The World Bank Country Director, Robert Taliercio, has pledged the Bank's commit­ment to help­ing improving education in the country.

According to him, education was the key to addressing poverty and building the capacity of the youth for the world of work and human resource needs of the country.

He made the pledge during a site visit to some Ghana Learning and Accountability Outcomes Project (GALOP) Schools to ascertain the progress of the implementation of the project.

The GALOP, a $335.83- million project funded by the World Bank, aims to improve the quality of education in low performing basic schools and to strengthen educa­tion sector equity and accountabili­ty in Ghana.