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Improvement like increased enrolment in basic schools and increased basic education completion levels are noticeable. Despite this, learning environment indicators remain very low as evidenced by the classroom to pupil ratio (1/74), pupil to textbook ratio (5/1), pupil to desk ratio (4/1) and teacher to pupil ratio (1/46). As a result, quality of basic education remains poor. ( Burundi Education Technical Approach 2016- 2020).Besides, the government of Burundi has not prioritized Early Childhood Development (ECD) while it is commonly believed that the quality of the foundation of an infrastructure determines its strength or weakness.