders in the education sector from the design phase (through the formulation workshop held on October 22) to the implementation of this commitment via the small committee mentioned above for not only monitoring but also maintaining the infrastructures; fiscal openness to financial but also technical data of the commitment from start to finish and feedback to neighborhood councils at the grassroots level through area forums and public hearings of the mayor; good digital communication on the various channels and platforms of the municipality, we hope to drastically boost citizen participation and open governance, and hence greater ownership of the public policies of the municipality of Yoff.

What long-term goal as identified in your Open Government Strategy does this commitment relate to?

This commitment contributes to two strategic axes of the mayor\'s vision, including axis 1 on sustainable human development, with education and health as priorities, but also axis 4 on open governance and citizen participation. In addition, it aims to improve the provision of public services in the commune of Yoff and to support the achievement of the SDG target - 4 Education - to ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant studies and effective learning outcomes.

Primary Policy Area

Asset Disclosure, Civic Space

Primary Sector

Education

What OGP value is this commitment relevant to?