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Skills, not just diplomas

Søndergaard, Lars, Murthi, Mamta

2011,2012

Overview

The countries of Europe and Central Asia (ECA) are currently emerging from the deepest recession suffered by any developing region. Post-crisis conditions are very different from those of preceding years. Financial resources are more limited and more expensive, and export growth is restrained by potentially slower growth in destination countries. Restoring and sustaining growth in this context require reforms that boost competitiveness and increase labor productivity. Such reforms are all the more important given the shrinking of the working-age population in many countries of the region. This book uses a range of different data sources to argue that the skills problem in the ECA region relates more to the quality and relevance of the education provided in ECA countries than to problems of access. A central argument of the book is that ministries of education are constrained in a number of ways from effectively managing their education and training sectors. The three most important and interrelated impediments to improving quality and relevance are the lack of systematic data on key skills-related performance issues (i.e., how much students are learning and whether they are finding jobs after they graduate), the legacy of central planning, and inefficient use of resources. Lack of data on student learning and employment outcomes makes it difficult for education ministries to address the legacy of central planning, which emphasizes centralized management based on inputs. Ministries of education in the region continue to micromanage the sector using detailed norms and regulations. This input-oriented style of management leads to the inefficient use of resources and results in a rigid education sector not the type of flexible sector needed by ECA to create modern, skilled workforces. This book highlights how these constraints manifest themselves and then presents ways of overcoming them, relying on the experience of ECA countries that have successfully addressed them, together with international experience. Recommendations are presented in separate chapters for pre-university, tertiary, and adult education.

• Publisher: World Bank,World Bank Publications,The World Bank
• Subject: ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE / ACCREDITATION / ADULT EDUCATION / ADULT LEARNING / ADULT TRAINING / ADULTS / Asia, Central / ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS / AVERAGE CLASS SIZE / BACKGROUND PAPERS / BASIC EDUCATION / BASIC READING / BASIC SKILLS / Bildungsabschluss / Bildungsreform / Bildungswesen / BLOCK GRANTS / Central Asia / CLASS SIZE / CLASS SIZES / CLASSROOM / CLASSROOMS / COGNITIVE SKILLS / COGNITIVE TASKS / CONDITIONS OF TEACHERS / COURSE OFFERINGS / CREDIT TRANSFER / CURRICULUM / DECENTRALIZATION / DECISION MAKING / DIPLOMAS / EARLY GRADES / Eastern Europe / Education / Education -- Asia, Central / Education -- Europe, Eastern / EDUCATION AUTHORITIES / EDUCATION FACILITIES / EDUCATION FOR LIFE / EDUCATION LEVEL / EDUCATION MANAGERS / EDUCATION MINISTRIES / EDUCATION POLICY / EDUCATION PROVIDERS / EDUCATION REFORMS / EDUCATION SECTOR / EDUCATION SYSTEM / EDUCATION SYSTEMS / EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS / EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT / EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS / EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES / EDUCATIONAL QUALITY / EMPLOYMENT / EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES / ENROLLMENT RATES / Europe, Eastern / FIELDS OF STUDY / FORMAL EDUCATION / FORMAL TRAINING / GENERAL SECONDARY EDUCATION / GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE / GROSS ENROLLMENT / GROSS ENROLLMENT RATES / HIGHER EDUCATION / HIGHER EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT / HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS / HIGHER LEARNING / HIGHLY SKILLED LABOR / HUMAN DEVELOPMENT / HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT / INDIVIDUAL LEARNING / INSTITUTIONAL AUTONOMY / INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION / INTERNATIONAL LITERACY / INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION / JOB MARKET / JOB OPPORTUNITIES / KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY / LABOR FORCE / LABOR MARKET NEEDS / LABOUR MARKET / LEADERSHIP / LEARNING / LEARNING ASSESSMENTS / LEARNING ENVIRONMENT / LEARNING OUTCOMES / LEVEL OF EDUCATION / LEVELS OF EDUCATION / LIFELONG LEARNING / LITERACY / LITERACY SKILLS / LOWER SECONDARY EDUCATION / LOWER SECONDARY LEVEL / MATHEMATICS / MINISTRIES OF EDUCATION / MINISTRY OF EDUCATION / MOBILITY / NATIONAL ASSESSMENT / NATIONAL ASSESSMENTS / NATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK / NUMBER OF SCHOOLS / NUMBER OF STUDENTS / NUMBER OF TEACHERS / NUMERACY / ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE / Osteuropa / PARITY / PARTICIPATION RATES / PRIMARY EDUCATION / PRIMARY LEVEL / PRIMARY SCHOOL / PRIMARY SCHOOL CLASSES / PROBLEM SOLVING / PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS / PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT / PUBLIC EXPENDITURE / PUBLIC SCHOOL / Qualifications / Qualifikation / QUALITY ASSURANCE / QUALITY ASSURANCE AGENCIES / QUALITY EDUCATION / QUALITY OF EDUCATION / READING / READING LEVEL / REMEDIAL EDUCATION / RESPONSIVE EDUCATION SYSTEMS / RETRAINING / RETURNS TO EDUCATION / SCHOOL CLASSES / SCHOOL COUNCILS / SCHOOL DECISION / SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT / School management and organization / School management and organization -- Asia, Central / School management and organization -- Europe, Eastern / SCHOOL OPERATIONS / SCHOOL PRINCIPALS / SCHOOL SYSTEM / SCHOOL SYSTEMS / SCHOOLING / SCHOOLS / Schulverwaltung / SCIENCE STUDY / SECONDARY EDUCATION / SECONDARY SCHOOL / SECONDARY SCHOOLS / SECONDARY STUDENTS / SKILL LEVELS / SKILLED OCCUPATIONS / SKILLED WORKERS / Skills / STANDARDIZED TESTS / STUDENT ASSESSMENT / STUDENT ASSESSMENTS / STUDENT CHOICE / STUDENT COSTS / STUDENT LEARNING / STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES / STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO / STUDENT-TEACHER RATIOS / TEACHER / TEACHER RATIOS / TEACHERS / TEACHING / TEACHING FORCE / TECHNICAL COLLEGES / TECHNICAL EDUCATION / TECHNICAL SKILLS / TERTIARY EDUCATION / TERTIARY EDUCATION SECTOR / TERTIARY EDUCATION SYSTEMS / TERTIARY ENROLLMENTS / TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS / TERTIARY LEVEL / TERTIARY SECTOR / TEST SCORES / TRADITIONAL UNIVERSITIES / Training / TRAINING PROGRAMS / TRAINING SERVICES / TUITION / TUITION FEES / UNEMPLOYMENT RATE / UNEMPLOYMENT RATES / UNIVERSITIES / UNIVERSITY AUTONOMY / UNIVERSITY EDUCATION / UNIVERSITY GRADUATES / UNIVERSITY LEVEL / VOCATIONAL EDUCATION / VOCATIONAL SCHOOL / VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS / VOCATIONAL SKILLS / VOCATIONAL TRAINING / WORKERS / Zentralasien
• ISBN: 0821380966, 9780821380970, 9780821380963, 0821380974