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Burundi  Education Mission
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About Burundi Education Mission:


Burundi Education Mission (BEM) is an organization committed to promoting education and technology as drivers of sustainable social transformation. It identifies Burundi’s educational needs and addresses them with tailored solutions. Each year, BEM organizes conferences and symposiums to assess the education system, promote peace and progress, and propose concrete actions.

 

 

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                                   Click here for 2025 Conference (8/22/25)

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One of the most powerful means of propagating and sustaining socio- economic developments is the educational system in a society. Education transmits society's collective knowledge from one generation to the next, it equips each new generation to face future opportunities and challenges with knowledge gathered from the past. That knowledge shows the young generation the opportunities ahead for them, and thereby raises their aspiration to achieve more. Information imparted by education raises the level of expectations of youth, as well as aspirations for higher income. Education also equips youth with the mental capacity to devise ways and means to improve productivity and enhance living standards. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_development_theory#Education.

 

Burundi Flag image.
White color represents peace, green represents the nation's hopes for developmen
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Education

 

 

 

Burundi (officially the Republic of Burundi) is a small country located in central-eastern Africa in the Great Lakes region. Its population is 12,241,065 (based on July 2021 estimates).

Capital: Gitega (political)

               Bujumbura (economic)

 

 

 

Languages

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Kirundi: National and official

French & English (official)

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Education 

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The statistical breakdown on students enrolled in schools is as follow:

 

Primary/ elementary Education (

Completion/ graduation rate was 59.376 in 2019

 

 

Secondary

Gross graduation ratio was 19.5% in 2014.

Lower Secondary School Age (12-16) out of school: 33.669 % in 2019.

 

The literacy rate

The literacy rate of the population aged fifteen (15) and older is 68.4% in 2017.

 

 

 

Main Sources:

http://uis.unesco.org/country/BI

https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.TER.ENRR?locations=BI

https://knoema.com/atlas/Burundi/topics/Education/Secondary-Education/Gross-enrolment-ratio-in-secondary-education

https://www.unicef.org/esa/media/6066/file/UNICEF_%26_World_Bank_Burundi-Education_PER-2019.pdf

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Others:

https://knowledgehub.adeanet.org/en/country-profiles/burundi
https://www.educationcannotwait.org/our-investments/where-we-work/burundi
https://www.globalpartnership.org/who-we-are/about-gpe


 

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The above data collected shows that primary, secondary and tertiary education in Burundi are very low.  Strategies for improving students success and graduation rates at all levels should take into consideration the following factors, including but not limited to students learning needs, retention programs, dropout rates prevention, educational infrastructure, instructional materials, sanitation, information communication technology (ICT), transportation, poverty, natural resources, and political instability.

 To that end, Burundi Friends of Education propose the following actions to bring about positive outcomes to Burundi community.

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Contact: beatrice.russell@csus.edu

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