New Zealand
Angola
The Situation
Though Angola's 27-year civil war ended in 2002, it has huge debts, sporadic unrest and ranks as one of the worst places for children to grow up. The government has to spend much of its budget on food and health, leaving little for education.We're working with the Angolan government and calling on your support to increase the number of children - especially girls and the poorest children - who can go to school and complete a good quality education.
We aim to increase the number of children - especially girls and the poorest children - enrolling in school and enable more of them to complete their formal education.We will help introduce accelerated learning to speed older children through school.We will train teachers, provide facilities and help communities support education.
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Our target
We need the international community to create a climate in which Angola accepts that it must - and can - deliver its education targets for 2010.We will support the Angolan government as it works to:
- increase the number of children completing basic education from 21 per cent to 40 per cent by 2008
- halve the number of children dropping out by 2010
- employ 30,000 new teachers and build 44,000 new classrooms by 2015.
Our direct practical work with community and government partners will help 70,000 more Angolan children go to school by 2010, and offer these plus 200,000 others a better and more relevant education.
How Angola measures up
- 44% of all children do not attend school
- 30% of all basic education teachers are qualified. In rural areas this can drop to 10%
- At least 25% of those attending school do not complete primary education
- 29% of pupils per class fail a year and have to repeat it
- There are 57 pupils on average per teacher in grades 1 to 4
