These examples illustrate the excessive internal selection process that offers few opportunities to students and does not take into consideration their overall performance. A student can be dismissed after three years in a four-year program if he or she fails to pass one or two subjects. It created an environment of uncertainty and crisis for all sectors, including education. Debates and controversies are continuing on the positive or negative effects of the devaluation of the CFA Franc. In simple terms, the purchasing power of the CFAF in regard to the FF has been divided by two.
African countries have to spend twice as much to buy the same value of goods abroad.
The devaluation has had a negative impact on education systems in Africa. It has put serious strains on the budget of the nation by increasing the CFAF needs for foreign purchases. This has reduced the prospect for the development of education budgets, which face stagnation or even reduction. In such a situation higher education, which has been criticized for its cost-ineffectiveness, has little hope of financial improvement. The devaluation of the CFAF has contributed to the deterioration of existing difficult working conditions in universities and has negatively affected quality.