The Immense Success of Koranic Religious Schools in Senegal

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The daaras concern hundreds of thousands of children in West Africa. Over the past twenty-five years, several hundred thousand, probably nearly one million children, have passed through this system to Senegal alone. We do not speak of marginal educational initiatives. We speak of a mass educational system. A chronicle of Jehan Khaled For millions of parents, especially in the most precarious African circles, this alternative is not theoretical. …