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News Benin » Education: Benin Extends Free Secondary Education to All Girls Nationwide

News channel or source: https://www.ecofinagency.com/news-services/0406-56157-benin-extends-free-secondary-education-to-all-girls-nationwide

Published on: Wednesday 03 June 2026

Benin will exempt all girls in public general secondary schools from tuition fees nationwide starting in the 2026–2027 academic year. The government will fund the measure through its revised 2026–2027 ...

News Benin » Education: Benin - a textbook case of education in refugee emergencies

News channel or source: https://www.unhcr.org/news/stories/benin-textbook-case-education-refugee-emergencies

Published on: Monday 25 July 2005

LOKOSSA, Benin, July 26 (UNHCR) - It was 11:30 am, and a studious silence pervaded the college schoolyard in Lokossa, 100 km west of Cotonou. Some 1,850 students, among them 60 Togolese refugees, were ...

News Benin » Education: Benin’s slavery theme park balances education and remembrance with crude commerce

News channel or source: https://scroll.in/article/1039900/benins-slavery-theme-park-balances-education-and-remembrance-with-crude-commerce

Published on: Monday 19 December 2022

The Marina Project is a vast memorial and tourist complex under construction in Ouidah, a coastal town in the Republic of Benin in West Africa. The country hopes to market itself as a major ...

News Benin » Education: Is The Education System Of Benin And Togo A Photocopy Of Nigeria? By Matthew Ma

News channel or source: https://saharareporters.com/2024/01/04/education-system-benin-and-togo-photocopy-nigeria-matthew-ma

Published on: Wednesday 03 January 2024

There has been a significant amount of discourse about Nigeria's education system and the purported corruption within it, which is said to be more prevalent than in any other African country.

News Benin » Education: How local advocacy helped Habibatou resume her education after giving birth in Benin

News channel or source: https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/how-local-advocacy-helped-habibatou-resume-her-education-after-giving-birth-benin

Published on: Wednesday 26 July 2023

In Benin, 3.3 million learners and 88,000 teachers were impacted by the closures of some 16,000 schools to halt the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although a number of measures were put in place to ...

News Benin » Education: Emphasis on French and English accelerates decline of local language in Benin

News channel or source: https://globalvoices.org/2025/02/28/emphasis-on-french-and-english-accelerates-decline-of-local-language-in-benin/

Published on: Thursday 27 February 2025

Fongbe (Fon) is the most widely-spoken local language in Southern Benin, including in the major cities of Cotonou, Porto Novo and Ouidah. But this local language is gradually losing its place as a ...