Identifier
Created
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06ABIDJAN964
2006-08-25 16:13:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Abidjan
Cable title:
COTE D'IVOIRE: EXAM RESULTS ANNOUNCED, STRIKING
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UNCLAS ABIDJAN 000964
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ELAB PGOV IV
SUBJECT: COTE D'IVOIRE: EXAM RESULTS ANNOUNCED, STRIKING
TEACHERS BYPASSED
REF: ABIDJDAN 927
UNCLAS ABIDJAN 000964
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ELAB PGOV IV
SUBJECT: COTE D'IVOIRE: EXAM RESULTS ANNOUNCED, STRIKING
TEACHERS BYPASSED
REF: ABIDJDAN 927
1. On August 22, 2006, the Ministry of Education announced
the results of the baccalaureate exam (required for entry
from secondary school to university) held July 25-28 in the
government-controlled zones. Out of 119,256 students who
took the exam, 48,168 students passed. The Ministry was only
able to announce the results because the Minister of
Education forwarded the exam papers to teachers in other
cities such as Dimbokro, Daloa and Yamassoukro, bypassing
teachers who had initially marked the exams but refused to
release results until they had received payment for
proctoring and grading them (reftel).
2. The group of striking teachers who refused to release the
exam grades calls itself the Coordination for the Claim and
the Revaluation of Teachers, Rights (CRRDE). These teachers
are alleging potential fraud by the substitute graders and
are demanding that the exam results be cancelled. The CRDDE
has also threatened, if it is not paid, to use all its means
to block the start of the 2006-2007 academic year. Since
sources within other teachers' unions tell us they too
support CRRDE's demands, additional teacher labor actions
and disruptions seem likely when the new school year begins
in October.
Hooks
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ELAB PGOV IV
SUBJECT: COTE D'IVOIRE: EXAM RESULTS ANNOUNCED, STRIKING
TEACHERS BYPASSED
REF: ABIDJDAN 927
1. On August 22, 2006, the Ministry of Education announced
the results of the baccalaureate exam (required for entry
from secondary school to university) held July 25-28 in the
government-controlled zones. Out of 119,256 students who
took the exam, 48,168 students passed. The Ministry was only
able to announce the results because the Minister of
Education forwarded the exam papers to teachers in other
cities such as Dimbokro, Daloa and Yamassoukro, bypassing
teachers who had initially marked the exams but refused to
release results until they had received payment for
proctoring and grading them (reftel).
2. The group of striking teachers who refused to release the
exam grades calls itself the Coordination for the Claim and
the Revaluation of Teachers, Rights (CRRDE). These teachers
are alleging potential fraud by the substitute graders and
are demanding that the exam results be cancelled. The CRDDE
has also threatened, if it is not paid, to use all its means
to block the start of the 2006-2007 academic year. Since
sources within other teachers' unions tell us they too
support CRRDE's demands, additional teacher labor actions
and disruptions seem likely when the new school year begins
in October.
Hooks