Sahel EDU

School management software in Gabon: what the Gabonese system requires

In Gabon, a school works with a single French-language system, three terms, assessment by stages, public, faith-based, secular and contracted schools, and a calendar published every year. This page describes that system from public sources, then says plainly what Sahel EDU, school management software designed in Ngaoundéré, already offers a Gabonese school and what is set up with our team.

The Gabonese education system: from pre-school to the final year

According to Gabonese press and guides, pre-school takes children from three to five years old in small, middle and large sections. Primary school runs from CP1 to CM2, lower secondary from the 6e to the 3e and high school from the 2nde to the Terminale. Sources contradict each other on the exact length of primary school, five or six years, so software must not fix that figure.

Technical and vocational education includes vocational high schools, technical high schools and a national business school. The general baccalaureate series cited by the press are A1, A2, B, C and D; the technical series vary from one source to another.

Pre-school: three to five years old, in three sections.
Primary: from CP1 to CM2.
Lower secondary: 6e, 5e, 4e and 3e.
High school: 2nde, 1re and Terminale.
Technical and vocational: vocational high schools, technical high schools, national business school.

Exams, assessment by stages and the calendar

Exams are known by name: the CEP at the end of primary school, the BEPC at the end of the 3e and the baccalaureate (general, technological, vocational), with two rounds for the general one. The CEP alone does not secure a place in the 6e: according to the Gabonese press, a national placement commission assigns students. The technical stream leads to the CAP, the BEP and the technician’s certificate. Exam registration goes through digital platforms run by the state: the school prepares its list and documents, but cannot register candidates on its own.

The year has three terms, marked out of 20, with termly and annual reviews and class councils. The calendar presented for 2025-2026 adds stages to this, five in primary and six in secondary, alternating four weeks of teaching with one week of assessment and remedial work. The calendar is published every year with two end-of-year regimes, one for classes without an exam and one for exam classes, and it has already been readjusted during the year: it must never be hard-coded.

Languages, types of school and territorial organisation

French is the language of instruction. Curricula provide for English from pre-school and a second foreign language of choice from the 6e (Spanish, Arabic, German, Mandarin, Kiswahili or Russian): Arabic and English are subjects, not languages of instruction.

Schools are public, faith-based private (Catholic, Protestant, Christian Alliance, Islamic), secular private, recognised or not as serving the public interest, or contracted public schools that follow a French curriculum and keep their own calendar. The private sector takes nearly half of primary pupils (49% in 2019 according to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics). The country has nine provinces, including Estuaire (Libreville), Haut-Ogooué (Franceville) and Ogooué-Maritime (Port-Gentil). According to the Gabonese press, for lack of places the state also places 6e students in private schools whose tuition fees it pays.

What Sahel EDU already offers a Gabonese school

Sahel EDU is today designed, validated and usable for schools in Cameroon. For a school in Gabon, the application already reads in French, English and Arabic, counts in CFA francs and has the common tools: classes, marks out of 5, 10, 20 or 100, the register, fees and receipts, and documents that can be verified by QR Code.

Marks out of 20, averages, ranks and grades worked out by a single engine, with coefficients set by subject.
The class council: decisions recorded and printed, end-of-year decision (admitted, conditional, repeats, redirected, excluded), closing that freezes the period.
Splitting students into balanced classes, with the foreign language among the criteria.
Fees by item, payment schedules and numbered PDF receipts with the amount in words.
The register and mark entry kept on the phone when the network drops, then sent again when the connection returns.
Results visible to the student and the family only after the head publishes them.
A public website for the school in three languages.

What is set up with our team before opening

However, the levels, exams, calendars and official report cards of your country are not built in: they are set up with our team, school by school, before opening. Describe your situation to us: we will tell you frankly what is ready and what remains to be adapted.

If a start is possible, it begins with a free trial of 30 days, with no commitment. The price is then negotiated with each school and can be read on the Pricing page.

The assessment and remedial stages are not built in: the preloaded cycle is that of Cameroon.
Calendars with two end-of-year regimes and the calendar of contracted schools are entered with us.
Gabonese levels, series and coefficients are not preloaded.
Sahel EDU does not replace official exam registration and sends nothing to the state platforms.
Documents come out without a state letterhead: they carry the school’s name, logo and colour.
Phone numbers are normalised to the Cameroonian format, and the payment methods offered are those of Cameroon.

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Frequently asked questions

Can Sahel EDU serve a Gabonese school right now?

It is designed and validated for Cameroon. For Gabon, the application reads in French and has its common tools, but Gabonese levels, exams, calendars and report cards are set up with our team before opening.

Are Gabon’s assessment stages built in?

No. The preloaded cycle is that of Cameroon. The assessment periods of your own school are set up with our team.

Can we register candidates for the CEP, BEPC or baccalaureate from Sahel EDU?

No. Registration is done on the state platforms. The school prepares its list and documents; Sahel EDU does not replace official registration and sends nothing.

Can a contracted school or one with a French curriculum have a separate calendar?

Yes, but that calendar is entered with our team, like the other official dates, before opening.

Can we try it before committing?

If a start is possible after talking with our team, it begins with a free trial of 30 days, with no commitment.

Try Sahel EDU for free

Try Sahel EDU free for 30 days, no commitment. Afterwards, the price is negotiated with your school and confirmed in writing.

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