Sierra Leone

"Sierra Leone continues to maintain one of the lowest literacy rates in the world. Successive governments have not given education the priority that it deserves. Funding for the education sector continues to be inadequate....The wanton destruction of life and property occasioned by the war has further contributed to the deterioration of the country’s already low educational levels....Of a pre-war population of 4.3 million people, only less than 15% have completed six years of primary school education."
Extract from CEF Sierra Leone Strategy Paper

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A four-page summary of CEF Sierra Leone can be found on pages 50-53 of the Commonwealth Education Fund: Final Report (2009). This final project report is based on external end of project evaluations (EPEs) of CEF conducted within the 16 CEF project countries and provides short profiles of each country and regional organisation CEF supported. It also draws on a global CEF final evaluation conducted for CEF and the Department for International Development (DFID) by Eric Woods, an independent consultant, and includes a chapter on lessons learned from his report. To read the individual country end of project evaluations (EPEs) or the final external evaluation by Eric Woods, please click here to go to the list of reports.		click on the image to open the report
CEF Sierra Leone Summary	(133Kb)
CEF Sierra Leone: Context and Achievements (May 2005)	(25Kb)
Sierra Leone Strategy Paper (2005-2007)	(265Kb)
Sierra Leone Strategy Paper (2003-2005)	(183Kb)