Education in Chad

The educational system of Chad is patterned after the French model, having the levels of primary, secondary and higher education. Primary education is free and compulsory, starting with 6-year old children and gives them basic literacy training for six years. The secondary education is offered for seven years and affords students the option to go into vocational courses such as hotel management, fashion designing and other livelihood programs of study.

Higher education is offered in the university or a collegiate institution. The University of Chad in N’Djamena has the faculties of sciences, law and economics, and letters and human sciences with degree courses such as history, geography, modern literature, English and French, Arabic and French, mathematics, physics, biology, geology and chemistry. The Ecole Normale Superiere is another higher education institute that offers courses for secondary school teachers.

Vocational education consists of two levels for primary school graduates. The first level is a 3-year program at a college after which they can transfer to a technical school. The second level consists of a study in a lycee or public secondary school for 6-year programs. The other vocational training schools include the Ecole Nationale Administration in N’Djamena, Postal and Telecommunications School in Sarh, Technical Education School on Public Works, and the Ba-lli Agricultural School. The National School of Public Health, a medical school, offers courses in nursing, social work and public health.