Éducation
Burundi : despite a colossal budget, schools struggle to equip pupils with desks
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, March 16, 2026 – Several primary schools across the small east African nation are facing a critical shortage of desks, forcing some pupils to attend classes
Rumonge : 2,700 children drop out of school, opening the road to human trafficking
SOS Médias Burundi Rumonge, March 5, 2026 – Since the start of the 2025-2026 school year, the district of Rumonge, in Burunga province, in the south of the small east
Burundi : public schools bled dry by mass teacher departure
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, February 25, 2026 – The education system of this small east African nation is experiencing an unprecedented crisis. Between August 2025 and January 2026, more than
Burundi : years of failed reforms bring schools to their knees
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, February 12, 2026 – The Burundian education system is in deep crisis. For several years, civil society organizations, teachers’ unions, and opposition parties have been sounding
Nyankanda : a school semester sacrificed by teacher shortages and derisory salaries
SOS Médias Burundi Nyankanda, February 10, 2026 – The end of the first semester of the 2025-2026 school year at the Nyankanda refugee camp secondary school left a bitter taste
Bubanza : a technical school closed to the public after an Imbonerakure is stabbed
SOS Médias Burundi Bubanza, February 2, 2026 – Access to the Bubanza Technical School (ETB), located in Bubanza district, Bujumbura province, in western Burundi, has been prohibited to the public
Burundi : the teacher exodus brings the school system to its knees
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, January 21, 2026 – Since the start of the 2025-2026 school year, the Burundian education sector has been facing a worrying phenomenon : a mass exodus
School benches : revocation or prison for fraudsters, the government toughens its stance
SOS Médias Burundi Burundi, January 20, 2026 – At a meeting held on Monday in the town center of Burunga province, in southern Burundi, bringing together heads of district and
Bukinanyana : a school occupied by fighters, civilians exposed, and responsibilities questioned
SOS Médias Burundi Cibitoke, January 2, 2026 –Since December 7, 2025, more than 3,000 fighters, including Burundian soldiers, members of the FARDC (Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo),
Mukungu : when cheating becomes systemic and threatens pupils’ futures
SOS Médias Burundi Nyanza, November 11, 2025 – In the Nyanza district, in Burunga province in southern Burundi, a new scandal is shaking the education system. Eighteen pupils from the