| | Employment trends in the region encompassing ECA reflect this new reality: jobs have been shifting significantly from unskilled to skilled labor and the wages of highly skilled workers have dramatically improved over the past 20 years. This chapter describes the evolution and patterns of demand for skills in the entire ECA region. |  Read MoreÂ
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| | Although the education offered in many ECA countries is respectable for their level of income, it does not appear to be good enough (or of the right relevance) to meet the rising demand for skills in the region. Two problems related to quality seem particularly acute: too many students are failing and education systems have difficulties imparting problem-solving skills. | Read More |
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| | This chapter identifies the major impediments that prevent the education system from delivering the skills that are being demanded by the labor markets as identified in the previous chapters. It then offers a policy framework and policy directions to help overcome these impediments. | Read More |
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| | Freed from the day-to-day management of schools, policy makers will be able to devote more of their attention to elaborating strategic educational policy, including research and analysis of system and fiscal performance, and setting overall system goals, standards, regulations, and guidelines. | Read More |
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| Despite certain areas of excellence and growing numbers of students, the quality of tertiary education1 among countries in the ECA region continues to be of concern. The sector has expanded, but the growth has occurred without sufficient quality assurance mechanisms and without the necessary information enabling users to make informed choices. As a result, it is unclear if tertiary students are graduating with the advanced competencies needed by future employers. | Read More |
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| Lifelong learning and adult education and training are fast becoming an important element of education systems across the ECA region. Although demand for labor in the ECA countries has already shifted toward higher-order, multifaceted competencies, it has also become more unpredictable, indicating the need for a market-responsive sector that can easily facilitate the reskilling of the adult labor force. | Read More |
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| This book investigated two primary questions: Are education systems in the ECA region able to inculcate the right skills in their graduates and what can they do to improve on their performance? In answering these questions, a fundamental problem emerged: data exists on the number of students who graduate in ECA countries, but internationally comparable information on whether graduates of upper secondary and tertiary institutions have the right skills and competencies for the job market is not available. | Read More |
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