Skills, Not Just Diplomas : The Path for Education Reforms in ECA

Europe and Central Asia (ECA) countries are currently emerging from the deepest recession among all developing regions. In the post economic-crisis world, financial resources are more limited and more expensive and export growth is restrained by po...

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Main Authors:	Murthi, Mamta, Sondergaard, Lars
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACHIEVEMENTS ADULT LEARNING ADULTS ASSESSMENT CENTERS BASIC EDUCATION COMPUTER SKILLS CRITICAL THINKING CURRICULUM DIPLOMAS EDUCATION AUTHORITIES EDUCATION OUTCOMES EDUCATION REFORM EDUCATION REFORMS EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATION SYSTEMS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES ENROLLMENT GRADUATION RATES HIGHER EDUCATION HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONAL AUTONOMY LABOR FORCE LEARNING LEARNING COMPETENCIES LEARNING OUTCOMES LEVELS OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF ENROLLMENT MATHEMATICS MEASURING LEARNING OUTCOMES MINISTRIES OF EDUCATION NATIONAL ASSESSMENT NATIONAL ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS NATIONAL ASSESSMENTS NUMBER OF STUDENTS PROBLEM SOLVING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT QUALITY ASSURANCE QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEMS QUALITY EDUCATION QUALITY OF EDUCATION READING SCHOOL PRINCIPALS SCHOOL SYSTEM SCHOOL SYSTEMS SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SECONDARY EDUCATION SKILLED LABOR SKILLED WORKERS STANDARDIZED TESTS STUDENT LEARNING STUDENT LEARNING ASSESSMENT TEACHERS TEACHING TEACHING FORCE TEACHING METHODS TERTIARY EDUCATION TERTIARY ENROLLMENTS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/05/12817884/skills-not-just-diplomas-path-education-reforms-eca http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10191

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spelling	okr-10986-101912021-04-23T14:02:49Z Skills, Not Just Diplomas : The Path for Education Reforms in ECA Murthi, Mamta Sondergaard, Lars ACHIEVEMENTS ADULT LEARNING ADULTS ASSESSMENT CENTERS BASIC EDUCATION COMPUTER SKILLS CRITICAL THINKING CURRICULUM DIPLOMAS EDUCATION AUTHORITIES EDUCATION OUTCOMES EDUCATION REFORM EDUCATION REFORMS EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATION SYSTEMS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES ENROLLMENT GRADUATION RATES HIGHER EDUCATION HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONAL AUTONOMY LABOR FORCE LEARNING LEARNING COMPETENCIES LEARNING OUTCOMES LEVELS OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF ENROLLMENT MATHEMATICS MEASURING LEARNING OUTCOMES MINISTRIES OF EDUCATION NATIONAL ASSESSMENT NATIONAL ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS NATIONAL ASSESSMENTS NUMBER OF STUDENTS PROBLEM SOLVING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT QUALITY ASSURANCE QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEMS QUALITY EDUCATION QUALITY OF EDUCATION READING SCHOOL PRINCIPALS SCHOOL SYSTEM SCHOOL SYSTEMS SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SECONDARY EDUCATION SKILLED LABOR SKILLED WORKERS STANDARDIZED TESTS STUDENT LEARNING STUDENT LEARNING ASSESSMENT TEACHERS TEACHING TEACHING FORCE TEACHING METHODS TERTIARY EDUCATION TERTIARY ENROLLMENTS Europe and Central Asia (ECA) countries are currently emerging from the deepest recession among all developing regions. In the post economic-crisis world, financial resources are more limited and more expensive and export growth is restrained by potentially slower growth in the destination countries. Restoring and sustaining growth in this context require reforms to boost competitiveness and increase labor productivity. ECA had a well-regarded education system prior to the end of central planning. While the intervening years have taken some of the shine off this reputation, the countries continue to have some strong achievements in the field of education. Notably, enrollments are high at all levels of education. The socialist legacy is particularly visible in the low income countries in the region which show the highest secondary enrollments in the world for their income level. Whatever measures countries take, it would be important to continue to build learning assessment systems and monitor and evaluate the impact of the reforms on desired outcomes. This is the only way of telling whether the adopted measures had the intended effect and whether course correction is needed. The education reform agenda ahead of the countries in the region is an extremely important one as it lies at the heart of their competitiveness. The reform will take time, suggesting that there is no time to lose to make a start. 2012-08-13T10:41:12Z 2012-08-13T10:41:12Z 2010-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/05/12817884/skills-not-just-diplomas-path-education-reforms-eca http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10191 English Europe and Central Asia Knowledge Brief; Volume No. 20 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Europe and Central Asia
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topic	ACHIEVEMENTS ADULT LEARNING ADULTS ASSESSMENT CENTERS BASIC EDUCATION COMPUTER SKILLS CRITICAL THINKING CURRICULUM DIPLOMAS EDUCATION AUTHORITIES EDUCATION OUTCOMES EDUCATION REFORM EDUCATION REFORMS EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATION SYSTEMS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES ENROLLMENT GRADUATION RATES HIGHER EDUCATION HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONAL AUTONOMY LABOR FORCE LEARNING LEARNING COMPETENCIES LEARNING OUTCOMES LEVELS OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF ENROLLMENT MATHEMATICS MEASURING LEARNING OUTCOMES MINISTRIES OF EDUCATION NATIONAL ASSESSMENT NATIONAL ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS NATIONAL ASSESSMENTS NUMBER OF STUDENTS PROBLEM SOLVING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT QUALITY ASSURANCE QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEMS QUALITY EDUCATION QUALITY OF EDUCATION READING SCHOOL PRINCIPALS SCHOOL SYSTEM SCHOOL SYSTEMS SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SECONDARY EDUCATION SKILLED LABOR SKILLED WORKERS STANDARDIZED TESTS STUDENT LEARNING STUDENT LEARNING ASSESSMENT TEACHERS TEACHING TEACHING FORCE TEACHING METHODS TERTIARY EDUCATION TERTIARY ENROLLMENTS
spellingShingle	ACHIEVEMENTS ADULT LEARNING ADULTS ASSESSMENT CENTERS BASIC EDUCATION COMPUTER SKILLS CRITICAL THINKING CURRICULUM DIPLOMAS EDUCATION AUTHORITIES EDUCATION OUTCOMES EDUCATION REFORM EDUCATION REFORMS EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATION SYSTEMS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES ENROLLMENT GRADUATION RATES HIGHER EDUCATION HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONAL AUTONOMY LABOR FORCE LEARNING LEARNING COMPETENCIES LEARNING OUTCOMES LEVELS OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF ENROLLMENT MATHEMATICS MEASURING LEARNING OUTCOMES MINISTRIES OF EDUCATION NATIONAL ASSESSMENT NATIONAL ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS NATIONAL ASSESSMENTS NUMBER OF STUDENTS PROBLEM SOLVING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT QUALITY ASSURANCE QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEMS QUALITY EDUCATION QUALITY OF EDUCATION READING SCHOOL PRINCIPALS SCHOOL SYSTEM SCHOOL SYSTEMS SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SECONDARY EDUCATION SKILLED LABOR SKILLED WORKERS STANDARDIZED TESTS STUDENT LEARNING STUDENT LEARNING ASSESSMENT TEACHERS TEACHING TEACHING FORCE TEACHING METHODS TERTIARY EDUCATION TERTIARY ENROLLMENTS Murthi, Mamta Sondergaard, Lars Skills, Not Just Diplomas : The Path for Education Reforms in ECA
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description	Europe and Central Asia (ECA) countries are currently emerging from the deepest recession among all developing regions. In the post economic-crisis world, financial resources are more limited and more expensive and export growth is restrained by potentially slower growth in the destination countries. Restoring and sustaining growth in this context require reforms to boost competitiveness and increase labor productivity. ECA had a well-regarded education system prior to the end of central planning. While the intervening years have taken some of the shine off this reputation, the countries continue to have some strong achievements in the field of education. Notably, enrollments are high at all levels of education. The socialist legacy is particularly visible in the low income countries in the region which show the highest secondary enrollments in the world for their income level. Whatever measures countries take, it would be important to continue to build learning assessment systems and monitor and evaluate the impact of the reforms on desired outcomes. This is the only way of telling whether the adopted measures had the intended effect and whether course correction is needed. The education reform agenda ahead of the countries in the region is an extremely important one as it lies at the heart of their competitiveness. The reform will take time, suggesting that there is no time to lose to make a start.
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author	Murthi, Mamta Sondergaard, Lars
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title	Skills, Not Just Diplomas : The Path for Education Reforms in ECA
title_short	Skills, Not Just Diplomas : The Path for Education Reforms in ECA
title_full	Skills, Not Just Diplomas : The Path for Education Reforms in ECA
title_fullStr	Skills, Not Just Diplomas : The Path for Education Reforms in ECA
title_full_unstemmed	Skills, Not Just Diplomas : The Path for Education Reforms in ECA
title_sort	skills, not just diplomas : the path for education reforms in eca
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
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