Les enseignants contractuels au Sénégal produit d’un nouvel ordre scolaire ou d’interactions internes au système éducatif ?

• Main Author: Aboubacar Abdulaye Barro
• Format: Article
• Language: fra
• Published: Les éditions de la Maison des sciences de l’Homme 2017-07-01
• Series: Cahiers de la Recherche sur l'Education et les Savoirs
• Subjects: state; teachers; tensions; standardization; educational norms
• Online Access: http://journals.openedition.org/cres/3048

The power relations in the Senegalese school system show that local actors are the major stakeholders in it since 1995. Despite the continuing control of external funders, they play a key role in demands for higher salaries, the establishment of trade unions, and the re-ranking as “permanent” in the teaching profession, etc. The case of Senegal offers a perfect example for understanding the process of restructing educational systems in Francophone Africa. Senegal’s open political sphere fosters the self-nomination of national actors. In addition, the standardization of models of schooling does not nullify the tensions between the local and the global.