Mali
Summary
The educational system in Mali has a number of serious problems that the country is trying to address with help from the World Bank and other national and international organizations, including:
- As late as 1997-1998, less than 50 percent of the children of primary school age attended school. To alleviate this problem, more schools need to be built, especially in rural communities.
- The system is highly inefficient because of high grade repetition and dropout rates.
- The quality of education is often poor because of the lack of textbooks and other instructional materials, and because of poor initial training and continuing education of teachers.
- Insufficient resources are allocated to education.
- Schools are managed centrally by the government. School administration needs to be decentralized, and parents need to be better informed and more involved in the schools.
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—Gilles Labrie
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