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Burundi validates national strategy for learning assessment

A workshop in Bujumbura on 18–19 September validated the National Learning Assessment Strategy and its action plan.

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According to UNESCO’s 9 October release, the education ministry and UNESCO held a final strategy-validation workshop with technical support. Participants reviewed its directions and priorities.

The strategy aims to analyze learning data alongside school resources and use them in education policy and targeted remedial measures. The action plan’s institutional, technical and financial feasibility was also examined. The release reports no measured improvement in learning outcomes.

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Two-day workshop held on 18 and 19 September.

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The source dates the workshop to 18–19 September, a two-calendar-day span. The strategy and plan are described; student outcomes are not measured.

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