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Burkina Agrégation Secondaire · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 7 hours per week

Week 1

French language and literature & Educational sciences, pedagogy and didactics of the discipline

  • Map the full French literature timeline from the sixteenth to the twentieth century, writing one dated index card per major movement and author

  • Draft a 250-word commentary on a short poem, applying the three-step method (observe, analyse, interpret) without consulting notes

  • List the five most common didactic planning errors and write a corrective for each in a personal checklist

  • Summarise the official French secondary curriculum for the terminale class in a one-page diagram

Your checkpoint

A 12-page revision booklet containing the literature timeline, one full poem commentary, and the didactic error checklist

Week 2

French language and literature & Educational sciences, pedagogy and didactics of the discipline

  • Compose three full dissertation plans on novel, theatre and poetry topics in under 45 minutes each

  • Memorise and recite fifteen dated quotations usable as evidence in literary essays, verifying each source

  • Build a lesson-plan template aligned with the competency-based approach and fill it for one grammar lesson

  • Explain aloud, in ten minutes, how you would assess a written production using a four-criterion grid

Your checkpoint

Three timed dissertation plans plus one completed lesson plan with its assessment grid

Week 3

Mathematics & Physical and natural sciences (physics, chemistry, biology)

  • Solve twenty mixed algebra and analysis exercises under timed conditions, logging every error by cause

  • Derive and apply the standard results of differential and integral calculus to five applied problems

  • Draw and label the key diagrams of mechanics, electricity and organic chemistry from memory

  • Write a one-page synthesis linking cell biology concepts to the biology syllabus of the terminale class

Your checkpoint

An error log of at least twenty entries with corrected solutions and a formula sheet covering mathematics, physics and chemistry

Week 4

Mathematics & Physical and natural sciences (physics, chemistry, biology) & Educational sciences, pedagogy and didactics of the discipline

  • Complete a full mock mathematics paper in the official time limit and self-mark it against a rubric

  • Solve a physics-chemistry paper combining calculation and experimental reasoning

  • Design a laboratory demonstration for one physics concept, listing material, safety rules and expected observations

  • Present a ten-minute oral explanation of a mathematical proof to an imagined class

Your checkpoint

Two self-marked mock papers with a written reflection on the three weakest competencies

Week 5

English language and literature & History and geography

  • Summarise the main periods of English literature, naming two representative authors and one work per period

  • Write a 300-word English essay on a civic theme, then revise it for grammar and cohesion

  • Construct a dated timeline of Burkina Faso history from the pre-colonial era to the present, citing five key events

  • Label a blank map of West Africa with countries, capitals and major rivers, and describe three climate zones

Your checkpoint

A 300-word English essay plus a hand-drawn annotated map and a one-page national history timeline

Week 6

General culture and civic awareness & Philosophy & Social sciences (economics, sociology, law)

  • Summarise ten major philosophical currents and match each to one representative thinker and central argument

  • Explain three economic mechanisms (inflation, unemployment, public debt) with a concrete national example each

  • Outline the structure of the judicial system and distinguish civil, criminal and administrative jurisdiction

  • Debate a civic topic for fifteen minutes, structuring arguments with evidence and rebuttal

Your checkpoint

A comparative table of philosophical currents and a one-page summary of economic and legal institutions

Week 7

Educational sciences, pedagogy and didactics of the discipline & Professional ethics, school administration and education policy

  • Write a full lesson plan for your discipline including objectives, activities, differentiation and evaluation

  • Draft a code-of-conduct case analysis resolving three professional-ethics dilemmas faced by teachers

  • Summarise the main provisions of national education policy and the administrative hierarchy of a school

  • Simulate a fifteen-minute oral defence of a lesson plan before a peer or recorded audience

Your checkpoint

A complete lesson plan with a written ethics case analysis and a recorded or peer-reviewed oral defence

Week 8

General culture and civic awareness & French language and literature & English language and literature & Mathematics & Physical and natural sciences (physics, chemistry, biology) & History and geography & Philosophy & Social sciences (economics, sociology, law) & Educational sciences, pedagogy and didactics of the discipline & Professional ethics, school administration and education policy

  • Sit two full timed mock examinations covering all ten domains and mark them strictly

  • Review every error from the mocks and rewrite corrected answers in a condensed sheet

  • Recite from memory the twenty dates, formulas and quotations most likely to be tested

  • Rehearse the oral examination format twice, including a five-minute presentation and questions

Your checkpoint

Two marked mock examinations with a one-page final revision sheet and a completed oral rehearsal log

Milestones

Week 2: Produce three dissertation plans within the time limit and one lesson plan judged complete against your own checklist

Week 4: Score at least 50 percent on both the mathematics and physics-chemistry mock papers and reduce repeated error types by half compared with week 3

Week 6: Deliver the 300-word English essay and the annotated map from memory-based notes, with no factual gaps on the national timeline

Week 8: Complete both full mock examinations within the official time and reach a self-assessed average of at least 10 out of 20 across all domains