Evaluation of Achieving the Goals of Education for All (EFA) in Sudan: A Case Study of Basic Education

摘要

This is a case study model which has applied descriptive analytical approach. The study aims to evaluate the reality of achieving the goals of Education for All (EFA) in Sudan by the mid- term of Dakar commitment deadline (2000-2008-2015). The Basic Education was chosen as a case for the study; a list of thirteen indicators was used as standard instrument to compare the situation between the schooling year of 2001-02 which represented the kick-point (2001) and the schooling year of 2008-09 which represented the mid-term of the commitment for the whole Sudan, The analysis of data, including percentages and rates, was conducted through SPSS 20 for Windows. The findings showed that Sudan can’t reach the majority of the set targets such as Intake, Enrolment, Transition Rate from Basic to Secondary, Pupil/Teacher Ratio, and Expenditure Rates by 2015, which represent the 60% of the goals of EFA. However, they will reach the academic and transfer rates such as Promotion, Repetition, Dropouts and Survival Rate to Grade5. In addition, there were no statistically significant differences between boys and girls in achieving the set goals, except for pupil/teacher ratio in basic education.