EDUCATION
[ MISS INTELLECT ]- CHAD – The winners of the first edition of Miss Intellect Chad are well known
Launched since March 30 of this year by the NGO FORCE and TECHNIDEV, the final of the Miss Intellect Chad contest took place this Sunday, July 11, 2021 at the Radisson Blue hotel in N’djamena, the capital. The objective of this sub-regional competition is to highlight the intellectual skills of high school students in order to promote excellence in schools in Chad. With the impact of religion, many girls marry early, resulting in early dropping out of school. This intellectual competition aims to keep girls in school and their performance in scientific and literary disciplines.
The winners of the Miss Intellect Chad competition are known at the end of the final which took place on Sunday 11 July 2021 at the Radisson Blue Hotel. The contest was open to girls in the field of literature and mathematics but also in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for high school students aged 18 to 25. Most of the provinces of Chad were represented by 12 candidates. The latter presented their know-how through a project presented to a Jury composed of 4 members.
After a complex sorting due to the quality of the candidates’ production, Miss Seidé Siboro who represented the province of Ouaddai, was awarded in the mathematical category. In the literary field, it was Remadji Aleyo Gloria of the Western Logone Province who won the prize. In the “Innovation” category, it was Ndil Ndoky from Ouaddaï who distinguished himself. Finally, as far as ICTs are concerned, it was Miss Yanroi Beadoummadje of the capital N’Djaména who finished first.
Yousra Ndiaye, one of the initiators of this competition, was delighted with the development and organization of this intellectual competition. She expressed her sincere thanks to all those who contributed to the success of the event. “Thank God for everything. Thanks to the NGOs FORCE and TECHNIDEV for making this possible. Thanks to the Chadian authorities for their trust. Thanks to the Ministry in charge of Tourism for its patriotic sense and efforts. Thanks to Khalid Fadoul Doutoum, DG of TECHNIDEV for the experience and wise guidance. Thanks to the members of the jury, Minister Achta Saleh Damane, Salma Oussama, Rachid Izadine Haroune and Tourmadji Patricia, for their rigour and dexterity. Thanks to the Nigerian NGO OPE (Organization for the Promotion of Excellence) for having the wonderful idea of celebrating women’s excellence. Thank you to UNFPA for believing in the idea and endorsing it. Thanks to our partners, UNFPA, RADISSON BLU HOTEL, Kelloou Magazine for the invaluable support. Thank you to the candidates for their seriousness and leadership. Thanks to our Consultant and Coordinator Gregoir Mbaindigium for the rigour and sense of responsibility. Thanks to the dream teams FORCE and TECHNIDEV including Hamid, Souad Tidjani, Djimoko Jessica, Lotiko, Adam, Itir…you have assured! Thanks to our artists, the singer Yasmine Abdallah, the slameuses Grace and Epiphany for the atmosphere! Thanks to the public, the press and the photo and video reporters. WE DID IT!” she said.
These recipients will not stop at this distinction. They will have the opportunity to represent Chad in Niger in Niamey in another competition scheduled for October 2021.
In Cameroon, about 7 million children, including more than 1.5 million in school, do not have a birth certificate. The absence of this essential document for access to education, health and other public services, particularly affects rural areas and the regions of the Far North, Northwest and Southwest. The subject was discussed during the 3rd International Economic Days of Municipalities (JEICOM), held from June 2 to 4, 2025, at the Palais des Congrès in Yaoundé.
A deplorable situation at the moment when Cameroon is celebrating the 5th edition of Children’s Day under the theme “Child-sensitive budgeting and planning: a strategic lever for the promotion and protection of children’s rights”.
Faced with the constant problem of establishing birth certificates in Cameroon, the government, through the National Civil Registry Office (BUNEC), collaborates with partners such as UNICEF or the World Bank in order to provide an effective response to the phenomenon.
In this dynamic, the Bunec provides the town halls with tools to ensure a “compliant and reliable registration of births”. It also supports them in the modernization of the civil status system, including the digitization of registers. UNICEF has enabled some town halls to strengthen their human resources capacities and develop innovative strategies.
Several initiatives were launched, notably the national forum on universal birth registration, organized in April 2024, which brought together mayors, civil status officials, and partners to discuss solutions to the problem.
Founded 20 years after the ban on veiling in schools, Averroes, the first Muslim high school under contract in France, is threatened, with a favourable opinion on the termination of its contract with the State having been delivered Monday.
A consultative committee chaired by the Prefect of the North voted on Monday in favor of the termination of the association contract linking the State this Muslim school located in Lille, the big city of northern France, told AFP two sources close to the file, this Monday, November 27, 2023.
Under the terms of this contract, signed in 2008, the teachers of the school are paid by the National Education and the extracurricular staff by the Region. The last word now goes to the prefect, who must make his decision on the future of this contract “in the coming days”, said one of the two sources.
Since 2019, the local authorities have refused to pay the subsidy provided under this contract with the State, accusing Averroès of a Qatari donation of 950,000 euros in 2014.
In filigree is also pointed out the historical link of Averroes with the Muslims of France (ex-UOIF), organization stemming from the Egyptian movement of the Muslim Brotherhood.
The idea of creating a Muslim high school dates back to 1994, when 19 girls were excluded from a Lille public high school for refusing to remove their veil to go to school, despite a circular prohibiting “ostentatious religious signs”.
The Lycée Averroès opened in September 2003 with about fifteen students in the premises of the mosque of the working-class district of Lille-Sud, with the support of the UOIF.
With more than 800 students, including 400 under contract, Averroes remains by far the largest of the six Muslim institutions under contract in France. Only high school is recognized, not college.
The Academic Council of the University Cheikh Anta DIOP of Dakar, which met on Monday, June 12, 2023 under the chairmanship of the Rector, Professor Ahmadou Aly Mbaye, has decided that the 2022/2023 academic year will continue with online courses for students, “After examining and analysing the situation resulting from the destruction of educational facilities and the entire University’s car fleet on Thursday, 1 June 2023, and anxious to safeguard the achievements of the process of regularizing the university calendar, the Board made the following decision: the resumption of pedagogical activities (courses, TP, TD) in distance education format,” reads in the communiqué of the Communication Directorate of the UCAD.
The academic calendar was established for the rest of the year: «from 15 June to 15 July 2023: first semester; from 24 July to 31 October 2023: second semester; beginning of November 2023: beginning of the academic year 2023-2024».
Also, the document stresses, the practical modalities of this complete changeover will be specified by the institutions. Students can benefit from technical assistance for the activation of institutional accounts by sending an email to (support@ucad.edu.sn)».
It should be noted that the investigation opened following the violent demonstrations that broke out at the University Sheikh Anta Diop of Dakar (Ucad), has already led to the arrest of three individuals. We’re talking about two infiltrators and a student at medical school. According to the investigation, these three individuals were referred to the prosecutor of the Republic, before joining the prison of Rebeuss with a charge followed by a warrant of committal on 13 June 2023.
