Background

• Education based on British education system:

• 2-year pre-primary education

• 6-years primary education

• 7- years secondary education

• Tertiary education

• Educational reform Government came up with the Education and Human Resources Strategic Plan 2008-2020

• Emphasis on digital education to improve teaching and learning at primary and secondary schools, and increasing access to tertiary education

• Compulsory education up to age of 16

• Literacy rate: 85%

• Education budget: increasing subsequently (11.4% of Government’s expenditure in 2011)