Au delà de l’éducation primaire : Défis et approches pour étendre les opportunités d’apprentissage en AfriqueAssociation for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) Biennale 2008 on Post-Primary Education Session 1: Introductory Presentations Dakar +7 Report: Top priority for integrated sector-wide policies Education Sector Analysis Pole UNESCO-BREDA ADEA’s 2008 Biennale on Education in Africa Beyond primary education : Challenges and approaches for expanding learning opportunities in Africa

Au delà de l’éducation primaire : Défis et approches pour étendre les opportunités d’apprentissage en AfriqueAssociation for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) Biennale 2008 on Post-Primary Education The issues  Apart from providing support to the national teams for carrying out sector-wide diagnosis, the Dakar node (Pôle de Dakar) is mandated to monitor educational polices in Africa (statistical monitoring, analyses, reference points for action)  It does this regularly by mobilising ISU data, information collected during national sector-wide analyses, and through the use of available surveys (household, employment,…) ADEA’s 2008 Biennale on Education in Africa Beyond primary education : Challenges and approaches for expanding learning opportunities in Africa

Au delà de l’éducation primaire : Défis et approches pour étendre les opportunités d’apprentissage en AfriqueAssociation for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) Biennale 2008 on Post-Primary Education Scope of the analysis  Trends compared …  institutional context (national and international)  enrolment (access, retention, completion at the different levels of education)  Mobilisation of information on quality, internal and external effectiveness, funding  Simulation of changes in enrolment indicators for ADEA’s 2008 Biennale on Education in Africa Beyond primary education : Challenges and approaches for expanding learning opportunities in Africa

Au delà de l’éducation primaire : Défis et approches pour étendre les opportunités d’apprentissage en AfriqueAssociation for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) Biennale 2008 on Post-Primary Education  Major institutional changes  Unprecedented progress towards achieving UPE  A general problem of quality of learning, though this can be solved, as far as quantity/quality arbitration is concerned  Pressure on Post Primary Education (PPE) for which reform was postponed.  At present pace and cost, potential growth in PPE may be difficult to sustain ADEA’s 2008 Biennale on Education in Africa Beyond primary education : Challenges and approaches for expanding learning opportunities in Africa Key outcomes

Au delà de l’éducation primaire : Défis et approches pour étendre les opportunités d’apprentissage en AfriqueAssociation for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) Biennale 2008 on Post-Primary Education  External effectiveness of PPE poor since it is often far removed from the true picture of the markets  Inequitable and inefficient mode of funding  Individual gain from public resources is socially uneven as it increases with the length of time spent in schools  The share of private funding is greater for basic education levels  In PPE, undifferentiated public funding enhances imbalances ADEA’s 2008 Biennale on Education in Africa Beyond primary education : Challenges and approaches for expanding learning opportunities in Africa Key outcomes (cont’d)

Au delà de l’éducation primaire : Défis et approches pour étendre les opportunités d’apprentissage en AfriqueAssociation for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) Biennale 2008 on Post-Primary Education  Success in achieving UPE underscores the urgent need for integrated sector-wide policies  No new phase, a continuation of the previoius phase, but a change of ambition for Educational Systems (ES), which demands that the following be taken into account:  Consolidation of a qualitative UPE  Deep reform of PPE  Arbitration that guarantees the financial and social sustainability of these policies within an adapted time-table ADEA’s 2008 Biennale on Education in Africa Beyond primary education : Challenges and approaches for expanding learning opportunities in Africa Major lessons learnt

Au delà de l’éducation primaire : Défis et approches pour étendre les opportunités d’apprentissage en AfriqueAssociation for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) Biennale 2008 on Post-Primary Education Conclusions  New consensus to be built on more complex arbitrations (consensus on UPE was easy to achieve)  Contents, orientation of flows, funding to be determined taking the collective interest into account  These new projects will benefit from the changes in practices that have attended the progress towards achieveing UPE  But will require new tools of intervention and dialogue ADEA’s 2008 Biennale on Education in Africa Beyond primary education : Challenges and approaches for expanding learning opportunities in Africa