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With limited land, capital, and a fast
growing population, Burundi's main asset is its
youthful population. Its main challenge is also to create
good quality jobs for its youth. With low levels of
educational attainment and poor health status, the quality
of this young population is poor. After more than 13 years
of conflict ending in 2000, and a period of modest recovery,
Burundi has the opportunity to stimulate growth. Burundi is
making strides in creating one of the fundamentals of job
creation - investment climate. Investing in the skills of
the population is critical for the success of growth
strategy and for creating productive employment
opportunities for Burundi's youth. The Government of
Burundi is introducing a major reform in the education
sector which is going to significantly impact skills in
Burundi. This analytical report will contribute to defining
a skills development strategy for Burundi to complement the
growth strategy. It looks at the potential impact of the
basic education reform on the quantity and education
attainment of the working age population. Further it looks
at the skills demands that are likely to emerge if Burundi
upgrades along the value chain in selected sectors to ensure
strong alignment of occupation competencies in growth
sectors. The report is structured as follows: section one
gives introduction. Section two gives impacts of the new
basic education reform, and its pace of implementation, for
the education levels of potential new workers, and of the
population, over the next 10-15 years. Section three
presents the potential upgrading strategies for moving up
the value chain in the selected sectors. Section four
presents current framework for strategic direction,
demand-led approach, and coordination of the technical
vocational education and training (TVET) system.
