Democratic Republic of Congo Country Status Report on Education : Priorities and Options for Regenerating the Education Sector
The education system in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will play an important role in building the country's political institutions, in promoting economic growth, and in redressing inequalities. The country is emerging from a prolonged...
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| Format: | Education Sector Review |
| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2013
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/11/5521759/congo-democratic-republic-country-status-report-education-priorities-options-regenerating-education-sector http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14486 |
| Summary: | The education system in the Democratic
Republic of Congo (DRC) will play an important role in
building the country's political institutions, in
promoting economic growth, and in redressing inequalities.
The country is emerging from a prolonged economic and
political crisis which has had serious negative impacts on
the education system. The main purpose of this report is to
assist the DRC identify the priorities for education policy,
and present options in order to assist the government in
developing an education strategy. This is necessary for
preparing the government's Poverty Reduction Strategy
Paper and a program of assistance for the education sector
by external donors. This Country Status Report is structured
in six chapters covering the recent trends and current
status of educational coverage, expenditures and financing
at all levels of instruction in DRC, issues relating to
quality in primary and secondary education, and specific
issues relating to higher education. It also presents the
expenditure requirements under various policy options which
can be used to begin a more detailed planning for the
sector. Financial simulations were undertaken for four
scenarios of educational expansion in order to determine
total expenditure requirements, the composition of
expenditure, and the shares of different financing sources.
These simulations also suggest some key policy choices which
could contribute to further containing costs. The foregoing
analysis suggests critical policy questions, i.e. setting
goals for quantitative coverage; determining strategies for
achieving the goals within each sub-sector; determining the
costs of implementing the strategies; and, identifying key
reforms in governance and education administration. In
developing educational policy and strategy, an iterative
approach will need to be adopted in order to gauge the
feasibility of different options. |
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