Diagnostic of Higher Education in Guinea : Current Outcomes and Challenges

World Bank Group

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: EDUCATION;    TERTIARY EDUCATION;    EDUCATION REFORM;    PUBLIC EXPENDITURE;    ENROLLMENT;   

RP-ID  :  116327

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

The World Bank’s Country PartnershipStrategy (CPS) for Guinea in FY 2014-17 confirmed theGovernment’s priority to build 21st century skills forimproved employability and to implement systemic reforms.Guinea is emerging from years of political and economicisolation and instability. The democratic election ofPresident Alpha Condé has opened the door for theinternational donor community, including the World Bank, tocome forward and support the new government. Its importantreform agenda, PREMA, has helped restore the confidence ofthe international community. The World Bank will partnerwith the Government of Guinea to develop systems that will‘improve lagging human development indicators for absolutepoverty reduction, through more efficient and transparentallocation of resources, and to build shared prosperity byaligning the business environment and education system withGuinea’s economy’ (World Bank, 2013, pp. 1). This is in linewith the government’s priorities, as per the Third NationalPoverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP3) approved in 2013.The PRSP3 aims to reduce poverty and to create and sustain avibrant private economy by maximizing rents from Guinea’ssubstantial mining sector. The Bank supports theGovernment’s agenda on improving human capital by: (a)promoting both the quantity and quality of education and (b)upgrading skills for the needs of emerging andexport-oriented sectors such as agriculture, tourism,mining, and telecommunications and Information andCommunications Technology (ICT). In 2012, the Governmentrequested special support from the Bank in the form oftechnical assistance to conduct an analysis of the highereducation system. This analysis will be used to prepare acomprehensive higher education strategy to meet the needs ofboth the economy and the labor market. Since the early2000s, the Bank had limited involvement in this criticalsub-sector. Per the Government’s request, the Bank mobilizedresources to engage in policy and analytical work in theareas of governance, financing, and diagnostic of skillsdemand and supply from a new employer survey preparedspecifically under this technical assistance project.