cumulative grade point average (CGPA), parental education and students' sociocultural background. While the authors point out …

Indonesia has made significant progress in increasing access to education over the last decade. Despite these … impressive trends, many children do not continue their education beyond the primary and junior secondary level. While a number of … factors influence a household's schooling decision, the direct and indirect costs of education are important particularly for …

Education is the basic requirement and the 'Fundamental Right' of the citizens of a nation. While Higher Education is … important, the Elementary Education system serves as the base over which the Super-structure of the whole education system is … qualitative aspects of School Education System in India in recent years. It is observed that complete Literacy has not been …

post-secondary education (PSE) in Canada. The paper first looks at how access by age 21 is related to family background … characteristics, including family income and parental education. The effects of the latter are found to dominate those of the former …

In 1997 Turkey passed a law making middle school completion compulsory, increasing the mandatory education from 5 to 8 … attainment, the impact of the increase in education on wages, and to explore how this varied across individuals. The results …

spend comparatively few years in formal education, and the quality of the education they receive is lower than in other OECD … countries. This paper discusses the performance of education services up to the upper secondary level. It assesses both the … efficiency (outcome for money invested) and the equity of the system and shows that the education system has to be improved …

The Australian education system fares well in international comparison with regards to PISA test scores and the higher … education system attracts an increasing number of foreign students. Vocational education and training (VET) is an important part … of the post–secondary education system, equipping individuals with the skills to enter or re–enter the labour force and …

education. We employ a twin by year identification strategy using matched teacher-student data from North Carolina to credibly …