École Normale Supérieure de Nouakchott

The École Normale Supérieure of Nouakchott is a professional higher-education school that trains secondary-school teachers, inspectors, trainers for primary-teacher colleges and laboratory technicians. Founded in 1970, it admits students through competitive examinations whose openings follow the staffing needs of the national education system.

Good to know

• Founded on 20 September 1970.
• Trains first- and second-cycle secondary teachers, secondary-school inspectors, ENI trainers and laboratory technicians.
• Member of the Agence universitaire de la Francophonie and the Association of African Universities (per French Wikipedia).
• Signed partnership agreements with Moroccan teacher-training and education-science institutions in 2025.

Faculties and schools

• Département des Langues étrangères
• Département de Langue Arabe et Instruction Religieuse
• Département des Sciences Exactes
• Département des Sciences Humaines
• Département des Sciences de l'Éducation

What you can study

• Education

Admission

Access is by annual external or internal competitive examination (concours); the sections opened each year depend on the Ministry of Education's needs and the civil-service posts available.

Sources

1. ENS – Présentation
2. ENS – Formation
3. ENS – official website (home, departments menu)
4. ENS – Arabic website
5. Wikipédia (fr) – École normale supérieure de Nouakchott
6. Wikidata – Q3578286
7. OpenStreetMap – École Normale Supérieure de Nouakchott (way 228858570)
8. MESRS – Écoles publiques (archived 25 Feb 2026)
9. Logo: ens.mr

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