According to UNWomen, in 2022, while more than 80% of Senegalese children were enrolled in primary school, only one in two reached middle school, and only 40% reached the final year of secondary school.
Senegal now needs to increase its school enrolment rates, particularly in the middle and high school classes, which are not compulsory.
Nomad Education is an social enterprise with an impact, which, through its mobile application, provides free support for the success of all French-speaking young people throughout the world, whatever their educational or social level.
Today, Nomad Education has more than 5 million active users every year, mainly middle school students (1 in 4 3rd graders), high school students (1 in 3 seniors) and university students. Nomad Education is present in France and in 30 French-speaking African countries, with over 200,000 users in Senegal to date.
AMADE joined forces with Nomad Education in 2022 to provide Senegalese secondary school students with mathematics content in line with the Senegalese curriculum, in French and Wolof.
On the strength of this first fruitful partnership, which tripled the number of middle-school students using the application in the space of a year, AMADE and Nomad Education have decided to continue working on adapting all core middle-school subjects to the Senegalese curriculum, thus providing middle-school students with rich, interactive content to help them succeed at school.
In addition to content production, this project will focus on the dissemination and appropriation of the Nomad application by students, parents and teachers, through awareness-raising campaigns in secondary schools and closer collaboration with local associations working in the field of education.
Identification and recruitment of teachers
The first step is to identify and recruit 10 Senegalese teachers who will be in charge of creating all the content, and train them to create digital resources (quizzes and mini-courses).
Adapting content to the Senegalese curriculum
A total of 6 core subjects are to be produced, namely Biology, Physical Sciences (Physics and Chemistry), French, History and Geography. This represents a volume of around 300 mini-courses and 6,300 quiz questions, produced by the selected local teachers.
Spreading content to beneficiaries
Information and awareness-raising activities on the use of the Nomad application will be carried out in secondary schools in Dakar and the various regions, to mobilize students and teachers to use the application. A "bus tour" awareness campaign is also being prepared in Senegal's major cities, in addition to communication actions on social networks, with campaigns dedicated to students, parents and teachers.
Strengthening relations with local public players
The strengthening of relationships with public institutions will involve continuing regular exchanges with the technical teams of the Senegalese Ministry of Education; the Dakar Education Inspectorate, as well as contacts with Senegalese schools to facilitate the dissemination of the application.
Impact assessment
At the end of the project, an impact study will be carried out to measure the impact of using the Nomad application on the schooling of secondary school pupils.
The Nomad Education application provides content in 6 core subjects of the Senegalese curriculum for all 4 levels of secondary school.
The application is distributed in Senegal to middle-school students, their parents and teachers.
An impact assessment is carried out.
Expected impact :
Students, parents and teachers have adopted the application and its content.
Senegalese schoolchildren using the application improve their skills in all core subjects.
The academic results of Senegalese schoolchildren using the application are improved.
The success rate in the end-of-college exams for 3rd graders using the application is 90%, compared with 76% at present.
Facilitate senegalese students' learning through digital content
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Senegal
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Project status
In progress
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Duration
2023-2025
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Funding
125 000€
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Beneficiaries
86,000 Senegalese middle-school students already using the Nomad application
200,000 schoolchildren likely to use the application
Teachers and parents of students
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Partners
Operating partner :
Nomad Education
Institutional partners :
Senegalese Ministry of Education
Dakar Education Inspectorate
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Objectives
Global objective : Reinforce the education of Senegalese secondary school students through the development of content within the Nomad application
Specific objectives :
Objective 1 : Integrate content for 6 "core" secondary school subjects that conform to the Senegalese curriculum
Objective 2 : Ensure the diffusion of the Nomad application and its appropriation by beneficiaries
Objective 3 : Document the impact of Nomad's use on the schooling of Senegalese middle-school students