World Bank: 35 million dollars given to Mali for education
On 4th September the World Bank gave Mali 35 million dollars to use for education. The representative of the World Bank gave the cheque to the Minister of Economy and Finance as part of Phase 2 of the investment in the education sector (PISE) in order to improve the quality of education and to make the Millenium Development Goals (MDG) possible in Mali. The funding is specifically to help reduce the number of children who abandon primary education, reduce the regional differences in between boys and girls, and also to help with the better utilisation of funding in the primary sector. The Minister reported that the rate of enrollement has risen in the last 10 years from 47.8% IN 1995/6 TO 72% IN 2004/5. The education budget has also risen from 3.02% in 2000 to 3.24% in 2004.
For full report in French see http://www.essor.gov.ml/
