{"id":8034,"date":"2023-08-15T10:24:58","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T10:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edm.ch\/?post_type=country&#038;p=8034"},"modified":"2025-08-07T12:03:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T12:03:11","slug":"benin","status":"publish","type":"country","link":"https:\/\/edm.ch\/en\/benin\/","title":{"rendered":"Benin"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"subpageBanner\" style=\"display:\">\n    <div class=\"subpageBannerBlock figure_block\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/edm.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/RS2989-Benin.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2500px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2500\/800;\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/edm.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/RS2989-Benin.png 2500w, https:\/\/edm.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/RS2989-Benin-300x96.png 300w, https:\/\/edm.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/RS2989-Benin-1024x328.png 1024w, https:\/\/edm.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/RS2989-Benin-768x246.png 768w, https:\/\/edm.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/RS2989-Benin-1536x492.png 1536w, https:\/\/edm.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/RS2989-Benin-2048x655.png 2048w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/>\n        <div class=\"subpageBannerWrap\">\n            <div class=\"container\">\n                <div class=\"content\">\n                    <div>\n                        <span class=\"bannerHead\">Benin<\/span>\n                        <h1>Training in Education Sciences<\/h1>\n                    <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"picture-caption\">\n                <div class=\"caption-content\"><span>\u00a9 Enfants du Monde <\/span><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n    jQuery(document).ready(function ($) {\n        \/\/ Check if the block exists\n        var bannerSection = $('#subpage-banner-section');\n\n        if (bannerSection.length > 0) {\n            \/\/ Move the block to the end of <main> just before the footer\n            $('main').append(bannerSection); \/\/ This will append it inside the <main> tag\n        }\n\n        $('.documentAccordion').on('click', function (e) {\n            e.preventDefault();  \/\/ Prevent default link action\n\n            \/\/ Target the section with the given ID\n            $('html, body').animate({\n                scrollTop: $('#subpage-banner-section').offset().top - 200\n            }, 1000);\n        });\n    });\n<\/script>\n\n        <section class=\"contentSec\" style=\"display:\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n            <div class=\"contentBlock\">\n                <h5><\/h5>\n                <p><em>This project is now complete.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In partnership with one of Benin&#8217;s largest universities, located near Cotonou, the University of Abomey-Calavi, our association has set up a Master&#8217;s degree in Education Sciences, entitled \u2018Master&#8217;s in Bi\/Multilingualism and Interculturality\u2019, with the first students graduating in May 2019.<\/p>\n<p>This regional Master&#8217;s programme brought together <b>31 students from Benin, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad<\/b>. Its objective is to improve the quality of education by training high-level human resources, teacher trainers and executives from the Ministries of Education who, in different countries, participate in the pedagogical design of educational programmes and their implementation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n    \n    <section class=\"rightTextLeftImg \" style=\"display:\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n            <div class=\"rightTextLeftImgRow\">\n                                    <div class=\"left\">\n                                                    <div class=\"imgBlock\">\n                                <a class=\"figure_block\" href=\"https:\/\/edm.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/RS7085_Master_Benin.webp\" data-fancybox data-caption=\"\">\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/edm.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/RS7085_Master_Benin.webp\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1920px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1920\/1920;\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/edm.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/RS7085_Master_Benin.webp 1920w, https:\/\/edm.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/RS7085_Master_Benin-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/edm.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/RS7085_Master_Benin-1024x1024.webp 1024w, https:\/\/edm.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/RS7085_Master_Benin-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/edm.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/RS7085_Master_Benin-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/edm.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/RS7085_Master_Benin-1536x1536.webp 1536w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\n                                                                    <\/a>\n                                <figcaption><\/figcaption>\n                            <\/div>\n                                            <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"right\">\n                        <div class=\"content\">\n                            <h2>                                Master&#8217;s Degree in Bilingualism, Multilingualism and Interculturality <small><\/small>\n                            <\/h2>                                                            <p>This Master&#8217;s programme was created in response to recurring challenges. Local languages are not used enough in education, and subjects such as mathematics, social sciences and life sciences are often disconnected from context and have no direct link to the lives and environments of children and young people.<\/p>\n<p>The Master&#8217;s programme therefore aims to develop the skills of those involved in education, taking into account advances in educational science and encouraging them to reflect on and take concrete action to improve the quality of education by adapting it to the linguistic, cultural and socio-economic context.<\/p>\n<p>The training is delivered jointly by professors from the University of Abomey-Calavi and Enfants du Monde staff, as well as external speakers.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018<i>This training will have a positive impact on my work. I will be able to develop new materials to better train teachers and thus improve the quality of education in my country.<\/i>\u2019 Idrissa Compaore, teacher trainer at the Ministry of Education in Burkina Faso.<\/p>\n                                                                                                            <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n    <section class=\"donation_count\" style=\"display:\">\n        <div class=\"inner_row\">\n            <div class=\"right_img_block\">\n                <div class=\"img_block figure_block\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/edm.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Benin_enfant_RS7086.png\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1920px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1920\/1920;\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/edm.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Benin_enfant_RS7086.png 1920w, https:\/\/edm.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Benin_enfant_RS7086-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/edm.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Benin_enfant_RS7086-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/edm.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Benin_enfant_RS7086-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/edm.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Benin_enfant_RS7086-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/edm.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Benin_enfant_RS7086-1536x1536.png 1536w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\n                                            <div class=\"picture-caption\">\n                            <div class=\"caption-content\"><span>\u00a9 Enfants du Monde <\/span><\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"left_txt_block\">\n                <div class=\"txt_contents\">\n                    <h3>My Donation Can Make a Real Difference<\/h3>\n                    <div class=\"block_txts\">\n                                                    <div class=\"item\">\n                                <span class=\"title\">For example:<\/span>\n                                <p><\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"item\">\n                                <span class=\"title\">With 70\u202fCHF, <\/span>\n                                <p>I could provide bilingual school manuals in French and Moor\u00e9 to 10 children in Burkina Faso\u2014helping them succeed in school.<\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"item\">\n                                <span class=\"title\">With 140\u202fCHF, <\/span>\n                                <p>I could support 700 pregnant women and their partners in Bangladesh to attend maternal health education sessions and prepare for childbirth.<\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"item\">\n                                <span class=\"title\">With 200\u202fCHF, <\/span>\n                                <p>I could fund continuing bilingual education training for 17 teachers in Guatemala to improve lesson quality.<\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/don.edm.ch\/en\" class=\"btnWhite buttonDonation\">\n                                DONATE NOW                            <\/a>\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","countries-names":[],"class_list":["post-8034","country","type-country","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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