Bridging classes, a strategy to keep girls in school

The aim of this study is to focus on the strategy of catching up and keeping girls in school through bridging classes in cocoa-producing communities, and then to show the impact of bridging classes on the policy of compulsory schooling. Our study shows that bridging classes are reliable and effective strategies for catching up children who left the system early and keeping girls in school. In fact, bridging classes make it possible to achieve and implement Côte d'Ivoire's compulsory schooling policy. Finally, our study enabled us to question the causes of the recurrent drop-out of children, especially girls.