Exams of year end: The pupils reinforce their capacities

Of the 21 to March 26, 2011, the Community of the pupils and students of the evangelical Protestant church (CEE / EPE) organized lessons of support to the pupils in class of exam of the high schools and colleges of the city of Gaoua. Second of the kind after the one of 2009, the present edition was held in particularly difficult conditions because of the national situation. They were more of 70 pupils of the classes of 3rd and of terminal to have reinforced their capacities in order to give themselves more of luck to the exams of end of year.  

In 2009, a group of students, anxious of the success of their young brothers and sisters, decides to give their time, their means and to share their knowledge with them. They initiate what they call lessons of support. This first edition meets the craze and the massive mobilization of the pupils of the urban township of Gaoua. They are more than 150 pupils to take part in this first experience. In 2010 the disruption of the academic calendar prevents the holding of the second edition. All efforts and hopes concentrate on 2011. This year also had its share of disruptions but the firmness of the Community of the pupils and students were bigger.  

This is how of the 21 to March 26, in spite of difficulties the lessons of support took place on several sites of the city of Gaoua, to the satisfaction also a lot of pupils that of the parents. "Honestly these lessons of support are the welcome. All is clear for us, it is indeed marvelous. Here we have the possibility to put all sort of question in order to understand better ", is delighted Valerie Kambou, pupil in class of Tle A4 to the municipal high school of Gaoua. It is also the feeling of Marthe Kambiré of the class of 3rd: "These lessons allow us not to lower the arms and to go from the before. Thanks to these lessons one manages to become attached to our notebooks to which one didn't tend to attach themselves of it because of the disruptions of this last time. ". "In mathematic that didn't go really, but thanks to these lessons I saw an improvement and I pray that it is continual. I think that this year I will succeed in my exam ", hopes Deborah Palenfo.  

For the parents who worried logically about the success of their offsprings because of the disruptions that the school year knows, they see in this initiative a ray of hope and rejoice themselves of it. Albert Kambou: "As parent of pupils we are delighted with this initiative of backing of the capacities of the pupils in class of exam. We worried about their success this year because of the disruptions but with these lessons we have big hope ". "It is a laudable initiative in this sense that it allows the pupils to renew with the studies; because of the crisis it makes several weeks that they are cut of the studies. I wish that this initiative occurs again the years to come with a lot more craze of the pupils ", increases the Pasteur Albert D. Palenfo.  

Come from Ouagadougou, Bobo - Dioulasso, Koudougou, Manga and of course Gaoua, these teachers of one week see in this return, a duty. Traoré Serge, English professor to the municipal high school of Manga: "It is my way to contribute to their success in the exams, I must to fill this duty. It is a laudable initiative that participates in the development of the church and the region of the Southwest ". He wishes that the authorities of the church, the local and regional authorities lend them strong hand so that them (big brothers) to bring their stone of contribution to the improvement of the school success. Da Sansan Bienvenu, French professor to the municipal high school of Gaoua sees in these lessons of supports an opportunity of sharing of experiences, exchanges, cohesion and friendship.  

In spite of the shift of the holidays that caused them a lot of financial and organizational problems, the president of the committee of organization of the second edition of the support lessons, Jonas Somé raises a positive balance: "Because of the situation of crisis the pupils have not been informed in time, we didn't have a setting well adapted to the progress of the lessons but the balance is satisfactory to the look of the number of pupils that could take part in these lessons. In 3rd we had 45 pupils, 17 in terminal A4 and 8 pupils in Tle D. it is beyond that what one expected to the look of the national crisis context ". The coordinator of the lessons of support Esaïe Kambiré already thinks in the future him. "We have in project of institutionalized these courses, so the pupils will know that to every holiday of the second quarter they will have lessons of support. With regard to the mobilization of funds we are going to confer again to see how to mobilize means more in order to organize these courses more efficiently ".  

Mathematics, physical - chemistry, history - geography, English, philosophy, French and sciences of life and the earth are the matters that have been taught to the pupils in class of exams. Through shortcoming of the convenient exercises, of the questions of enlightenment and the lessons of deepening, these pupils come affluent out of knowledge susceptible to allow them to pick up their diplomas of year end.   

Koundjoro Gabriel Kambou