Mali distributes 400,000 literacy and math booklets to primary students
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The Minister of National Education, Amadou Sy Savané, distributed 400,000 reading, writing, and mathematics booklets to primary school students in Mali.
The ministry provided these materials to children in their first and second years of primary education. The World Bank funded the MIQRA project, which produced the booklets at a cost of 445 million FCFA. Students received the materials in both French and Bamanankan, a local language of Mali.
The minister launched the initiative to improve learning outcomes during the early years of schooling. During the ceremony, second-year students read texts in both languages before the minister received the booklets.
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