World Bank2012-05-302012-05-3020070-8213-6868-0https://hdl.handle.net/10986/6653The purpose of this report is to provide an analysis of the education sector that enables a shared understanding among stakeholders, and thus lays a foundation for the preparation of an Education Sector Plan. With this objective in mind, the study outlines the current status of the education sector and highlights issues that policy makers need to address to move the sector forward. It also simulates a few policy scenarios and their financial implications to facilitate discussions about future feasible, affordable, and sustainable policy options. The coverage of this report -- a stock-taking exercise based on data, studies, reports, and documents available up to the 2004/05 school year -- is limited to key factors, including access, quality, equity, management, and finance, and has an emphasis on basic education.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS RATEACCESS TO EDUCATIONACCESS TO PRIMARY EDUCATIONACCESS TO PRIMARY SCHOOLINGACCESS TO SCHOOLINGADULT EDUCATIONADULT LITERACYANNUAL SCHOOL CENSUSAVERAGE TEACHER SALARYBASIC EDUCATIONBASIC SERVICEBASIC SERVICESCALLCLASS SIZESCLASSROOMCLASSROOMSCOHORT METHODCOMMUNITY EDUCATIONCOMMUNITY TEACHERSCONSTRUCTION OF SCHOOLSCORE TEXTBOOKSCURRICULUMCURRICULUM DEVELOPMENTCURRICULUM RESEARCHDECENTRALIZATIONDISABLED CHILDRENDISADVANTAGED GROUPSDISTRICT EDUCATIONEARLY CHILDHOODEARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATIONEDUCATION DEPARTMENTSEDUCATION DIRECTORATESEDUCATION EXPENDITUREEDUCATION EXPENDITURESEDUCATION FOR ALLEDUCATION INDICATORSEDUCATION LEVELEDUCATION MANAGEMENTEDUCATION PROGRAMSEDUCATION SECTOREDUCATION SERVICESEDUCATION STRATEGYEDUCATION SYSTEMEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTEDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIESEDUCATIONAL PROGRESSEDUCATIONAL QUALITYEDUCATIONAL SERVICESEMPLOYMENTENROLLMENTENROLLMENT EXPANSIONENROLLMENT RATEENROLLMENT RATESEQUAL ACCESSFEMALE CHILDRENFEMALE STUDENTSFORMAL EDUCATIONFREE PRIMARY EDUCATIONFREE TEXTBOOKSGENDER DISPARITIESGENDER DISPARITYGENERAL EDUCATIONGERGIRLSGROSS ENROLLMENTGROSS ENROLLMENT RATESGROSS ENROLLMENT RATIOGROSS ENROLLMENT RATIOSGROSS INTAKE RATIOHIGHER EDUCATIONHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENTHUMAN RESOURCESINSTRUCTIONJUNIOR SECONDARYJUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLKNOWLEDGE BASELABOR MARKET NEEDSLEARNINGLEARNING ENVIRONMENTLEARNING MATERIALSLEVEL OF EDUCATIONLEVELS OF EDUCATIONLIFE EXPECTANCYLITERACY RATESLIVING CONDITIONSMATHEMATICSMINISTRY OF EDUCATIONNEEDS ASSESSMENTNERNET ENROLLMENTNET ENROLLMENT RATENET INTAKENET INTAKE RATENONACADEMIC STAFFNUMBER OF STUDENTSOUT-OF-SCHOOL CHILDRENPASS RATEPAYMENT OF TEACHERSPHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTUREPRIMARY COMPLETION RATEPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY EDUCATION POLICYPRIMARY EXAMINATIONPRIMARY GRADUATESPRIMARY LEVELPRIMARY SCHOOLPRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENTSPRIMARY SCHOOL EXAMINATIONPRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTSPRIMARY SCHOOL TEXTBOOKSPRIMARY SCHOOLINGPRIMARY SCHOOLSPRIMARY TEACHERSPRIMARY-SCHOOLPRIMARY-SCHOOL STUDENTSPRIVATE SCHOOLSPROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTPROVISION OF TEXTBOOKSPUBLIC EXPENDITUREPUBLIC EXPENDITURESPUBLIC FUNDSPUPIL-TEACHER RATIOPUPIL-TEACHER RATIOSQUALIFIED TEACHERSQUALITY EDUCATIONQUALITY OF EDUCATIONQUALITY OF TEACHERSQUALITY SCHOOLINGQUALITY STANDARDSREPETITIONREPETITION RATESRESOURCES FOR EDUCATIONRURAL AREASRURAL CHILDRENSCHOOL ATTENDANCESCHOOL CERTIFICATESCHOOL FEESSCHOOL FURNITURESCHOOL MANAGEMENTSCHOOL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEESCHOOL PERFORMANCESCHOOL SURVEYSCHOOL TEACHERSSCHOOL YEARSCHOOLINGSCHOOLSSECONDARY EDUCATIONSECONDARY SCHOOLSECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERSSECONDARY SCHOOLSSERVICE TRAININGSKILL TRAININGSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSTUDENT ENROLLMENTSTUDENT ENROLLMENTSSTUDENT FLOWSTUDENT LEARNINGSTUDENT LEARNING ASSESSMENTSTUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMESSTUDENT POPULATIONSTUDENT-TEACHER RATIOSSUB-SAHARAN AFRICASUBJECT AREASTEACHERTEACHER ABSENTEEISMTEACHER DEPLOYMENTTEACHER EDUCATIONTEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMSTEACHER KNOWLEDGETEACHER MORALETEACHER MOTIVATIONTEACHER QUALIFICATIONTEACHER TRAININGTEACHERSTEACHINGTEACHING FORCETEACHING MATERIALSTEACHING STAFFTERTIARY EDUCATIONTERTIARY INSTITUTIONTERTIARY INSTITUTIONSTERTIARY LEVELTERTIARY LEVELSTRAINEESTRAINING OPPORTUNITIESTRAINING PROGRAMSUNIVERSAL BASIC EDUCATIONUNIVERSAL EDUCATIONUNIVERSAL PRIMARY COMPLETIONUNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATIONUNIVERSITY COLLEGEUPEVOCATIONAL EDUCATIONYOUTHEducation in Sierra Leone : Present Challenges, Future OpportunitiesWorld Bank10.1596/978-0-8213-6868-8