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Primary '''education in [[Guinea]]''' is compulsory for 6 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/index.htm?year=2015&dlid=252689|title=Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2015: Guinea|access-date=19 November 2016|author=Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor|author-link=Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor|publisher=[[United States Department of State]]}}</ref> In 1997, the gross primary enrolment rate was 54.4 percent and the net primary enrolment rate was 41.8 percent.<ref>[http://www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2001/guinea.htm "Guinea"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205042438/http://www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2001/guinea.htm |date=2008-12-05 }}. ''2001 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor''. [[Bureau of International Labor Affairs]], [[U.S. Department of Labor]] (2002). ''This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the [[public domain]].''</ref> Public education in Guinea is governed by three ministries: The Ministry for Pre-University Education and Literacy; The Ministry for Technical Education and Occupational Training; and the Ministry for Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation.

The Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Human Rights Measurement Initiative – The first global initiative to track the human rights performance of countries |url=https://humanrightsmeasurement.org/ |access-date=2022-03-18 |website=humanrightsmeasurement.org}}</ref> finds that Guinea is fulfilling only 60.7% of what it should be fulfilling for the right to education based on the country's level of income.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Guinea - HRMI Rights Tracker |url=https://rightstracker.org/ |access-date=2022-03-18 |website=rightstracker.org |language=en}}</ref> HRMI breaks down the right to education by looking at the rights to both primary education and secondary education. While taking into consideration Guinea's income level, the nation is achieving 74.7% of what should be possible based on its resources (income) for primary education but only 46.6% for secondary education.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Guinea - HRMI Rights Tracker |url=https://rightstracker.org/ |access-date=2022-03-18 |website=rightstracker.org |language=en}}</ref>

Mrs Diallo Hadja Aicha Bah is a former Education minister in Guinea.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.africansuccess.org/visuFiche.php?lang=en&id=376|title=African Success : Biography of  Aïcha BAH DIALLO|last=www.lesideesnet.com|first=Les Idées Net -|website=www.africansuccess.org|access-date=2016-12-09|archive-date=2017-06-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630132919/http://africansuccess.org/visuFiche.php?id=376&lang=en|url-status=dead}}</ref> in 1996, Hadja Aicha Bah joined UNESCO as Director of the Division for the Basic Education.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/about-us/who-we-are/history/assistant-directors-general/aicha-bah-diallo/|title=Aïcha Bah Diallo  {{!}} Education {{!}} United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization|website=www.unesco.org|access-date=2016-12-09}}</ref> Mrs Diallo is known as an active leading campaigner for girls and women education in Guinea.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://mo.ibrahim.foundation/prize/committee/aicha-bah-diallo/|title=Aïcha Bah Diallo - Mo Ibrahim Foundation|newspaper=Mo Ibrahim Foundation|language=en-GB|access-date=2016-12-09}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of universities in Guinea]]

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