An Approach to Improving the Quality of Education in Mauritania

In 2000, Mauritania launched its National Program to Develop the Education Sector (PNDSE). It covers the period 2001-2010 and is aimed at improving the quality of education. This publication describes how Mauritania established a department responsible for implementing strategy, coordination and management of the different activities so as to ensure the universality and sustainability of the reform program. The study also suggests what it considers to be the keys to success: commitment by the authorities; mobilization of actors and resources; political validation of program content on time; and quality of leadership.