World Bank2017-12-072017-12-072012-04https://hdl.handle.net/10986/28979Enrollment in basic education in the Republic of the Sudan has risen continuously since 2005. However, service delivery in basic schools and student learning outcomes are generally weak The papers included in this book use survey data to describe how basic schools function in four states of the Republic of the Sudan. The main objective is to provide representative data on basic school resources and student learning levels to allow targeting of resources to priority areas and increase the efficiency of resource use in order to promote student learning. The source of data is the second Basic Education Service Delivery Survey (SDS2) that covered 253 schools in the 2010-11 academic year across the states of Blue Nile, North Darfur, Red Sea and South Kordofan in Sudan. Basic education is the fundamental cycle of education in Sudan, combining primary and lower secondary education into one eight-year cycle. Enrollments in basic schools have surged in recent years, from 3.3 million students in 2000-01 to 4.9 million in 2008-09, with particularly rapid enrollment growth in post-conflict states, including the four states examined in this paper. This paper complements the education sector status report published in 2012.5. It contributes to the knowledge of basic education in the four states by providing a systematic account of service delivery and student achievement in basic schools. These two reports, along with other analytical work, are being used to inform the preparation of a new national education sector plan for 2012-16. Key contributions of this paper include the measurement of learning outcomes, comparisons between urban and rural schools, information on the role of the education councils in school financing and specific data on schools for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in North Darfur.CC BY 3.0 IGOACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONSACADEMIC YEARACCEPTABLE STANDARDADVANCED EDUCATIONADVANCED LEARNINGATTENDANCE RECORDSAVAILABILITY OF MATHAVAILABILITY OF TEXTBOOKSAVERAGE CLASS SIZEAVERAGE SCOREAVERAGE STUDENT-TEACHER RATIOBASIC EDUCATIONBASIC EDUCATION PROVISIONBASIC EDUCATION SYSTEMBASIC EDUCATION TEACHERSBASIC SCHOOL SYSTEMBASIC SCHOOLINGBASIC SCHOOLSCHALKBOARDCHALKBOARDSCLASS SIZECLASS SIZESCLASSROOMCLASSROOM ENVIRONMENTCLASSROOM FURNITURECLASSROOMSCOGNITIVE DOMAINSCOMPLETION RATECOMPLETION RATESCROWDED CLASSROOMSCURRICULUMDIFFICULT LEARNING ENVIRONMENTDROP-OUTSEARLY GRADESEDUCATION COUNCILSEDUCATION DEVELOPMENTEDUCATION FOR ALLEDUCATION MANAGEMENTEDUCATION MINISTRIESEDUCATION POLICYEDUCATION SECTOREDUCATION SERVICESEDUCATION STATISTICSEDUCATION SYSTEMEDUCATION SYSTEMSEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTEDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENTEFFECTIVE TEACHINGEMPLOYMENTENROLLMENT OF STUDENTSENROLLMENT GROWTHENROLLMENT RATIOETHNIC MINORITIESEXPENDITURESEXPERIENCED TEACHERSFEMALE STUDENTSFIRST LANGUAGEFORMAL EDUCATIONGENDER EQUITYGENDER PARITYGENDER PARITY INDEXGENERAL EDUCATIONGIRLSGROSS ENROLLMENTGROSS ENROLLMENT RATIOHEAD TEACHERHEAD TEACHERSHIGHER EDUCATIONHIGHER GRADESHIGHER LEARNINGHIGHER LEVELS OF EDUCATIONINDEXESINSTRUCTIONAL TIMEINTAKE RATEINTERVENTIONSINVESTMENT IN EDUCATIONINVESTMENTS IN EDUCATIONJOB TRAININGLANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTIONLEARNING ASSESSMENTSLEARNING ENVIRONMENTLEARNING MATERIALSLEARNING OUTCOMESLEVELS OF EDUCATIONLIFE SKILLSLITERACYLOWER SECONDARY EDUCATIONMINISTRIES OF EDUCATIONMONITORING LEARNING ACHIEVEMENTNATIONAL ASSESSMENTNATIONAL ASSESSMENTSNATIONAL CURRICULUMNATIONAL EDUCATIONNUMBER OF PUPILSNUMBER OF SCHOOLSNUMBER OF STUDENTSNUMBER OF STUDENTS PER TEACHERNUMBER OF TEACHERSNUMERACYOFFICIAL PRIMARY SCHOOLPAPERSPARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATIONSPEDAGOGICAL PRACTICEPERFORMANCE OF STUDENTSPOST-CONFLICT SITUATIONPRIMARY PUPILSPRIMARY SCHOOLPROBLEM SOLVINGPROFESSIONAL TRAININGPROVISION OF EDUCATIONPUBLIC EDUCATION SPENDINGPUPIL-TEACHER RATIOSPUPIL-TEXTBOOK RATIOQUALITY EDUCATIONQUALITY INSTRUCTIONQUALITY OF EDUCATIONQUALITY TEACHERSREADINGREGISTRATION FEESREGULAR SCHOOLSREMOTE SCHOOLSRETENTION RATERURAL AREASRURAL EDUCATIONRURAL SCHOOLRURAL SCHOOLSRURAL STUDENTSRURAL TEACHERSRURAL VILLAGESANITATIONSCHOOL AGESCHOOL AGE CHILDRENSCHOOL BUILDINGSCHOOL BUILDINGSSCHOOL CONSTRUCTIONSCHOOL COUNCILSSCHOOL CURRICULASCHOOL DAYSSCHOOL ENROLLMENTSCHOOL ENROLLMENTSSCHOOL ENVIRONMENTSCHOOL FEEDINGSCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMSSCHOOL FEESSCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURESCHOOL LEVELSCHOOL LOCATIONSCHOOL MANAGEMENTSCHOOL PARTICIPATIONSCHOOL RECORDSSCHOOL STATISTICSSCHOOL SYSTEMSCHOOL SYSTEMSSCHOOL YEARSCHOOL YEARSSCHOOLINGSCHOOLSSCIENCE STUDYSECONDARY EDUCATIONSERVICE TRAININGSHORTAGE OF TEXTBOOKSSTATE EDUCATIONSTUDENT ACHIEVEMENTSTUDENT ASSESSMENTSTUDENT ATTENDANCESTUDENT CHARACTERISTICSSTUDENT DROPOUTSSTUDENT ENROLLMENTSSTUDENT FLOWSSTUDENT LEARNINGSTUDENT LEARNING ACHIEVEMENTSTUDENT LEARNING ASSESSMENTSTUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMESSTUDENT PERFORMANCESTUDENT-TEACHER RATIOSTUDENT-TEACHER RATIOSTEACHERTEACHER ABSENTEEISMTEACHER DEPLOYMENTTEACHER MANAGEMENTTEACHER SALARIESTEACHER SHORTAGETEACHER SHORTAGESTEACHER SUPERVISIONTEACHER SUPPLYTEACHER TRAININGTEACHER TRAINING COLLEGESTEACHER UNIONSTEACHERSTEACHINGTEACHING QUALITYTEXTBOOKTEXTBOOK AVAILABILITYTEXTBOOK SHORTAGETEXTBOOK SUPPLYTEXTBOOKSTRAINEE TEACHERSUNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATIONUNIVERSITIESURBAN SCHOOLURBAN SCHOOLSPolicy NoteWorld Bank10.1596/28979