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As Asian nations compete in the global economy and aspire to join the developed nations, there is concern that rates of education may not be keeping pace. [3] [4] By comparison, Gross Enrollment Rates for North America and Western Europe in 2013 were 84.3% for pre-primary, 101.1% for primary, 105.1% for secondary, and 76.6% for tertiary education.
The Solomon Islands is in the midst of a literacy crisis. The defining elements of this crisis, as listed in Table 4, are that: Literacy levels in Malaita, at just 7%, are much lower than in Honiara at 28%. Males are more likely to be literate than females; 21% of males are literate compared to 14% of females.
About Asia-South Pacific Education Watch Initiative The critical state and ailing condition of education in many countries in Asia-South Pacific region compels serious and urgent attention from all education stakeholders. Centuries of neglect, underinvestment in education, corruption, and inefficiency by successive governments in the
Keywords: higher education policy, Philippines, ASEAN integration, harmonization of higher education. 1. Introduction. A great deal of importance has always been placed on higher education’s capacity to foster growth and contribute to regional development.
Human Development Network. This set of education indicators for the World Bank's East Asia and Pacific Region is designed to provide key policy-oriented data for World Bank staff and clients. The framework is divided into six main chapters: (1) the demographic, social and economic context of education; (2) financial and human resources invested ...
We developed a rubric based on extensive studies (Rust et al. in "Comp Educ Rev," 43(1):86-109, 1999; Foster et al. in "Int J Educ Dev" 32:711-732, 2012) of research in the field to compare three highly ranked journals in the field of comparative and international education ("Comparative Education," "Comparative Education Review," and ...
Part One outlines landmark efforts accomplished through a series of UNESCO regional conferences beginning in 1962. For example, from 1978-1985, the Asia and the Pacific Programme of Educational Innovation for Development supported almost 600 activities at inter-country and national levels, directly involving 11,500 educators in 24 countries.
Establish and maintain a system of free public education in the elementary and high school levels. Without limiting the natural right of parents to rear their children, elementary education is compulsory for all children of school age. With only 10 years of pre-university education, the shortest in East Asia (as compared to the longest, 13, of