Burkina/ Education: The best students and teachers in the commune of Koubri receive awards

On Friday, December 13, 2024, Koubri town hall organized a day dedicated to excellence in schools. The event took place in the courtyard of the town hall. Now in its second year, the theme of the day was "Excellence and the promotion of civic values in schools: a symbol of commitment to a sovereign Burkina".

During the 2023-2024 academic year, the commune recorded satisfactory results. They are as follows: 83.64% admission to the CEP, 60% to the BЕPC, 83.33% to the bac A and 53.04% to the bac D. In view of this performance, of the pupils and the supervision of the teaching staff, the mayor's office deemed it necessary to make a stop to honor the best among them.

The aim was also to encourage the other students and teachers to apply themselves even more, so that the commune could achieve better results than in the previous school year. The merits of some thirty students and twenty teachers were recognized. The winners received motorcycles, bicycles, laptops, school bags, school supplies, certificates of merit and attestations.
"This day is about promoting excellence, recognizing work well done and merit. Our commune wants to move in the direction of excellence. To be excellent, you have to recognize the work of those who fight every day to ensure that the results we achieved this year can be improved upon in future years.the results we've achieved this year can be improved on in future years", explained Léonard Gougou, President of the Special Delegation (PDS) of the Koubri commune.

This initiative is positively appreciated by the winners. The prize for best teacher in the commune went to Appolinaire Bazié. Out of 104 of his pupils, 103 obtained the CEP. "I'd like to thank the organizers of this event. I'm not the only winner, because I owe this success to my colleagues too. I'm a chalk Volunteer for the Defense of the Fatherland (VDP). The secret of this success is hard work and sacrifice. You also have to ask your colleagues for advice. Being a teacher in an exam class requires a lot of sacrifice," said an emotional Mr. Bazié.

The ceremony was held under the patronage of the Governor of the Centre region, Abdoulaye Bassinga. He emphasized that these good results are the fruit of the synergy of actions between the commune's education players.

He also congratulated parents on the sacrifice they had made to ensure their children attended school. Abdoulaye Bassinga congratulated the special delegation on this initiative, which is sure to cheer up pupils and teaching staff alike.

The ceremony's patron, Issoufou Saré, Managing Director of BF1 television, urged the prizewinners to excel even more, as they have become role models. He hoped that the prizewinners would go on to occupy positions of responsibility in future years.
Issoufou Saré presented two bags of rice to the best internally displaced students. The special delegation took the opportunity to launch a fund-raising campaign. The money raised will be donated to the Fighting Forces.

Source: lefaso.net/