Djibouti: 1) Structure of primary and elementary school system in Djibouti; 2) Schooling of undocumented foreigners (i.e. illegals); 3) Application of entry restrictions at points of entry into Djibouti
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 May 1989 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | DJI0814 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Djibouti: 1) Structure of primary and elementary school system in Djibouti; 2) Schooling of undocumented foreigners (i.e. illegals); 3) Application of entry restrictions at points of entry into Djibouti, 1 May 1989, DJI0814, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac0b34.html [accessed 20 May 2023] |
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1) Two sources are attached in response to your request for information pertaining to the educational system in Djibouti. The first, from Djibouti and the Horn of Africa, deals with the educational system during the colonial period. The second is taken from a Europa publication, Africa South of the Sahara-1989. It notes, in essence, that the education system in Djibouti is closely modelled on that of France in terms of its stages, curricula, and diplomas. There are no universities in Djibouti.
2) No information is available to the IRBDC regarding the access of undocumented foreigner children to Djibouti's school system. However, a source at the Ottawa office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees notes that their organization has an educational centre in Djibouti which enrols only mandated refugees. The U.S. Department of State reports that there were 2000 registered refugees in Djibouti at the end of 1988. [U.S. Department of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices-1989 (Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1989), p. 97.]
3) In June 1987, the government of Djibouti announced tighter controls on border crossings and identity papers. [Ibid., p. 438.] The IRBDC liaison at External Affairs adds, however, that the area is such that nomads frequently wander back and forth across the borders of Djibouti and Ethiopia and Somalia.
ATTACHMENTS
Africa South of the Sahara-1989. London: Europa Publications Limited, 1989; 438,443.
U.S. Department of State. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1988. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1989, 97.
Thompson, Virginia and Adloff, Richard. Djibouti and the Horn of Africa. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1968, 141-155.
