Senegal: who governs education

6 government bodies, 4 named officials, 3 programmes and 1 policy, from the ministries' own sites.

3 source sites did not fully answer our request; the status is shown on the body it belongs to. Last mined 2026-08-02.

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Government bodies

The ministries, regulators and funds that hold the mandate, with the office holder where we could verify one.

Ministry of National EducationMinistère de l'Éducation nationale

Basic and secondary education: curriculum, teachers, school calendar and the national school-year evaluation.

Moustapha Mamba Guirassy · Minister of National Education
Verified as of 2026-06-01 Source

Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation (MESRI)Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur, de la Recherche et de l'Innovation

Higher education, research and innovation.

ministry Site partly readable Official site Source

Boubacar Camara · Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation
Verified as of 2026-06-01 Source

Ministry of Employment and Vocational and Technical TrainingMinistère de l'Emploi et de la Formation professionnelle et technique

Employment policy and vocational and technical training (TVET).

ministry No official site found Source

Idrissa Samb · Minister of Employment and Vocational and Technical Training
Verified as of 2026-06-01 Source

Ministry of Telecommunications and Digital AffairsMinistère des Télécommunications et du Numérique

Telecommunications and digital policy; implements the New Deal Technologique national digital roadmap.

Samba Diouf · Minister of Telecommunications and Digital Affairs
Verified as of 2026-06-01 Source

Regulatory Authority for Telecommunications and Posts (ARTP)Autorité de Régulation des Télécommunications et des Postes

Regulates the telecommunications and postal sectors.

National Digital CouncilConseil national du numérique

Advisory council on national digital policy, formally installed in 2026.

commission No official site found Source

Programmes

Named interventions currently running, announced, stalled or ended. A partner entering here joins one of these or explains why not.

Apprendre à la maison

"Un ensemble de contenus et outils numériques mis à la disposition des élèves": a set of digital content and tools made available to pupils.

active As of 2026-08-01 Source

Lycées Nation-Armée pour la Qualité et l'Équité (LYNAQE)

Nation-Army secondary school programme aimed at quality and equity, with sites outside the main urban centres.

Reach: Sites documented at Kaffrine and Sédhiou

active As of 2026-04 Source

Projet d'Accélération de l'Économie Numérique du Sénégal (PAENS)

Digital-economy acceleration project forming part of the New Deal Technologique delivery portfolio.

active As of 2026 Source

Policies and plans

The strategy documents in force. These are what an intervention has to be written into.

New Deal Technologique2025-

National digital strategy launched 24 February 2025, aiming to make Senegal an African digital hub; the roadmap against which the telecommunications and digital ministry's budget and structuring projects are set.

As of 2025-02-24 Source