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Education Reform: Agreement on Ending Hostilities in the Republic of Congo

Implementations

Education Reform – 2000

Information on whether or not schools were rebuilt was not readily available. The Programme National de Désarmement, Démobilisation et Réinsertion (PNDDR), which was established to oversee DDR programs, was also responsible for the rehabilitation of community infrastructure; i.e. schools, health facilities, etc.¹ Nevertheless, the PNDDR and DDR programs had not been adequately funded, and it was difficult to assess the extent to which war-damaged school facilities had been restored. It was also not clear which programs had affected children in terms of relaxing the official schooling-age requirement.

“DDR and Human Security in Congo Brazzaville. Mini case study,” CICS, University of Bradford, 2008, accessed March 6, 2012, http://www.ddr-humansecurity.org.uk/images/DDR%20Mini%20Case%20Study%20R….

Education Reform – 2001

No developments observed this year.

Education Reform – 2002

No further developments occurred this year. If one uses gross pre-primary school enrollment as an indicator of reconstruction of schools destroyed during conflict, it appeared that the enrollment rate had increased from 2% to 5% in 2002, and gradually increased to 12%, increasing in increments of 1% annually.²

“World Development Indicators and Global Development Finance,” World Bank, 2012, accessed March 8, 2012, http://databank.worldbank.org.