Haiti gives IDB mandate to promote major education reform

PORT-AU-PRINCE – Haitian President René Préval today gave the Inter-American Development Bank a mandate to work with Haiti's Ministry of Education and National Education Commission to prepare a major reform of the Haitian education system.
Source: IADB

Our Goal: Education for All in Haiti

An effort to provide universal schooling for all Haitian children has exceeded goals set for its first year and is on track for even further growth in the coming school year.

 Despite impressive progress in the first year, the education sector still faces major obstacles.  For example, building new schools for the estimated 250,000 to 500,000 children who are not yet enrolled in school presents a major challenge. Although lots must be done to solve Haiti’s problems in the sector, the Education for All project is already helping to solve many of these problems and  bringing the country a few steps closer toward meeting the goal of universal primary education by 2015.
Source: World Bank 2007