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Education & Human Capital

Sector monitoring and assessment brief

Editorial review: 30 September 2026

Scope

Separate schools, higher education, professional training and learning technology. Learners, buyers, accreditation questions and operating economics differ across these models.

Questions to assess

  • What learner group and measurable learning or employment outcome are intended?
  • How are curriculum, instructors, facilities and specialist requirements verified?
  • What evidence supports enrolment, retention and the payment model?

Evidence and limits

Census age structure and human-capital context cannot substitute for segment-specific willingness to enrol or pay. A school-building estimate is not a current inventory of investable projects.

Information needed to start

Learner segment, delivery model, proposed outcomes, pricing assumptions and evidence of demand.

How ABCI can support the assessment

The scope is agreed around the available evidence and the decision required. See the related service for its capabilities, deliverables and specialist coordination. Inclusion here does not claim a completed sector study, a client mandate or an available investment.

Sourced context

Institutional baseline

Population aged 15–64

60.4%

2024 census · results published 2025

Population aged 15–64: 27.875 million, or 60.4%. Final results announced 26 November 2025. The statistical reference date must be consulted in the full census tables; the announcement does not specify it.

Definition, dates & source context
Measurement period
2024 census
Publication date
2025-11-26
Independent check
2026-09-30
Source edition
Linked publication / page; edition number not stated
Source: Ministry of Planning — 2024 census final results (published 2025) ↗
Institutional baseline

Human Capital Index

0.41

Measurement period not identified in the linked source

Expected future productivity relative to full health and education; not an education-attainment percentage.

Definition, dates & source context
Measurement period
Not identified in the linked source
Publication date
2026-01-27
Independent check
2026-09-30
Source edition
PIDDC01537 · Concept stage · page 2
Source: World Bank — PATH for Jobs, human capital context (PIDDC01537) ↗
Institutional baseline

Additional school buildings needed

≈10,000

2024

Ministry of Education estimate reported by the World Bank.

Definition, dates & source context
Measurement period
2024
Publication date
Not identified in the linked source
Independent check
Not reverified in this revision
Source edition
Linked publication / page; edition number not stated
Source: World Bank — Education ↗

SOURCE REGISTER

Sources

The register identifies each linked publication or data series. Indicator cards retain measurement periods and definitions. An absent publication or check date is shown explicitly; the edition date is not a substitute.

  1. Ministry of Planning — 2024 census final results (published 2025)

    Linked publication / page; edition number not stated

    Published: 2025-11-26

    Independent check: 2026-09-30

  2. World Bank — PATH for Jobs, human capital context (PIDDC01537)

    PIDDC01537 · Concept stage · page 2

    Published: 2026-01-27

    Independent check: 2026-09-30

  3. World Bank — Education

    Linked publication / page; edition number not stated

    Published: date not established

    Independent check: not reverified in this revision

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