To cater for those who could not attend school due to various reasons including war, adult schools have been introduced. A special project that exclusively helps girls, women and demobilised soldiers' access vocational training has also been put in place. Informal adult schools have in recent years mushroomed in the country to fill the gap left by inadequate formal schools. These schools are providing basic education for people who could not be absorbed in the formal schools and those disadvantaged by the unfair system which segregated girls. These schools however lack government support.
Classrooms are very few resulting in different classes being conducted in the same room.
This situation has disadvantages in that it retards progress due to unavoidable confusion. With adequate government support these schools could go a long way in reducing illiteracy that is very high in Angola. Recent research on Angola shows that the country now has a number of female lecturers and tutors in mechanics, carpentry, electronics and metallurgy, areas traditionally regarded as male domains. There is still need to open more avenues for girls to take up such posts if gender balance is to be realised in work places. Mauritius has taken it even further and declared education free for all, from grade one up to college and University level.