Enko Waca International School Profile 2025–26

Enko Education is a fast-growing network of African international schools dedicated to preparing students across the continent for admission to the world's top universities. As the African School of Choice, Enko provides a high-quality, globally recognized education built on the pillars of African Roots, Global Wings, and Future-Oriented. Operating 16 schools in 10 African countries, Enko Education is committed to academic excellence and accessibility, guided by core values like being caring and committed. A cornerstone of its offering is the exclusive Knowledge for College program, which provides students with personalized guidance, skills training, and exposure to global career opportunities, successfully enabling admissions to institutions like Yale University, University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Toronto.

Enko Waca, formerly known as West African College of the Atlantic (2018), is a bilingual, secular, and co-ed school that opened its doors in 1996 in Dakar, Senegal, with the ambition to offer its students a bilingual education with an international perspective. Enko Waca is the first International Baccalaureate authorized school in Senegal, since September 2000. In September 2018, Enko Education acquired the school and became Enko Waca. Its objective is to prepare students for social and professional success, opening the door to opportunities to study at internationally recognized institutions of higher education and providing students with the means to become responsible global citizens by learning individual responsibility and collective action. Our learners are mostly Senegalese from middle-class families, with the ambition to study at the world's best universities. Our current alumni make up some of Senegal's leading entrepreneurs, politicians, and financial advisors.

The institution is accredited by the Senegalese Ministry of Education and the International Baccalaureate Organization in Geneva. From Grade 7 to Grade 10, Enko Waca provides a French-based Senegalese secondary education reinforced by elements from French, British, and American programmes, leading to the Senegalese BFEM, and the International Baccalaureate Bilingual Diploma Programme in Grades 12 and 13. For learners coming from the national curriculum, Enko Waca has developed a "Foundation Year" in Grade 11, which allows learners to transition to the IBDP curriculum and maximize their chances of success.

Students at Enko Waca are neither ranked nor do they receive a cumulative GPA. Grading is based on the International Baccalaureate (IB) grade system of a 1-7 scale, with 3 being the minimum passing grade. Theory of Knowledge and Extended Essay are part of the two-year IB Diploma. Students take six courses and can earn up to 42 points. This is added to the possible 3 points for exemplary performance in the TOK course and Extended Essay. Thus, the total point score is 45. Enko Waca does not convert IB points to any other grading system.

All students are encouraged to participate in extracurricular activities. However, there are few clubs that are offered through the school. This being said, there are sports teams such as soccer and basketball that are available to students. All IB students are required to complete the IB CAS (Creativity Action Service) requirement in order to graduate. This includes individual projects and group activities approved by the IB and CAS Coordinators.