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SENEGAL – The pikine 9 school is now named after former director Lamine Niasse

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On Saturday, June 19, 2021, the opening ceremony of Pikine 9 School was held. This institution is named after Lamine Niasse, who was the former principal. Lamine Niasse or El Hadj Lamine Niasse! Her name resonates like a legend. There was a time when the man of letters from St Louis, the former capital of Senegal, was the strong man of the school 9 of pikine Darou Khoudoss.

Lamine Niasse was born on 06 December 1932 in St Louis, her father Birama Niasse was an official in the Senegalese administration and her mother Diakhou Fall a beautiful princess of Cayor.

Former students, former neighbours, former companions, nephews, children, women, close to the family, All remember the man of rigour, the man of righteousness close to God, the man whose charism left no one indifferent.  

Welcome to the world of multiple lives of Lamine Niasse former principal of school 9.

Portrait of Lamine Niasse

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Lamine Niasse attended the Ndiolofène elementary school in St Louis from 1944 to 1946. It is a fervent talibé Khadre of Sheikh Sheikh Sidy Mohamed in Muyassar with a title of SHEIKH.

Having lost his father very early, he will be recovered by his uncle Babacar Fall Inspector of Education who educated him, inspired him and gave him the love of the profession of teacher. Posted in Mauritania (AOF) this uncle formed the first Mauritanian executives including President Moctar ould Dada who devoted a rich passage to him in his book “contre vents et marées “aux éditions Kartala.

In 1949 Lamine Niasse was part of the first normal course class of Boutilimitt where he obtained his elementary patent in 1951. He served as an assistant teacher at Kiffa until 1953. 

A man full of vocation! It was also in 1953 that Lamine Niasse was incorporated the French army as the second miner at the merchant camp at Rufisque. He was released in 1954 and assigned as assistant teacher to ALEG (RIM) then to Rosso in 1957 and to Kaedi in 1959 from where he obtained the CAP and was assigned to NEMA as Principal in 1960 where his eldest daughter was born.

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He was then reassigned to Rosso to run the primary school until July 1964. He attained the rank of principal teacher of exceptional class.

With the independence of Senegal, he returned to his country of origin and became the first Director of school 9 in October 1964 in the Dakaroise suburb of Pikine. The long and beautiful story will take shape for 22 years.

In 1986 he will be assigned to the Berthe Maubert school in the city center of Dakar the capital. He will retire in 1991 at the age of 59.

His former teachers described him as a great educator and a humble man.

Thanks from Lamine Niasse

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During his stay at Pikine 9 School, he initiated micro gardening, poultry farming and breeding at school, an initiative that was highly valued by teachers, parents and students. This model was also used in other schools.

His idea attracted three French and two Senegalese inspectors who described him as an excellent teacher followed by very positive evaluations.

He will also lead the experimentation of the 3 educational reforms: notably the CLAD method, the new school and the introduction of the Ouolof language in the television class.

In 1987, Lamine Niasse was decorated and raised to the rank of Chevalier des palmes académiques. He is a model teacher.

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In 2010, Lamine Niasse made the pilgrimage to Mecca. A man of faith, a man of rigour whose charism, intelligence, availability, generosity and professionalism have been rewarded through this historic decision: his former students of school 9 want to immortalize his name forever engraved in marble, they want to honor forever as this great life-size man with a life full of teachings.

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CAMEROON – 7 million children deprived of birth certificates, a national issue

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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.

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AVERROÈS – The first Muslim school under contract in France, is under threat

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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. 

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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.

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SENEGAL – UCAD Academic Council decides to continue the year with online courses

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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.

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