Developing Post-Primary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa : Assessing the Financial Sustainability of Alternative Pathways

All countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) face the prospect of a substantial increase in the number of primary school completers in the coming years. Although initial conditions vary widely from country to country, this increase will inevitably intensify pressure on the education system, particularly at the secondary and tertiary levels. African countries may thus find it timely to align their education policies and strategies to the emerging challenges. A key goal is to ensure that the education system continues to develop in an efficient, equitable, and fiscally sustainable manner even as it expands to accommodate the rising numbers seeking a place in secondary and tertiary education. The rest of this report is organized as follows. Chapter two elaborates the policy context for education development in SSA. Chapter three explains the methodology and data sources. Chapter four examines the challenges and constraints posed by the sheer volume of increases in enrollments in post-primary education with which most education systems in SSA must grapple in the coming years. Taking these constraints into account, the report evaluates the scope for policy development from three perspectives in the subsequent chapters: the coverage of education systems (chapter five), the quality and cost of service delivery (chapter six), and the division of financing by public and private sources (chapter seven). The fiscal implications of plausible policy packages that SSA countries might consider are assessed in chapter eight. Chapter nine seems up the general conclusions of the report.

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Main Authors:	Mingat, Alain, Ledoux, Blandine, Rakotomalala, Ramahatra
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2010
Subjects:	ACHIEVEMENT, ADVANCED TRAINING, AGE GROUPS, AVERAGE CLASS SIZE, AVERAGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS, AVERAGE TEACHER SALARIES, AVERAGE TEACHER SALARY, BASIC EDUCATION, BASIC EDUCATION CYCLE, BUDGET FOR EDUCATION, CHILD MORTALITY, CHILDCARE, CLASS SIZE, CLASS SIZES, CLASSROOMS, CLIMATE CHANGE, CURRICULA, CURRICULUM, DECISION MAKING, DEMOGRAPHIC GROWTH, DEPENDENCY RATIO, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DISSEMINATION, ECONOMIC GROWTH, EDUCATION BENCHMARKS, EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION ENROLLMENTS, EDUCATION FOR ALL, EDUCATION POLICIES, EDUCATION QUALITY, EDUCATION SECTOR, EDUCATION STATISTICS, EDUCATION SYSTEM, EDUCATION SYSTEMS, EDUCATIONAL ASPIRATIONS, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATIONAL GOALS, EDUCATIONAL POLICY, EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, ENROLLMENT INCREASES, FERTILITY, FERTILITY RATES, FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS, FOOD SECURITY, FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT, FORMAL COURSES, FORMAL EDUCATION, FORMAL EDUCATION SYSTEM, GER, GIRLS, GRADE REPETITION, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, GROSS ENROLLMENT, GROSS ENROLLMENT RATIO, GROSS NATIONAL INCOME, HIGHER EDUCATION, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, INCIDENCE OF POVERTY, INSTRUCTION, INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS, INSTRUCTIONAL TIME, INTAKE RATE, INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS, INTERVENTIONS, INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION, LABOR MARKET, LAM, LEADERSHIP, LEARNING, LEARNING OUTCOMES, LEGAL STATUS, LEVEL OF EDUCATION, LEVELS OF EDUCATION, LIFE SKILLS, LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES, LOWER SECONDARY EDUCATION, LOWER SECONDARY LEVEL, MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL, MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, MOTHER, NATIONAL GOALS, NATIONAL LEADERS, NUMBER OF PUPILS, NUMBER OF STUDENTS, NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER CLASS, POLICY DEVELOPMENT, POLICY DIALOGUE, POLICY DISCUSSIONS, POLICY MAKERS, POPULATION GROWTH, POPULATION GROWTH RATES, POST-PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRIMARY COMPLETION, PRIMARY COMPLETION RATE, PRIMARY CYCLE, PRIMARY CYCLES, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRIMARY LOWER SECONDARY, PRIMARY SCHOOL, PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETION, PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETION RATE, PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETION RATES, PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS, PRIMARY SCHOOL LEAVERS, PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS, PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS, PRIMARY SCHOOLS, PRIMARY SYSTEM, PROGRESS, PROVISION OF SERVICES, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE, PUBLIC FUNDS, PUPIL-TEACHER RATIO, QUALITY OF SERVICES, QUALITY STANDARDS, RAPID POPULATION GROWTH, REMITTANCES, REPEATERS, REPETITION RATE, REPETITION RATES, RESOURCE MOBILIZATION, RESOURCE NEEDS, RESOURCES FOR EDUCATION, RETURNS ON INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION, RURAL AREAS, RURAL POPULATIONS, SCARCE RESOURCES, SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS, SCHOOL ORGANIZATION, SCHOOL SYSTEMS, SCHOOL TEACHER, SCHOOL-AGE, SCHOOL-AGE POPULATION, SCHOOLING, SECONDARY SCHOOL, SECONDARY SCHOOL LEAVERS, SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS, SECONDARY SCHOOLING, SECONDARY SCHOOLS, SECONDARY STUDENTS, SERVICE DELIVERY, SKILLED PROFESSIONALS, SKILLS TRAINING, SOCIAL BENEFITS, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL IMPACT, SOCIAL RETURNS, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SOCIAL WELFARE, STUDENT ENROLLMENT, STUDENT ENROLLMENTS, STUDENT FLOW, STUDENT LEARNING, STUDENT TEACHER RATIO, STUDENT WELFARE, STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO, STUDENT-TEACHER RATIOS, STUDENTS PER TEACHER, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE GROWTH, TARGET POPULATIONS, TEACHER, TEACHER RATIOS, TEACHER SALARIES, TEACHERS, TEACHING, TERTIARY EDUCATION, TERTIARY LEVELS, TERTIARY STUDENTS, UNEMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, UNIVERSAL ACCESS, UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO SCHOOLING, UNIVERSAL BASIC EDUCATION, UNIVERSAL PRIMARY COMPLETION, UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION, UNIVERSAL PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETION, UNIVERSAL PRIMARY SCHOOLING, VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, WORKFORCE, WORKING POPULATION, WORLD CONFERENCE, YOUNG PEOPLE, YOUTH,
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