This is an independent appraisal of the June 2018 English language version of Sudan’s 5-year Education Sector Strategic Plan (ESSP). It assesses whether a positive policy environment exists for productive investments in the education sector and whether capacity constraints are being addressed to facilitate policy implementation. It also covers areas of government leadership, knowledge and data, institutional and human capacities, and dialogue between education stakeholders.

This appraisal is based directly upon the GPE/UNESCO/IIEP’s 2015 Guidelines for Education Sector Plan Appraisal, taking full account also of some interesting and more recent documents from that same source, namely the recent Effective Partnership Review and the Secretariat’s Response of June 2018.