Education for All in Sub-Saharan Africa: assessment report 2014

This report comprises four sections: - Section 1: The baseline period is reviewed from several angles (demographic, education system coverage and education policy and financing), to underline the challenges that SubSaharan African countries and regions faced in 2000. - Section 2: Firstly, the evolution of the socioeconomic context and of education policy and financing indicators over the 2000-12 period is reviewed. Then, a direct statistical measure of the EFA goals enables an illustration of their respective levels of achievement, allowing for an analysis by region. The indicators provided are computed giving preference to data provided directly by countries, and complemented by those of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) and other institutions.3 - Section 3: A more detailed understanding of the way in which these results have been achieved, the strengths and weaknesses of national policies and strategies, governments’ perceptions of their successes and failures as well as the respective factors, and the identification of lessons learned and good practices, is provided by the review of country team responses to the EFA surveys, which include many open-ended questions (see Annex 4). - Section 4: Governments’ general views of the current EFA framework, its impact on the execution of national policies and of related institutions and procedures also contributes to the post-2015 debate, contributing to define countries’ priority goals, the new referential framework within which they might fit and the procedures and financial and human resources required to achieve them. These issues are also covered by the questionnaire, included in Annex 4.