▁Education ▁Development ▁in ▁Equ atorial ▁Guinea ▁( PRO DE GE ), ▁fund ed ▁by ▁President ▁Ob i ang ▁and ▁H ess ▁Corporation , ▁is ▁focused ▁on ▁impro ving ▁the ▁education ▁of ▁secondary ▁students . ▁This ▁is ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁second ▁phase ▁of ▁its ▁ten - year ▁plan . ▁ ▁High er ▁Education ▁ ▁Equ atorial ▁Guinea ▁has ▁placed ▁a ▁much ▁larger ▁emphas is ▁on ▁the ▁fund ing ▁of ▁higher ▁education ▁than ▁on ▁the ▁fund ing ▁for ▁primary ▁and ▁secondary ▁school ing . ▁In ▁fact , ▁the ▁amount ▁spent ▁on ▁higher ▁education ▁is ▁fifty ▁times ▁that ▁of ▁primary ▁education . ▁Fac ilities ▁for ▁Equ atorial ▁Guinea ' s ▁higher ▁education ▁are ▁largely ▁assist ed ▁by ▁the ▁Spanish ▁National ▁University ▁of ▁Dist ant ▁Education . ▁Equ atorial ▁Guinea ' s ▁government ▁bo asts ▁that ▁more ▁than ▁ 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁students ▁received ▁scholar ships ▁to ▁study ▁at ▁univers ities , ▁particip ate ▁in ▁professional ▁training ▁programs , ▁and ▁particip ate ▁in ▁technical ▁training ▁programs ▁abroad ▁over ▁the ▁past ▁forty ▁years . ▁In ▁order ▁to ▁be ▁able ▁to ▁attend ▁a ▁university ▁program , ▁students ▁must ▁take ▁a ▁select ivity ▁test . ▁The ▁National ▁University ▁of ▁Equ atorial ▁Guinea ▁is ▁the ▁primary ▁inst itute ▁of ▁higher ▁learning . ▁The ▁adult ▁liter acy ▁rate ▁for ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁was ▁estimated ▁at ▁about ▁ 9 5 ▁percent , ▁with ▁ 9 8 ▁percent ▁for ▁youth ▁ 1 5 - 2 4 ▁year ▁old , ▁the ▁highest ▁in ▁sub - s ah aran ▁Africa