Part 2: The common core (ages 6-15)

Mandatory trilingualism, life mathematics, decolonised history and a farming plot in every school.

Aurel Kenmegne
October 30, 2026 · 1 min read

From age 6 to 15, every child receives a rooted common core.

What the core contains

Mandatory trilingualism: mother tongue + French or English + Kiswahili, a Pan-African lingua franca.
Life mathematics: the tontine, mobile money, the school plot.
Decolonised history: based on UNESCO’s General History of Africa.
An agro-ecological plot in every school.

Question under the tree

Which mother tongue could your child learn at your local school?

Sources

UNESCO, Histoire générale de l’Afrique, 8 volumes
OHADA — https://www.ohada.org

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