This book gives those concerned with education in Sub-Saharan Africa an analysis of the sector from a cross-country perspective, aimed at drawing lessons that individual country studies alone cannot provide. The comparative perspective is useful not only to show the range of possibilities in key education policy variables but also to learn from the best performers in the region.  The report focuses on fundamental questions that are pertinent for  most, if not all, of the region’s countries, while recognising that countries in Sub-Saharan Africa are highly diverse in the many dimensions that describe an education system.