Impressive progress has been made in raising participation in early childhood education as well as tertiary educational … high-income country, largely on account of high drop-out rates in lower secondary education which, in turn, reflect one of … are needed to reduce grade repetition and raise education outcomes, by improving accountability of schools and school …

through upper secondary education. That said, there are a number of areas in which improvements could be made. Though the …

Education has been given high priority by India’s central and state governments and continues to grow fast. School … access has been expanded by investment in school infrastructure and recruitment of teachers. In higher education too, the … education will further lift enrolment, bringing closer the government’s goal of universal elementary education, which comprises …

Israel’s education system is complicated by multiple streams at the primary and secondary levels and by military … conscription. Population growth and economic expansion have brought a massive increase in demand for all levels of education … of compulsory education. As in other socio-economic spheres, there are significant gaps between Arab-Israelis and the …

Improving education outcomes is vital for achieving convergence with GDP per capita levels in Western European … countries and for reducing income inequality. While some education outcomes are favourable, such as the low secondary …-school drop-out rate, others have room for improvement: education achievement is below the OECD average and strongly influenced by …

Improving education achievement in Luxembourg is a priority for strengthening productivity growth and enhancing … reforms that are underway or planned to improve achievement of immigrant students. Another feature of Luxembourg.s education …

situations. Positive discrimination in education policies should be given a real priority and education spending rationalised to …

, by 10% in secondary education and by around one third in public administration. Results also suggests that Slovenia ranks …

Despite significant increases in spending on child care and education during the last decade, PISA scores suggest that …. Insufficient supply of high-quality vocational programmes and tertiary education study places hamper human capital formation and … growth. Stabilising and simplifying vocational education by more focus on high quality apprenticeships would support …

-national spending on primary and lower-secondary education. Using state- and municipality-level data during 1991-2002, this paper shows … importance of FUNDEF in eliminating supply constraints to the improvement of education attainment. Enrolment rates are now nearly … universal for primary and lower-secondary education. Emphasis should therefore be placed on policies to improve the quality of …