Mauritania News News Mauritania » Education: A school helps migrants in Mauritania. Is it enough to keep them from leaving for Europe?
NOUADHIBOU, Mauritania — Eager students from throughout west Africa raise their hands as teachers guide them through math and classical Arabic. Then they race outdoors to meet their parents, who clean ...
News Mauritania » Education: Mauritania: Education Struggling to Gear Up in Mauritania's Mbera Camp
Mbera — Just 4,298 of the 14,000 primary school-aged children in Mbera refugee camp in eastern Mauritania are enrolled in camp schools, aid agencies estimate. Now that the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) is ...
News Mauritania » Education: Mauritania: Report - the Education Sector As an Engine for Inclusive Growth in Mauritania
Improving education to foster social cohesion and support economic development Nouakchott, July 22, 2020-- In its bid to diversify its economy so as to foster sustainable growth, one of the challenges ...
News Mauritania » Education: Mauritania: Teachers want education minister removed
Hundreds of teachers in Mauritania demanded the removal of the education minister Wednesday for remarks they said were "insulting." The teachers rallied in front of the presidential palace in the ...
News Mauritania » Education: Mauritania private education booms
"Everyone knows that public education is in a phase of deterioration, where there is a shortage of teachers and the administrative staff do not bear their responsibilities," said Abdellahi Mokhtar, a ...
News Mauritania » Education: Mauritania commits to reinforcing the right to education in national frameworks
The new education law (loi 2022-023 portant loi d’orientation du Système Educatif National) is a leap forward in terms of right to education guarantees. It makes education compulsory from six to ...
News Mauritania » Education: Mauritania Launches Landmark Program to Expand Quality Education and Opportunities for Every Child
WASHINGTON, June 18, 2026 – The World Bank Group today announced the launch of the Mauritania Improving Education Quality, Results, and Access for All (IQRAA) Operation, a transformative initiative ...
News Mauritania » Education: Education Foundation opens school complex in Mauritania
The Qatari-Mauritanian Social Development Foundation, managed by Education Above All Foundation (EAA), has opened this week the Al Ekhwa School Complex in Boutilimit, Mauritania. A delegation from EAA ...
News Mauritania » Education: Mauritania holds education conference
Prime minister says the country can only tap its labour potential by fixing the Mauritanian educational system. Recognising deep problems in its education system, the Mauritanian government is moving ...