The main priority in the health and population sector will be to consolidate past achievements. Family planning issues will be prominent. Dialogue will focus on health promotion and protection as a broad theme, within which advocacy, control of infectious diseases, and improvement of management all play a role. A quarter of the primary school-age population is not enrolled. While the numbers of students continuing to lower secondary education are increasing, enrolment in upper secondary school is static.
Tertiary education consumes a high percentage of the education budget, with inadequate results.
However, over the last few years, there appear to have been positive developments arising from major education reforms designed to restructure the system, extend the period of basic education and relate pre-primary education more closely to local culture and language through expansion of the innovative village local language schools. Lack of skilled staff particularly in technical and vocational fields continues to constrain development. Further assistance for non-formal education is envisaged, especially aimed at the vast majority who have not had access to formal education. Urban Development 41. Water supplies and sanitation systems in urban areas are generally inadequate.