Total Education Expenditure in % 50,70% 46,72% 24,89% 26,06% Total General Education Expenditure 68,49% in % 61,44% 34,61% 34,98% Table No. 24: Trend of Secondary Education Budget (in billions of CFA francs) 2011 2012 2013 National Budget 548,75 656,20 694,02 Secondary Education Budget 16,05 19,39 17,21 19,82 Total Education Expenditure in % 2,92% 2,95% 2,19% 2,39% Total Education Expenditure in % 19,59% 19,73% 15,90% 16,24% Total Expenditure Education in % 26,47% 25,94% 22,11% 21,80% for General 2014 4. Literacy Statistics 290. The government’s plan for the education sector as indicated in the SCAPE is to ensure that education, vocational training and research systems would interrelate positively with the economic, social and technological changes in order to enhance the literacy rate from 62.5% in 2012 to 72.7% in 2017 and the literacy offer by involving civil society and the private sector. 291. The Education Sector Plan (PSE), adopted in 2010 and revised in 2013 for the period 2014-2025, accompanied by a medium-term expenditure framework (CDMT), a three-year Budgeted Work Plan (PTAB), and sectorial budget -programmes (BPS), is the planning framework for this sector. 4.1 Measures to Encourage Literacy 292. See Information in § 530 and 531. 4.1.1 Building of New Schools. 87

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