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Meeting the challenges of secondary education in Latin America and East Asia : improving efficiency and resource mobilization

Di Gropello, Emanuela

2006

Overview

In a context of increased primary school enrollment rates, secondary education is appearing as the next big challenge for Latin American and East Asian countries. This report seeks to undertake a detailed diagnostic of secondary education in these two regions, understand some of the main constraints to the expansion and improvement of secondary education, and suggest policy options to address these constraints, with focus on policies that improve the mobilization and use of resources.

• Publisher: World Bank,World Bank Publications,The World Bank,Washington, DC: World Bank
• Subject: ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT / ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE / ACCESS TO EDUCATION / ACCESS TO SECONDARY EDUCATION / ADDITIONAL FUNDS / ADDITIONAL RESOURCES / AGE COHORT / Asian studies / AVERAGE REPETITION RATE / AVERAGE SCORE / BASIC EDUCATION / BASIC KNOWLEDGE / BENEFITS OF EDUCATION / CHILD LABOR / CLASSROOMS / COMMUNITY SCHOOLS / COMPLETION RATE / COMPLETION RATES / COMPULSORY EDUCATION / COMPULSORY SCHOOLING / COST OF REPETITION / COURSE CONTENT / CURRICULA / CURRICULAR REFORM / DECENTRALIZATION / DECISION MAKING / DEMAND FOR EDUCATION / DEVELOPING COUNTRIES / Development studies / DIRECT COSTS / DROP-OUT RATES / East Asia / ECONOMIC FACTORS / EDUCATION ASSISTANCE / EDUCATION CONCLUSION / EDUCATION DECISIONS / EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT / EDUCATION EXPANSION / EDUCATION EXPENDITURE / EDUCATION EXPENDITURES / EDUCATION FINANCE / EDUCATION FOR ALL / EDUCATION LEVEL / EDUCATION QUALITY / EDUCATION REFORM / EDUCATION REFORMS / EDUCATION SECTOR / EDUCATION SPENDING / EDUCATION SYSTEMS / Education, Secondary / Education, Secondary -- East Asia / Education, Secondary -- Latin America / EDUCATIONAL ACCESS / EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT / EDUCATIONAL CHANGE / Educational change -- East Asia / Educational change -- Latin America / EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT / EDUCATIONAL EQUITY / EDUCATIONAL QUALITY / EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH / EFFECTIVENESS / ENROLLMENT BY AGE / ENROLLMENT RATES / ENROLLMENT RATIOS / ENROLLMENT STATISTICS / ENROLLMENT TARGETS / EQUITABLE ACCESS / FUNDAMENTAL EDUCATION / GER / GROSS ENROLLMENT / GROSS ENROLLMENT RATE / HIGHER EDUCATION / HOUSEHOLD INCOME / HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS / HUMAN DEVELOPMENT / INCOME LEVELS / INDIVIDUAL LEARNING / INTERACTIVE RADIO / INTERACTIVE RADIO INSTRUCTION / INTERVENTIONS / KEY ROLE / LABOR FORCE / LABOR MARKET / Latin America / Latin American studies / LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT / LEARNING MATERIALS / LITERACY / LOWER SECONDARY EDUCATION / LOWER SECONDARY LEVEL / MASS LITERACY / MATHEMATICS / MINISTRIES OF EDUCATION / NEGATIVE IMPACT / NER / NET ENROLLMENT / NET ENROLLMENT RATE / OF EDUCATION / PARITY / PER CAPITA INCOME / POLICY ANALYSIS / PRIMARY EDUCATION / PRIMARY GROSS ENROLLMENT / PRIMARY LEVEL / PRIMARY SCHOOL / PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT / PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS / PRIVATE SCHOOL / PRIVATE SCHOOLS / PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS / PROFICIENCY / PUBLIC EXPENDITURE / PUBLIC FUNDS / PUBLIC PRIMARY / PUPIL EXPENDITURE / PUPIL-TEACHER RATIOS / QUALITY EDUCATION / QUALITY OF TEACHERS / QUALITY SCHOOLING / QUALITY SCHOOLS / RATES OF RETURN / READING / READING LITERACY / RURAL AREAS / SCHOLARSHIPS / SCHOOL COMPLETION / SCHOOL EFFICIENCY / SCHOOL ENROLLMENT / SCHOOL ENTRY / SCHOOL GRADUATES / SCHOOL LEVEL / SCHOOL PERFORMANCE / SCHOOL QUALITY / SCHOOL SYSTEM / SCHOOL TEACHER / SCHOOL VOUCHERS / SCHOOL YEAR / SCHOOL-AGE / SCHOOLING / SCHOOLS / SCIENCE STUDY / SECONDARY EDUCATION / SECONDARY ENROLLMENT / SECONDARY SCHOOL / SOCIAL BENEFITS / SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT / SOCIALIZATION / STUDENT ASSESSMENT / SUPPLY-SIDE POLICIES / TEACHER PERFORMANCE / TEACHER SALARIES / TEACHER TRAINING / TEACHER TRAINING ACTIVITIES / TEACHERS / TECHNICAL EDUCATION / TECHNICAL TRAINING / TERTIARY EDUCATION / TEST SCORES / TEXTBOOKS / UNIVERSAL COVERAGE / UNIVERSITIES / VOCATIONAL EDUCATION / VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS / WORKING CHILDREN / YOUNG PEOPLE / YOUTH
• ISBN: 9780821366455, 0821366459