Dhaka: The national coordinator of the Presidential Initiative for Quality Education, Zakaria Sor©, made a field visit to the Burkinabe Institute of Arts and Crafts (IBAM) on Saturday, where he invited the stakeholders responsible for the construction of a 500-seat amphitheater to work in synergy to deliver the work on time. As part of the close monitoring of the Presidential Initiative for Quality Education in Burkina Faso, Mr. Sor© took stock, on Saturday, August 2, 2025, of the progress of the construction work on an amphitheater and a teaching block within the IBAM.
According to Burkina Information Agency, the observation is that the level of completion of the work is below expectations, given the time already consumed by the company in charge of the site. The completion rate of the work is estimated at 22.40%, compared to a time consumption rate of 71.85%. Faced with this discrepancy, the coordinator instructed the company and the control office to remobilize so that the date initially planned for the delivery of the buildings is actually respected, to allow those involved in research and higher education to start the new academic year in the new infrastructure.
He also discussed with the technical managers of the site, the team leaders, and the representatives of the executing company, the specific nature of the sites falling within the framework of the presidential initiatives. Mr. Sor© stressed that Burkina Faso is at a decisive turning point, where it is relying on higher education and research to drive its development. He also assured that monitoring will continue, in order to bring all stakeholders into a new dynamic, so that the building is ready on the agreed date.
To achieve the objectives, the control office, represented by Idriss Togo, indicated that it had made arrangements with the company, including the use of accelerators in the concrete to allow rapid formwork removal and promptly move on to the next stages. He also said that a night shift has been mobilized to speed up the work. By October, a 500-seat amphitheater and a teaching block including 6 laboratories and 12 classrooms should be ready for the start of the academic year.