{"id":10241,"date":"2026-03-23T09:48:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T09:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/?p=10241"},"modified":"2026-03-23T10:28:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T10:28:15","slug":"performance-based-financing-is-keeping-burundian-children-in-the-classroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/news\/performance-based-financing-is-keeping-burundian-children-in-the-classroom\/","title":{"rendered":"Performance-Based Financing is Keeping Burundian Children in the Classroom"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"section section--core \"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-8 offset-md-2 block-wrapper\"><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>In Muramvya, central Burundi, a boy named Bonheur almost lost far more than a year of schooling. His return to the classroom is just one of many opportunities made possible by Cordaid\u2019s education project in the area.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/53936027934_fc67c6cc2d_k-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/53936027934_fc67c6cc2d_k-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/53936027934_fc67c6cc2d_k-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/53936027934_fc67c6cc2d_k-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/53936027934_fc67c6cc2d_k-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/53936027934_fc67c6cc2d_k-546x363.jpg 546w, https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/53936027934_fc67c6cc2d_k-373x248.jpg 373w, https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/53936027934_fc67c6cc2d_k-280x186.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/53936027934_fc67c6cc2d_k-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/53936027934_fc67c6cc2d_k-66x44.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/53936027934_fc67c6cc2d_k.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Classroom in a primary school in Muramvya Province. Photograph: Mickael Franci\/Cordaid<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Burundi&#8217;s education system faces considerable challenges. According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iicba.unesco.org\/en\/burundi\">2024 UNESCO brief<\/a>, 96 per cent of ten-year-olds cannot read and understand age-appropriate texts. This represents one of the highest rates of learning poverty worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fewer than half of boys complete primary school, and only about a third of all children finish lower secondary education. The issue is not merely about access: as the brief notes mention, schooling does not ensure learning, and poor learning outcomes themselves lead children to drop out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Watch this video documentary about the performance-based financing programme for education in Burundi:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\n<div class=\"oembed-component\" data-module=\"oembed\" data-source=\"consent_embed_youtube\" data-type=\"video\" data-cookiebot=\"1\">\n\t<div class=\"oembed-component__content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"oembed-placeholder\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"oembed-placeholder__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This content is available after accepting the cookies.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<button class=\"btn\n\tbtn--primary js-consent-button\"        type=\"video\"  >\n\t\n\t\t\t<span class=\"btn__text\">\n\t\t\tChange cookie-settings\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\n\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<template>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"oembed-video\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"oembed-video__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/QXCRJjYm6WU\/maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t<div class=\"oembed-video__content\">\n\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Performance-Based Financing is Keeping Burundian Children in the Classroom | Cordaid\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QXCRJjYm6WU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"oembed-video__play\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\tPlay video\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/template>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Child at Risk<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When we met Bonheur (French for &#8220;happiness&#8221;) at the Kivogero School in Muramvya, he was radiant. Sitting among his classmates in the fourth year, he followed the lessons with enthusiasm and curiosity, making it hard to believe that just months earlier, he had nearly walked out of school altogether.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Bonheur began skipping school, his worried teacher, Fid\u00e8s, informed the headmaster. Together, they tried to discover the reason for the boy\u2019s absence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bonheur and his mother, Agathe Ininahazwe, were living with Bonheur\u2019s grandmother. This setup allowed Agathe to continue her studies. For a time, despite the hardships, life found its rhythm. When Agathe got married, she moved away, leaving Bonheur in his grandmother\u2019s care. \u2018Since then, Bonheur has begun to show signs of weariness,\u2019 Agathe says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The boy who had once sat attentively in class began to drift. Instead of studying, Bonheur started spending his days tending his uncle&#8217;s flock of goats, far from the classroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_8935-BONHEUR-FIRST-ROW-IN-THE-MIDDLE-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_8935-BONHEUR-FIRST-ROW-IN-THE-MIDDLE-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_8935-BONHEUR-FIRST-ROW-IN-THE-MIDDLE-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_8935-BONHEUR-FIRST-ROW-IN-THE-MIDDLE-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_8935-BONHEUR-FIRST-ROW-IN-THE-MIDDLE-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_8935-BONHEUR-FIRST-ROW-IN-THE-MIDDLE-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_8935-BONHEUR-FIRST-ROW-IN-THE-MIDDLE-546x363.jpg 546w, https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_8935-BONHEUR-FIRST-ROW-IN-THE-MIDDLE-373x248.jpg 373w, https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_8935-BONHEUR-FIRST-ROW-IN-THE-MIDDLE-280x186.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_8935-BONHEUR-FIRST-ROW-IN-THE-MIDDLE-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.cordaid.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_8935-BONHEUR-FIRST-ROW-IN-THE-MIDDLE-66x44.jpg 66w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bonheur (first row in the middle) back in the classroom. Photograph: Cordaid Burundi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Safety Net for Children in Vulnerable Positions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Bonheur\u2019s return to school was enabled by a project managed by Cordaid, in partnership with Burundi\u2019s Ministry of National Education and Scientific Research and its local partner, ADIS, which promotes improvements in the quality of basic education through a performance-based financing approach.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Central to the project is monitoring children at risk of dropping out and training teachers and principals to recognise early warning signs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was in this context that Fid\u00e8s acted. \u2018If we don&#8217;t closely follow up on children at risk of dropping out, many children, like Bonheur, would no longer be in school,\u2019 she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Watch this video about Bonheur&#8217;s story:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\n<div class=\"oembed-component\" data-module=\"oembed\" data-source=\"consent_embed_youtube\" data-type=\"video\" data-cookiebot=\"1\">\n\t<div class=\"oembed-component__content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"oembed-placeholder\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"oembed-placeholder__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>This content is available after accepting the cookies.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<button class=\"btn\n\tbtn--primary js-consent-button\"        type=\"video\"  >\n\t\n\t\t\t<span class=\"btn__text\">\n\t\t\tChange cookie-settings\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\n\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<template>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"oembed-video\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"oembed-video__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/QUI30lvgB1M\/maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t<div class=\"oembed-video__content\">\n\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Preventing School Dropouts in Burundi: Bonheur&#039;s Story | Cordaid\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QUI30lvgB1M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"oembed-video__play\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\tPlay video\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/template>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Back to School<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, Bonheur is back among his classmates, dressed in his khaki uniform, and by all appearances, himself again. The project that supported him has also brought positive changes to the neighbouring schools. Throughout Muramvya, 125 schools have experienced improvements in access, teaching quality, and governance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through performance-based financing, schools receive subsidies that they reinvest directly into their infrastructure. Latrines are constructed, drinking water connections installed, and electricity supplied. The conditions for learning are gradually improved.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Muramvya, central Burundi, a boy named Bonheur almost lost far more than a year of schooling. 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