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Vietnam : Higher Education and Skills for Growth
World Bank - 2012
The demand for skills has been increasing significantly in Vietnam, due to a combination of inter-industry employment changes, capital accumulation and some evidence which is consistent with skill-biased technical change. As a result employment opportunities for tertiary graduates now exist in...
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Malaysia and the Knowledge Economy : Building a World Class Higher Education System
World Bank - 2012
This report assesses and analyzes the current state of the Malaysian university system and makes recommendations on ways to further strengthen existing higher education institutions. It looks in particular at the policy framework needed to support the growth and development of the higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012553233
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Turkey : Higher Education Policy Study, Volume 1. Strategic Directions for Higher Education in Turkey
World Bank - 2012
Countries that invest heavily and effectively in education and skills to produce information and knowledge will benefit economically and socially. The European Union (EU) has set the goal to make Europe the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world. Turkey, in its Ninth...
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Republic of Sierra Leone : Higher and Tertiary Education Sector Policy Note
World Bank - 2014
Chapter one provides background and context for these policy notes. It includes information on the history of Higher and Tertiary Education (HTEs), learning structures, the economy, relevant legal frameworks, and the general education sector. Chapter two deals with quality assurance: the...
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Turkey - Education Sector Study : Sustainable Pathways to an Effective, Equitable and Efficient Education System for Preschool through Secondary School Education, Executive Summary
World Bank - 2012
This Education Sector Study (ESS) is the World Bank's response to the need for a comprehensive study of Turkey's education system, in light of the dramatic changes that are sure to alter the country's social and economic landscape over the next decade. The study was prepared in association with...
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India - Karnataka : Financing Education in the Context of Economic Restructuring
World Bank - 2013
The study addresses four major concerns within the Bank's Economic Restructuring Program in Karnataka: 1) identifying the priority issues facing the education sector; 2) indicating possible areas for expenditure reform, to improve the efficiency, and equity of public spending in education; 3)...
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India - Karnataka : Secondary Education and the New Agenda for Economic Growth
World Bank - 2013
The report addresses three major concerns of policy makers in Karnataka, on which there is little prior information, or research, namely whether the expansion in student places at the secondary, and higher secondary levels, is justified on economic grounds; how do secondary school drop-outs from...
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Progress in participation in tertiary education in India from 1983 to 2004
Azam, Mehtabul - 2008
access to tertiary (higher) education in India from 1983 to 2005. The findings suggest that there has been considerable …
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Secondary Education in India : Universalizing Opportunity
World Bank - 2012
continue for the next 10 years. At the same time, India's impressive, sustained economic growth has increased household and …, but medium to long-term in producing results. India needs to make the public qualitative investments now in teacher … outcomes; and promote standardization of curriculum and examinations across states. In addition, India's recent decision to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012550807
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Secondary Education in India : Universalizing Opportunity
World Bank - 2012
continue for the next 10 years. At the same time, India's impressive, sustained economic growth has increased household and …, but medium to long-term in producing results. India needs to make the public qualitative investments now in teacher … outcomes; and promote standardization of curriculum and examinations across states. In addition, India's recent decision to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012550808