Student Learning in South Asia : Challenges, Opportunities, and Policy Priorities
For the past decade, South Asian governments have been investing heavily to achieve the education millennium development goals (MDGs). The region has also made great progress in enrolling girls in both primary and secondary school. The rapid gains...
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okr-10986-184072021-04-23T14:03:48Z Student Learning in South Asia : Challenges, Opportunities, and Policy Priorities Dundar, Halil Beteille, Tara Riboud, Michelle Deolalikar, Anil EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION EDUCATION SYSTEMS GIRLS' ENROLLMENT GOVERNANCE REFORM IMPACT EVALUATIONS INCLUSIVE ECONOMIC GROWTH LEARNING LEVELS LEARNING OUTCOMES NATIONAL LEARNING DATA SKILL ACQUISITION For the past decade, South Asian governments have been investing heavily to achieve the education millennium development goals (MDGs). The region has also made great progress in enrolling girls in both primary and secondary school. The rapid gains in enrollment have not been accompanied by commensurate improvements in learning levels, with the average level of skill acquisition in South Asia being low by both national and international standards. A major reason for this is that throughout the 2000s, most South Asian countries focused on: (a) achieving universal access to primary education, and (b) sustained investment in better-quality school inputs to improve the quality of primary and secondary education. This report covers education from primary through upper secondary school. Given its importance for school readiness, this report also reviews early childhood development even though that is outside formal education systems in the region. To examine what types of policies hold promise for improving student learning, it reviews data from large-scale national learning assessments and the findings of a small but increasing number of impact evaluations being conducted in the region. Finally, based on evidence from South Asia and other regions, it identifies strategic options and priorities to improve learning outcomes in South Asia. The findings make it clear that to be successful, policies to ensure lasting improvements in student learning outcomes need to be integrated into a larger agenda of inclusive economic growth and governance reform. This report makes an important contribution to ones understanding of the performance of education systems in South Asia and the causes and correlates of student learning outcomes. Further, drawing on successful initiatives both in the region and elsewhere in the world, it offers an insightful approach to setting priorities for enhancing the quality of school education despite growing competition for public resources. 2014-05-27T18:51:09Z 2014-05-27T18:51:09Z 2014-05-21 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/05/19556820/student-learning-south-asia-challenges-opportunities-policy-priorities 978-1-4648-0160-0 10.1596/978-1-4648-0160-0 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18407 English en_US Directions in Development--Human Development; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication South Asia South Asia |
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For the past decade, South Asian
governments have been investing heavily to achieve the
education millennium development goals (MDGs). The region
has also made great progress in enrolling girls in both
primary and secondary school. The rapid gains in enrollment
have not been accompanied by commensurate improvements in
learning levels, with the average level of skill acquisition
in South Asia being low by both national and international
standards. A major reason for this is that throughout the
2000s, most South Asian countries focused on: (a) achieving
universal access to primary education, and (b) sustained
investment in better-quality school inputs to improve the
quality of primary and secondary education. This report
covers education from primary through upper secondary
school. Given its importance for school readiness, this
report also reviews early childhood development even though
that is outside formal education systems in the region. To
examine what types of policies hold promise for improving
student learning, it reviews data from large-scale national
learning assessments and the findings of a small but
increasing number of impact evaluations being conducted in
the region. Finally, based on evidence from South Asia and
other regions, it identifies strategic options and
priorities to improve learning outcomes in South Asia. The
findings make it clear that to be successful, policies to
ensure lasting improvements in student learning outcomes
need to be integrated into a larger agenda of inclusive
economic growth and governance reform. This report makes an
important contribution to ones understanding of the
performance of education systems in South Asia and the
causes and correlates of student learning outcomes. Further,
drawing on successful initiatives both in the region and
elsewhere in the world, it offers an insightful approach to
setting priorities for enhancing the quality of school
education despite growing competition for public resources. |
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Dundar, Halil Beteille, Tara Riboud, Michelle Deolalikar, Anil |
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Dundar, Halil Beteille, Tara Riboud, Michelle Deolalikar, Anil |
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Student Learning in South Asia : Challenges, Opportunities, and Policy Priorities |
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Student Learning in South Asia : Challenges, Opportunities, and Policy Priorities |
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Student Learning in South Asia : Challenges, Opportunities, and Policy Priorities |
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Student Learning in South Asia : Challenges, Opportunities, and Policy Priorities |
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Student Learning in South Asia : Challenges, Opportunities, and Policy Priorities |
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student learning in south asia : challenges, opportunities, and policy priorities |
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Washington, DC: World Bank |
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2014 |
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