Burkina Faso Higher Education Support Project

  • F Funding Initiative/Portfolio

A Active

Key Information

The development objective of Higher Education Support Project for Burkina Faso is to strengthen higher education institutions to increase access and deliver quality education in priority subject areas. The project comprises three components. 1) The first component, Enhancing Access to Higher Education: Establishment of the Virtual University of Burkina Faso (UV-BF) aims to diversify higher education delivery models and transform access to quality and innovative higher education in line with the priorities and transformation needs of the economy by supporting the establishment of an autonomous UV-BF in Ouagadougou. 2) The second component, Strengthening Higher Education Institutions (HEI) and Supporting Innovations, aims to improve the quality and increase the relevance of priority programs by supporting the implementation of a set of improved labor market-oriented academic programs. It has the following subcomponents: (i) Support a Competitive Grants Program; (ii) Support Faculty Development in HEIs; (iii) Strengthening Quality Assurance in HEIs; and (iv) Strengthening the Management Capacity of HEIs. 3) The third component, Project Coordination, Management, and Implementation Activities, aims to strengthen (a) the governance and management of higher education and (b) the capacity of the Permanent Secretariat of the National Plan for the Development of Higher Education (Plan National d’Action de Développement de l’Enseignement Supérieur, PNADES) to undertake the tasks required to implement the Project.


Lead Implementing Government(s)

Burkina Faso

Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Burkina Faso

Government Affiliation

Government-affiliated program

Years

2018 - 2024

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation

Burkina Faso Ministry of Economy, Finance, and Development

Funder(s)

COVID-19 Response

Unknown

Geographic Scope

National

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Attainment

  • Post-secondary

Quality

  • School quality

Cross-cutting areas

Not applicable or unknown


Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Boys in school, Girls in school, Youth

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

All in school

School Level

  • Tertiary

Other populations reached

  • School administrators
  • Teachers - female
  • Teachers - male

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top

Access to school

  • Alternative learning centers/mobile schools/home schools

School-related gender-based violence

  • Training of school personnel (including teachers)

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Increased school completion (general)
  • Increased school enrolment (general)

Cross-cutting goals

Not applicable or unknown