Fourteen extra youngsters had been injured, together with 5 in a essential situation, the assertion stated.
The college is within the city of Maradi, greater than 600 kilometers (370 miles) east of the capital Niamey.
“For the second we can not state the origin of the hearth,” regional director of training Maman Hdi stated.
Courses have been suspended and three days of mourning declared in Maradi, he stated.
It was the second time this 12 months {that a} hearth has killed pupils of their school rooms within the West African nation. Twenty preschool youngsters had been killed in April in Niamey.
The council of ministers stated on Monday that following the 2 incidents, preschool courses should not be held in straw-roof huts.
