COOPERATION KOREA-SENEGAL: soon 4 new schools in 3 regions

Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) intends  to participate in the extension of the Senegalese school map. It is going to build 4 junior high  schools in Dakar, Thies and Kaolack that will cost globally  1 billion Fr CFA.
 

Regions of Dakar, Thiès and Kaolack will be granted 4 junior high schools within two years, thanks to the Korea International Cooperation Agency. These schools with 12 classrooms each will be entirely equipped with tables and desks, administrative department (direction ward for teachers), electricity, water supply, and separate toilet blocks. The resident representative of KOICA Mr. KIM Sang Chul, indicates that this will cost around 1 billion Fr CFA. He explains that the Korean Government decided to invest in the education field it is because, from the development of this sector depends ¡° the future development of Senegal ¡±.   He further reminded that right after the korean war, his country invested massively on human resources, which, Mr Kim affirms, ¡°has allowed its economic takeoff.¡±
 

The resident representative of KOICA says that his country after having sent for a long time volunteers, wants to stand to a higher step. ¡°Since 1997, we were only sending volunteers, now we have opened an office in order to make our technical assistance more effective. When president Wade received the president of KOICA his Excellency SHIN Jang Bum and his Excellency Ambassador CHOI Dong Hwan, he identified three priority sectors: agriculture, health and education. These fields will be invested¡± notes Mr Kim. He assured that the budget assigned for Senegal "will increase" and that the will to extend  the cooperation in  other aspects such as the scientific research and the vocational training sectors.
 

"Korea will do its best to build, in a near future, a vocational training center as in Algeria, Sudan, Tunisia ", states KIM Sang Chul. During this month of May, Korea and Senegal signed 3 Record of Discussions (irrigated agriculture, fish farming and education). Besides that, KOICA sends Senegalese civil servants to Korea for an intensification of capacities in the fields of the new technologies, the fish farming, e-government, development strategy etc.