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00:00:00condition of independence (end of quote) also
00:00:03opening its columns to this news, the weekly La Semaine Africaine writes
00:00:09kindergarten and on page 7 of its publication number 4352 dated
00:00:11Friday, September 18, 2026, we quote for the President of the
00:00:15Republic Donis Sungeso, space is no longer a distant horizon for Africa
00:00:19and Congo, it has become an essential platform for our
00:00:22development, our security and our sovereignty, end of
00:00:26quote. For its part, the weekly manager...
00:00:30which has been widely echoed, we speak on page 2 of its publication
00:00:33number 570 covering the period from
00:00:38gather at the school September 14 to 20 2026 through two editorial units, the first
00:00:41of which is entitled International Space Summit,
00:00:44Denis Sassou Nguesso calls for coordinated advances at the African
00:00:48continent level and the second under the title
00:00:52Paris Summit on Space Denis Nguesso
00:00:55advocates for African technological sovereignty (end of
00:00:58quote).
00:01:44parent comes to pick him up, the
00:01:47side calls the child's
00:03:58in a context where youth unemployment remains a major
00:04:02concern in the Republic of Congo, the question of
00:04:05the quality of training is increasingly
00:04:08challenging. Does the school prepare young people for
00:04:12professional life or does it continue to offer
00:04:15training without concrete
00:04:17outcomes?
00:04:20Faced with the limitations of the classic educational system, new
00:04:23approaches are emerging with the ambition of training well-formed
00:04:27minds, but above all... but capable
00:04:30of acting,
00:04:34a philosophy adopted by the Canadian school, also
00:04:38called Canadian School since its creation in
00:04:412022,
00:04:44located in Rue Foi in the heart of Potopoto, 3rd
00:04:48district of Brazzaville, Canadian School is a
00:04:51private institution that welcomes students from nursery to high
00:04:55school.
00:05:14The school offers Congolese, Canadian and
00:05:17French programs with English language learning from
00:05:21computer science from CP.
00:05:24Here, the educational model is essentially based
00:05:28on the complementarity between theoretical knowledge and
00:05:31practical skills. At Canadian school, we blend
00:05:35the Canadian, Congolese and
00:05:38French curricula. We prioritize the Anglo-Saxon curriculum and
00:05:42and the French curriculum, with the exception of the course, we
00:05:46provide them with images, also known as
00:05:49tutorials, for example, if the
00:05:53course is about the concept of electricity, after the
00:05:56theory, the teacher will then invite the children to go to the lab, to practice
00:06:00the theoretical course that was taught in class.
00:06:17In this 1st grade class, among the daily educational
00:06:21exercises, children are introduced to filling
00:06:24jars with
00:06:25tongs,
00:06:29an activity that develops autonomy,
00:06:33management, language, and basic mathematical
00:06:36concepts.
00:06:44encouraged by their teachers, they are already learning to write their
00:06:47names, first names and several simple
00:06:50words, what did you
00:06:53write, you
00:06:56wrote, we will read your first
00:06:59name
00:07:01a
00:07:04a
00:07:09t, bravo, the first thing is that in a benevolent
00:07:13atmosphere, it's about socialization, once we
00:07:17have succeeded in laying the foundations of socialization, we lead the
00:07:20children to be autonomous, so in
00:07:23this autonomy, the child learns to discover his capacities and
00:07:27we help him to build his personality through all
00:07:31the activities we offer the child, the particularity
00:07:35we have is to do school differently, we
00:07:39use a lot of images, a lot of books, we use... games because
00:07:42here the child learns, it's one of the
00:07:45particularities of our school, the child learns through
00:07:49games, so we play a lot and it's through these games that the child
00:07:52learns and once they reach 4 years old, the games decrease and
00:07:56it's much more learning,
00:08:00in English,
00:08:01friends,
00:08:06oh long live the Canadian school, it's a school,
00:08:10long live the Canadian school. the school at
00:08:14the Canadian school
00:08:28we learn
00:08:32right next door, among the 1st grade students, the transmission of knowledge
00:08:36relies on a system of thematic image
00:08:40projection accompanied by captions. to facilitate
00:08:43learning,
00:08:47young people discover scenes inspired by social and
00:08:51professional realities, this English teacher
00:08:54evokes a rich and effective program implemented by
00:08:57the Canadian school, given the school's vision, we project
00:09:01more, children are in contact with reality through
00:09:05videos, they can watch a short film adapted to their
00:09:09level and we work especially on the...
00:09:12with a
00:09:15platform connected to a Canadian program, the
00:09:19platform called "Ricekid", we work with children because
00:09:22the readings are
00:09:25adapted according to their levels, so in CP we learn to
00:09:29we help children to be quite
00:09:32skilled
00:09:35at holding a conversation in English, a basic conversation, children
00:09:39can introduce themselves, talk about what they like and what they don't like. through
00:09:42our way of doing things by emphasizing reading skills
00:09:45and listening skills and speaking
00:09:49skills,
00:09:58we have a program and it is already in this platform that
00:10:02I mentioned, "Raskid" has lessons,
00:10:05lessons well specified on leisure,
00:10:09routine, places in the city to allow... the
00:10:12student to be able to adapt in society, so that English is not
00:10:16just a language to get a grade, but a language that
00:10:20is a language allowing children to communicate,
00:10:23to exchange with friends.
00:10:29The dialogue with the learners illustrates the effectiveness of this teaching method,
00:10:52this school, the classrooms are also equipped with interactive
00:10:56touch screens, teachers can write without
00:10:59chalk or marker,
00:11:02design digital courses and instantly display
00:11:05digital versions of books,
00:11:09geometric figures, geographic maps,
00:11:12images of anatomy courses in biological sciences and other
00:11:16content, a technology that makes lessons more
00:11:19lively, interactive and adapted to the
00:11:22requirements of modern school.
00:11:27the Canadian school positions itself as an educational
00:11:31center that trains complete and competitive profiles,
00:11:35training differently to meet today's and tomorrow's
00:11:38challenges, as explained by this other English teacher, besides
00:11:42what we have as an education system in our
00:11:45country, we have a particular advantage, having the
00:11:49teaching material, the didactic material, within the Canadian
00:11:53school, there are screens that are available
00:11:55that can easily allow teachers to transmit
00:11:58knowledge to learners, but besides that, there is the advantage of having
00:12:02Wi-Fi available at all times, which means that research does not have to be
00:12:06postponed, everything is done immediately and without books. Another thing
00:12:09that is extra is that here learners are not evaluated only on the
00:12:13basis of written skills, because as you know, in the English language education
00:12:17system in Congo, very often everything is focused on writing, so here
00:12:21at the Canadian school, we value the oral competence of children.
00:12:25that here the training of children has particular accompaniment, not
00:12:29only are they empowered to defend themselves against
00:12:32the external education system, but at the same time there is a
00:12:35particular school orientation that is done, all the children who pass the baccalaureate
00:12:39in this school are oriented to external
00:12:42universities and at that moment the school itself takes care of all the formalities so that the
00:12:46children are not disoriented after the baccalaureate in this
00:12:49school which distinguishes itself by its modern pedagogical approach and
00:12:53its emphasis on bilingualism from an early age, the preparation
00:12:57of candidates for state examinations constitutes a strategic
00:13:00step,
00:13:07teachers multiply directed work, practical sessions in the
00:13:10laboratory in order to strengthen students'
00:13:13achievements,
00:13:17has formed groups to better prepare for
00:13:20the exam and also for
00:13:23orientation questions. to do at home at least 20 to
00:13:2730 questions, we are directed by the
00:13:29professor
00:13:31and we are sent to do research,
00:13:35research allows
00:13:38us to know the news about
00:13:41history, about wars,
00:13:44about geography, there is also practice,
00:13:46much more in physics, chemistry because we have
00:13:50a laboratory and we practice experiments
00:13:54in this... laboratory to better understand about
00:13:58pH, we do experiments in the
00:14:01laboratory, the science
00:14:05course so that there are many manipulations, I
00:14:09take an example of the combustion of a candle, I
00:14:12asked each child to bring a candle and when we
00:14:16burned it, each child saw all the
00:14:19zones because there are four zones and the child
00:14:23himself said:
00:14:26with the naked eye he would tell you he is citing the different zones where
00:14:30the candle is burning
00:14:32brûler
00:14:41here learning is not limited
00:14:44to classrooms, immersion visits and
00:14:47excursions are an integral part of the
00:14:50educational program at the specialized mother and child
00:14:53hospital Bloche Gomez Brasaville. Students discovered the
00:14:57functioning of several departments, including neonatology,
00:15:10medical imaging and other care units.
00:15:26In Mathi village, in the Duel department, it is
00:15:29finished, they experienced an immersion in nature,
00:15:31participating in tree
00:15:34planting activities.
00:15:42fishing and enriching discoveries.
00:16:12The recruitment of teaching and administrative staff is based
00:16:16on a rigorous procedure complemented by capacity
00:16:20building training, a major
00:16:23asset for the Canadian school where the French
00:16:26education system is applied from high school. No teacher
00:16:29comes here without having passed a test. On the pedagogical
00:16:33side, there is a test, we also have a test.
00:16:37of general culture and practice, we do a
00:16:41class simulation and the teacher teaches, we judge what happens
00:16:44based on the performance, and
00:16:48then once he has passed his
00:16:51test, we go through preliminary training because
00:16:54there is a particular way of teaching,
00:16:58the teacher is there as a facilitator, it is the learner
00:17:01who is the
00:17:04learning.
00:17:11Here, the computer room is a privileged
00:17:14space for mastering the fundamental tools of the 21st
00:17:17century.
00:17:20It serves both as a framework for technical and
00:17:23digital learning, as well as pedagogical support for other
00:17:26school subjects. In primary school, we already start with
00:17:29office computer skills, meaning Word, Excel,
00:17:33learning to present a form in
00:17:37SIM 17, we teach
00:17:41children how to perform calculations with the
00:17:44Excel spreadsheet, as for middle school and
00:17:48high school, we already teach learners what
00:17:51to do to program a game software or even
00:17:55animation software, and when we do
00:17:57that, it allows them to
00:18:01invent their own games using that
00:18:04software, the first year general track learners...
00:18:07of the French program are among the daily
00:18:10users of these computer
00:18:12rooms,
00:18:16in most of our exercises, python programming
00:18:19always comes back, so it's really important for us to practice
00:18:22programming in the computer
00:18:25room. In the general track P.V.G. class, the French system already
00:18:29has courses, it has courses with us, all we have to do is
00:18:33prepare the course at home, then when we come to school, the teachers explain the
00:18:37course to us, and if a student doesn't understand, the teacher is really there to
00:18:40explain it until he understands and even if that's not enough, we are given
00:18:44exercises to do at home, we return them, we send
00:18:48them back on the platforms to the teachers because we also have virtual
00:18:51classes,
00:18:55equipped with a laboratory, Canadian
00:18:58School has trainers who play a double
00:19:01role, teacher and technical
00:19:04supervisor, through experiments.
00:19:08Chemistry, geological, biological and electrical, students develop
00:19:11concrete skills beyond
00:19:13knowledge, a
00:19:16solution,
00:19:20slowly, don't
00:19:21go,
00:19:27we see that the first two
00:19:30ranks do not and the last three ranks were the one that
00:19:33represents the presence of
00:19:36in what... means that these are limestone
00:19:39courses, the laboratory plays
00:19:42a very important role,
00:19:45the knowledge
00:19:48that we give to
00:19:51learners in the classroom, these are
00:19:54theoretical knowledge
00:19:58and students do not correctly
00:20:01grasp the depth of the message.
00:20:05from experience in the
00:20:08laboratory, the student can
00:20:11therefore better understand the
00:20:14lessons given to him in class, for example if we
00:20:17talk about caustic soda, in class
00:20:20the student does not see caustic soda,
00:20:23when he arrives at the laboratory, he can see the
00:20:26caustic,
00:20:34here is the pH paper, okay look.
00:20:50do lab courses compared to theoretical courses, because when we do
00:20:53theoretical courses, it is difficult to
00:20:57better understand what is being taught, to better
00:21:00understand the lesson, but when we do practice, it is easy for me to
00:21:03better understand the lesson, when I do practice, sometimes I don't
00:21:07even revise what is there so much that I understand better in practice than in
00:21:10theory.
00:21:23During recess and break times, students
00:21:28canteen, a space that allows them to
00:21:32eat in a healthy, secure and
00:21:35friendly environment. The school grounds under
00:21:38the supervision of surveillance
00:21:41staff.
00:21:50an hour of play allows students to enjoy moments of relaxation
00:21:54during breaks,
00:21:55pauses,
00:22:01a real extension of the classroom, this space
00:22:04contributes to the overall development of learners.
00:22:28several sports disciplines are practiced in this school, for
00:22:31example,
00:22:32swimming,
00:22:40the school also has an equipped sports hall where
00:22:43students work on muscle strengthening, cardio, flexibility and
00:22:47balance.
00:23:08At Canadian School, sports are also played on this
00:23:11secure multidisciplinary field, not to mention
00:23:14the area set up for table tennis
00:23:18for learners. conducive to relaxation,
00:23:22team spirit development and maintaining physical
00:23:25condition.
00:23:30At Canadian School, students take the Congolese CAP and BPC,
00:23:33as well as the Congolese and French
00:23:36baccalaureates,
00:23:40but before these exams, students are immersed in real
00:23:44industrial production conditions in order to discover and familiarize themselves with the
00:23:47professional world.
00:23:55an immersion that allows them to acquire skills
00:24:00market. the school has provided children with
00:24:04an introduction to the professional world at a
00:24:07factory, so we teach children to take charge of the
00:24:10professional world, children go to work to
00:24:14learn to take
00:24:15charge.
00:24:28In this factory, ordinary sheets and
00:24:32corrugated iron are manufactured with a production capacity of about 5000
00:24:36pieces per day.
00:24:51It also produces packaging commonly known as "ville
00:24:54propre", nearly 40,000 units daily, and paper
00:24:58towels, toilet paper and various paper packaging.
00:25:02papier.
00:25:05Working in this factory seems essential for us students of the Canadian
00:25:08school, indeed the promoter has made this factory available to us
00:25:12to promote autonomy and a sense of responsibility.
00:25:16The school's credo is oriented towards pure sciences and advised practice.
00:25:56Here, machines replace notebooks for these trainees,
00:25:59an experience gained even before obtaining
00:26:04diplomas, we came to acquire knowledge that was
00:26:07taught to us in class in order
00:26:10to acquire professional experience that will allow us to
00:26:12secure our CV in the future, no longer
00:26:16bothering parents financially, well I learned how
00:26:20to work with toilet paper, how people
00:26:23worked too because it's our job but we learn to
00:26:27work like engineers who do.
00:26:30uh those who work in the factory and so on, I really
00:26:34learned that and it's very good, it
00:26:38went well, I learned to make toilet paper,
00:26:42sheets, next time maybe we'll make tissues
00:26:45uh, I learned that making sheets is not as complicated as
00:26:49that, and to make toilet paper, there are several machines, the
00:26:51cutting,
00:26:54beyond discovering the industrial world, the activities
00:26:58carried out in the factory allow students to develop
00:27:01concrete personal skills,
00:27:04observation of manufacturing procedures, respect for safety
00:27:08standards, teamwork and production
00:27:11organization, all of which prepare them to
00:27:15be quickly operational and to better
00:27:18integrate into the world of work after their
00:27:21training, understand, experiment and
00:27:25master, these are the foundations of the training
00:27:28offered by the Canadian school in a
00:27:32disciplined and secure environment in close collaboration with
00:27:36parents, they are very safe, as you can
00:27:40see, it is practically closed, once a learner has
00:27:43entered, he only leaves when the
00:27:47supervisor on the other
00:27:50name and there is a supervisor at the door who brings the
00:27:53child out and hands him over to the parent, we
00:27:56really work hand in hand with parents to help our
00:28:00children to better develop and to better
00:28:03flourish, so when there is a problem
00:28:06here, the school calls the parent and
00:28:10when they arrive, we discuss the problem with the parent and the child
00:28:14of course, and we find solutions.