BUJUMBURA, Burundi — Classrooms and chairs were scarce at crowded Burundian primary schools as 500,000 children — nearly double last year’s enrollment — showed up for the first day of ...

The tiny African Great Lakes nation of Burundi is the latest on the continent to institute free primary school education, which began last September following more than a dozen years of civil war ...

Bujumbura — Primary school teachers returned to work after a strike that lasted one week. Three trade unions participated in this strike that paralyzed public primary schools. These teachers ...

On March 28, 2007, the primary schools of Bihogo and Rugari I were officially opened by Burundi authorities. Mr. Hedeaki MACHIDA and Mrs. Teija VALLANDINGHAM a Japanese foreign affairs ...

The free primary education policy displays a natural experiment for researchers interested in the effects of education. Because the reform applied only to children young enough to be in school, we ...

One obstacle to improving enrollment in primary and secondary schools in Africa has been the cost. UNICEF says school fees consume nearly a quarter of a poor family’s income in sub-Saharan ...

Teachers’ unions and civil society organisations say the main problem is the spate of reforms rushed in with no preparation Burundi: Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza has built more ...

Bujumbura, Burundi - Primary and high schools in Burundi opened for the first time in weeks on Monday after teachers ended a strike, officials said. Primary school teachers first went on strike in ...