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mation with physical expansion (32 institutes were
constructed between 2008 and 2009) and the rea-
lignment of the courses to the needs of the private
sector. Enrollment in higher education has grown by
more than 50%per year in 2002 but overall quality has
declined, according to the African Development Bank
in its 2011-2015 Country Strategy Paper for Angola.
The primary school attendance registered a 20% in-
crease between 2001 and 2010, reaching a 76% rate
and an equilibrium between both sexes. Evolution has
been constant but slow: the rate from 2009 to 2010 in
the overall phases of education grew 5, 41%, from 5,
8 to 6,2 million students in total. The adult literacy rate
is 65% for the population aged 15 and above.
The Ministry of Education reported that primary edu-
cation enrolment was set to grow by 5,6% between
2010 and 2011 and reached over 4,2 million students
in 2010. Target is to have 90% of children completing
primary education by 2015. According to the African
Development Bank, in tertiary education, 70,000 stu-
dents were enrolled in universities in 2008, 80% of
them in public universities. Moreover, the level of the
students is satisfactory: in 2010 80% students com-
pleted positively in primary education vs. 79, 5% in
the secondary education, registering 3, 6% growth in
comparison to 2009.
There again, Chinese construction firms feature promi-
nently in Angola’s education sector. Important invest-
ments have been done by the Chinese government
which is funding the construction of primary and sec-
ondary schools in Bengo, Benguela, Kwanza Sul and
Luanda. Loans provided to Golden Nest Angola Lda in
the past four years have allowed the construction of 11
Investment in the health sector has been low com-
pared with education and social protection, the
government targets to reach 3 doctors for 10,000
inhabitants by 2012 but the previsions might be a bit
optimistic. At present, only 30% of the population has
access to government health facilities. Angola has a
huge challenge in the provision of medical services
to the population although it is currently rebuilding its
health infrastructure.
Progress were registered with regard to fighting
malaria, tuberculosis and cholera. Official estimates
cases fell respectively by 5,8%, 17,5% and 42,7%.
HIV/AIDS prevalence remains low at only 3%. Re-
cent data from Statistics Institute’s 2010 survey
shows good progress over the last 10 years: ma-
ternal mortality, overall child mortality, malnutrition
and prevalence of underweight children decreased
significantly.
Nevertheless, the impact on health is moderate as
life expectancy in 2010 is estimated at 47 years,
mainly due to the low coverage, poor targeting and
lack of quality of services.
Although undernourishment is still affecting 40%
of the children from all the ages, UNICEF report
of June 2011 also shows that 42% of the Angolan
population have access to water, which influences
directly the eradication of poliomyelitis and cholera.
It is nonetheless useful to highlight the existence of
large discrepancies between rural areas and urban
zones: according to “Inquérito sobre o Bem-Estar da
População, 2009”, 36,6% of the Angolan population
lives on or below the poverty line of US$ 2 per day
(18,7% vs. 58,3% in rural areas). Other disparities
between urban and rural populations include: access
to electricity (66,3% vs. 8,6%), regular access to wa-
ter supply (59,7% vs. 22,8%) and sanitation (84,6%
vs. 31,1%).
Angola’s greatest difficulty in medical care and pub-
lic health is the lack of medical doctors. According
to the Ministry of Health, out of the 57,000 medical
workers in the country, less than 2,000 are doctors.
schools in Angola. Sinomach was granted a US$ 93
million contract to build the 4 colleges, 5 manage-
ment and administration institutes and 6 secondary
schools all over the country. Beside, the Chinese
government also gives scholarships to Angolan stu-
dents.