last straight line before the baccalaureate

Published on : 06/17/2022 – 11:06

With our correspondent in Ndjamena, Aurélie Bazzara-Kibangula

Chalk in hand in front of a blackboard, Abakar Ali, professor of mathematics, explains a formula: “On the x-axis, we will have…”. To support students in the home stretch, a cultural center in the capital of Chadthe Kously Lamko center, led revision courses with professional and voluntary teachers.

In front of the teacher, about twenty students take notes. Among them, Patrick: It is important for me because there are certain chapters that the teachers could not finish with us and that is how I came here to revise”. A few days before the tests, the young man is confident. “I am ready to face this ordeal,” he said.

In the next room, another atmosphere. ” How the will to prepare for peace emerged during and after the Second World War. Who answers ? “says a teacher who gives a history lesson to a hundred students. ” It’s better to come with everyone here. Where we have a little difficulty, with friends we discuss and share our points of view. believes Nestor, who came to participate in this class.

A total of 1,222 students came to follow revision courses in this cultural center in the Abena district where all the teachers are volunteers. ” These are students who come from different neighborhoods, whose parents do not have the means to take on tutors to strengthen the students’ abilities. They find a good environment here and it’s free”, explains Jean Kevin Gangnodji, the director of the center. If the objective is to prepare for the baccalaureate exams, the teachers also listen to the students to guide them as best as possible in their future choice of studies.

But these remedial courses also aim to fight against the general drop in level of students, impacted by various crises, according to Jean Kevin Gangnodji.

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