"We are concerned that school closures in many countries have unfortunately resulted in losses," Azoulay said, as she visited a secondary school in the capital, Kinshasa.
UNESCO President Audrey Azoulay said, Thursday, during a visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, that 11 million girls face the inability to return to school even after the restrictions of the Corona virus have been lifted worldwide.
"We are concerned that school closures in many countries have unfortunately resulted in losses," Azoulay said, while visiting a secondary school in the capital, Kinshasa, three days after the start of the 2020-21 academic year in the country.
“We estimate that 11 million international women will no longer be able to return to school.”
Accordingly, the former French Minister of Culture said, "We launched an awareness campaign about the necessity of returning schools to school."
Azoulay said that education "unfortunately remains very unequal" for girls, noting that their access to education is a priority for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Congolese Education Minister Willy Bakunga, who is accompanying Azoulay, advised her to help the country's free public training program that was launched using President Felix Tshisekedi in September of the closing year.
He stated that the app has allowed more than 4 million teens to be a part of, or return to, the teaching machine of mineral-rich passivity. s . a . In Central Africa.
Azoulay hailed the reform as "extremely ambitious," and recognized the "enormous challenges" involved in terms of infrastructure, teacher training and budgeting.
She urged girls to continue their education "for as long as possible", and said that she would support the Congolese authorities in "the tremendous efforts that must be made for the quality of teaching."
Experts estimate the annual cost of free primary education at $ 2.64 billion, a huge sum for the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
As of September 11th, total state revenue was only $ 2.5 billion, according to the Central Bank of the Congo.
But the World Bank has pledged $ 800 million to help pay for education costs in the largest country in sub-Saharan Africa, where 73% of the population lives in extreme poverty.
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