The number of teachers has increased regularly since that time and, starting in 2000, grew rapidly under the Education for All programme funded by the World Bank. The number of FRAM teachers totalled 8,000 in 2002, 13,000 in 2004 and 35,000 in 2007.

According to the Ministry of National Education, FRAM teachers represent 53 per cent of primary school teachers. The parents' associations pay them as best they can, often compensating instructors with food or by providing plots of land for cultivation.

Seeking to make this teacher status an element of the success of the Education for All programme, in 2003 the State decided to subsidize FRAM teachers by paying them a monthly allowance over a nine-month period.

As the allowance was limited to payment of a portion of their income, these teachers were excluded from the national social protection system.
To address this gap, the National Social Insurance Fund (NSIF) worked with the Ministry of National Education to provide social coverage for 38,585 community teachers. On 13 October 2009, the parties signed an agreement achieving that goal.