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“Pecles 2027-2030”: Educational leisure program seeks to win over Côte d’Ivoire’s schools

From Fraternité Matin · () French

Translated from French and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Côte d’Ivoire’s Pecles 2027-2030 program aims to make leisure an educational and personal-development tool in schools.
  • The program seeks to increase the number of Tourism and Leisure Clubs from 100 to 1,500 and reach more than one million students by 2030.
  • Officials presented the initiative to school heads and sector representatives on September 4, 2026.

Côte d’Ivoire’s educational leisure program wants to bring organized cultural and recreational activities into schools on a much larger scale. Under the Pecles 2027-2030 plan, the number of Tourism and Leisure Clubs would rise from 100 to 1,500, with more than one million students targeted by 2030.

The program, whose name stands for the Educational Program for a Culture of Leisure in the School Environment, aims to turn leisure into a tool for education, discovery and personal development.

Officials presented the project on September 4, 2026, at the headquarters of the Tourism Development Fund. The working lunch brought together school heads, sector representatives and institutional officials.

The meeting took place in the presence of Fdt President Dr. Marcel N’Guettia and Director General of Leisure Isabelle Anoh. It was led by Mam […], director of the Department of Leisure, Amusement Parks and Digital Games.

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Originally published by Fraternité Matin in French. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.