The collapse of an education system?

The ISS African Futures Project policy brief, Knowledge Empowers Africa, highlights that it is imperative for African countries to increase educational spending in order to reap the rewards of a more educated population.

Economics and education expert George Psacharopoulus points out that there is a connection between additional investment in primary and secondary education and private wage returns, stating that a full 17.2 percent of the economic growth rate in Africa is explained by education. Although investment in primary and secondary education is a near-certain positive investment in economic and human development, there is much more to the story than simply increasing financing.