The education system in the Central African Republic is severely lacking. Approximately half the adult population is illiterate even though education is supposed to be free and compulsory between ages 6-14. Many children do not have access to schools due to a lack of infrastructure and resources. The educational budget is meager, resulting in shortages of teachers and increased numbers of street children. Enrollment rates were 56.9% in 1991 but only 43% in 2000. Ongoing violence has prevented many students from returning to school since 2013. Improving the education system is key to developing the country.

1. Education in Central African Republic
The Central Africarepublic is one of the poorestcountriesinthe worldand hasbeenravage by civil war
for decades.Education isthe keytothe developmentof everycountrymeanwhile the educationsystem
inthiscountry isso deplorable.
Publiceducationinthe Central AfricanRepublicisfree andiscompulsoryfromages6 to 14. However,
approximatelyhalf of the adultpopulationof the countryis illiterate.Though educationisfree and
compulsorymanychildren stilldon’thave accesstoschool because intheirlocalitiesthereare no
schoolsor evenif there isone,the conditionsinwhichtheyattendclassesare horrible thereby
discouragingstudentsat anearly age togo to school because of the difficultconditionsasillustratedin
the imagesbelow.
Education is very vital for the economy of a country because every development comes through
an educated population. Educated persons help in the progress of a country. People of any
particular country can live happily only if the country has all the resources, or simply say,
country is in every aspect. Educated persons know very well what is wrong and what is right.
They do not need to follow the words of a third person. Educated persons are well aware from
their countries rules and laws. They also know of their duties and fundamental laws, they know
the values of paying taxes on time. All these qualities of educated persons help them play an
important role in the progress of their country.
In 1991, the gross primary enrollment rate was 56.9 %.In 2000, the net primary enrollment rate
for children between the ages of 6 and 11 was 43% Primary school attendance rates were
unavailable for the Central African Republic as of 2001.While enrollment rates indicate a level
of commitment to education, they do not always reflect children’s participation in school.
The educational system’s meager budget and salary arrears have resulted in a shortage of
teachers and an increase in the number of street children, Poverty, The percentage of the national
budget allocated to education, which traditionally stood at less than 12 %, increased to 18
percent in the late 1990s. According to the government, it was supposed to have increased by
25% in 2010 but has not been done since then.

2. As of October 2013, 7 out of 10 students had not returned to school since violence broke out in
December 2012 due to the Seleka and further due to the inter religious crisis between Muslims
and Christians since December 2013.
Opening schools, the creation of social houses or orphanages to welcome street children,
children who are forced to work to help parents, open catine’s in various schools specially the
primary school.