179. Law No.4/2011, on the Basic Law of the Education System, has addressed the legislative gap that existed in this sector. However, the state considers the eradication of illiteracy as a fundamental task. 180. In the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, education, is a right and duty of every citizen. The State promotes the extension of education to continuing vocational training, and the equal access of all citizens to the enjoyment of this right. The child has the right to education, aiming at its full development of its skills and potentialities, preparing it for the exercise of citizenship and qualifying them for work. 181. The Right to Education is enshrined in the Constitution of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, in Article 49, set out that every citizen has the right and duty to education. The State gradually promotes the free and equal access of all citizens to different levels of education. Emerging as a noble and vital area of the state's protective intervention. But education in Guinea-Bissau is the sector that has been confronted during the post-independence years, with many problems, some of which are chronic, whose solution will always depend on a better vision and engagement of the state. 182. The resources allocated to national education are insufficient and are essentially the result of partnerships between government and partners for the development of education. Expenditures foreseen for education in the General Law of the State Budget, are intended specifically for the payment of salaries to the civil servants. 183. After the 1998 military political conflict, it is easy to conclude that the ratios that are based on predicting economic growth and tax revenues, are far from translating the real weight in the education and health sectors. The negative dynamics that the education sector has known in recent years, have a lot to do with political and social instability. 184. Children, particularly girls and people with disabilities, have limited and unequal access to quality inclusive education. Overall attendance of education in GuineaBissau decreased from 67.4% in 2010 to 62.4% in 2014. A considerable proportion of school-age children are not attending any institution of pre-primary or primary education, with large disparities between urban and rural areas. 8.1. Main Challenges of the Guinean Education System 185. Despite the progress made over the last few years, many challenges still lie with the Guinean educational system, which should be taken into account in the definition of future actions. 186. Guinea-Bissau, has shown considerable progress in the net enrollment ratio in primary education between 2000-2005 and 2006-2011. Thus the rate increased from 63% to 77% for boys and from 45% to 73% for girls compared to the average for Africa, which is between 84% and 81%. 33