A modern Koranic school in Lake Chad Province
With Muslim World League support, UNICEF helps Koranic schools adapt to fit in the Chadian curriculum
Renovated Koranic schools take in pupils from traditional Koranic schools with the aim of enabling them to follow a more organized and structured school programme. In these bilingual schools, the curriculum is consistent with the official Chadian school curriculum. Renovated Koranic schools are an opportunity for children to learn new skills in science, arithmetic and reading, compared to traditional Koranic schools that focus solely on learning the Koran.
"Our previous classrooms were made of straw and our parents had to buy our notebooks. Now we study in well-built classrooms and we have received notebooks for free. I can also eat in the school canteen."
12-year-old Baaba Abakar, a second grade pupil in the renovated Koranic school in Bol.
Thanks to the project entitled "Renovation of Koranic schools in Lake Chad", three Koranic centres were renovated in Bol, Bagasola and Kiskawa. In these schools, UNICEF has enabled the construction of classrooms, the construction of latrines, the distribution of school supplies, the payment of teachers and community teachers and the establishment of a school canteen through funding from the Muslim World League and Education Cannot Wait.