, envisioning that children and youth will be educated at world-class standards, adopt active lifestyle, benefit from life …

--and potentially more important--all students, even the more highly motivated ones, respond to lower tuition levels by decreasing their …-subsidy, low-tuition policies have both disincentive effects on students' study time and adverse effects on human capital …

outcomes, significant challenges remain. In particular, the share of national income devoted to basic education has only … spending in other middle-income countries. These relatively low levels of spending per student are likely to have limited the … express concerns about the quality of the education provided and about the level and breadth of skills that children possess …

affecting over 170 million students throughout the region. Despite the tremendous efforts made by countries to mitigate the lack … education students could fall below minimum proficiency levels, and learning losses will be substantially larger for the most … disadvantaged students. There is no time to lose. All countries must act now to make sure schools are ready to reopen safely and …