The high commissioner of the Kourittenga province, Aïssata Angélina Traoré, opened the first envelope of the written tests for the baccalaureate exam on Tuesday June 18, 2024 in Pouytenga. It was in the presence of different education stakeholders.
Like the other provinces of Burkina Faso, Kourittenga baccalaureate candidates also began the written tests on the morning of Tuesday June 18, 2024.
There are a total of 2,884 candidates from series A and D, embarking on the quest for the first university diploma.
A figure which has seen a decline, according to the provincial director of post-primary and secondary education in Kourittenga, Dieudonné Belemsigri.
‘Last year we had around 3,000 candidates. So there is a slight drop in numbers,’ he said.
For him, efforts have been made by the supervisors since the start of the school year. So it is up to the candidates to use the knowledge acquired in order to achieve an acceptable result.
‘I tell myself that today, they can and must succeed brilliantly. We expec
t them to give the best of themselves and to have self-confidence because self-confidence is the first asset to succeed,’ he concluded.
The high commissioner of Kourittenga province, Aïssata Angélina Traoré, encouraged the candidates.
‘We made the trip to Pouytenga to deconcentrate the opening and show all the students of the province from Pouytenga that our hearts are with them and that we really want them to succeed because success is a good thing. common,’ she reassured.
Aïssata Angélina Traoré, also renewed her gratitude to all stakeholders in the world of education in the province for their efforts and actions.
She welcomed the presence of health workers on the scene and especially the Defense and Security Forces (FDS) for their contribution to securing the composition centers.
Given the difficult context, the high commissioner of the Kourittenga province invited the population to make their contribution so that the composition can finish in style.
‘I call on the entire population to always remain
vigilant, unite and contribute to ensuring that information is given on time and also to warn in the event of the presence of a suspected individual so that the tests take place in very good conditions,’ she added.
The municipalities of Gounghin, Koupèla and Pouytenga are the three localities which house the twelve juries present in Kourittenga.
Source: Burkina Information Agency