The Government of Equatorial Guinea(GoEG) requested financial, analytical, and technicalsupport from the World Bank during the country’s protractedeconomic recession. Given the prioritization of education inthe country’s national development plan, the World Bankagreed to undertake an education sector diagnostic study to:(a) help the World Bank better understand the educationsector, including the main challenges and policy prioritiesof the government; (b) facilitate dialogue between the WorldBank and GoEG in the education sector and suggest options tomove forward in the current economic downturn; (c) providesupporting background for a parallel activity that isfocusing on public expenditures in the social sector (publicexpenditure review (PER)); (d) support the activities thatare planned as part of the national development plan’sprograma mayor educación para todos; and (e) provideeducation sector stakeholders with an updated summary of thesector including a review of recent indicator trends andprogram activities. This diagnostic focuses primarily onprimary and secondary education, while also providing someinformation on technical and vocational education andtraining (TVET) and higher education, especially whererelevant to the other subsectors. It is also intended toupdate an earlier World Bank-supported education sectordiagnostic. The diagnostic is divided into three main parts.Part A focuses on country context, background on theeducation sector, and recent trends in education (forexample, enrollment, and repetition). Part B moves into theeducation sector diagnostic by topic, focusing on the mainchallenges in areas such as education finance, quality, andlearning outcomes. Part C introduces possible policyactions, framed with the current crisis context, thataddress some of the main issues identified in Part B.
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