Secondary Education - Publications

Expanding Opportunities and Building Competencies for Young People: A New Agenda for Secondary Education 
This 2005 World Bank policy paper explores the key issues facing secondary education in the 21st century. 
Also, available in Spanish (pdf, 8.4MB), Russian (pdf, 8.8MB), Arabic (pdf, 6.1MB), Korean (pdf, 4MB), Turkish (pdf, 5.5MB).

Facing the Knowledge Society Reforming Secondary Education in Hong Kong and Shanghai (pdf - 926KB)
Kai Ming Cheng & Hak Kwong Yip. 2006
This paper attempts to describe and analyze the development and reforms of secondary education in Hong Kong and Shanghai over the past 25 years. Comparing the reforms helps construct a spectrum of possibilities on the one hand, and identify common themes in the development of secondary education on the other.

Meeting the Challenges of Secondary Education in Latin America and East Asia: Improving Efficiency and Resource Mobilization (pdf - 1.8 MB)
Emanuela di Gropello, Editor. 2006
The report focuses on the following questions: How can countries address the multiple challenges they face in secondary education? How can they grow their education systems responsibly and efficiently? How do the challenges vary with countries’ different development levels? How can countries with different technical and financial capacities address those challenges? The report uses experiences and data from East Asia and Latin America to explore these overarching concerns.

Policy Formation and Implementation in Secondary Education Reform: The Case of Chile at the Turn of the Century (pdf, 1.3MB)
Cristián Cox. 2006
This case study examines secondary educational reform in a favorable social and political context by examining its policy process, contents, implementation, and results.

Policy Development and Reform Principles of Basic and Secondary Education in Finland since 1968 (pdf, 694KB)
Erkki Aho, Kari Pitkänen and Pasi Sahlberg. 2006
This book examines the development of education policy and reform principles in Finland over a 40-year span.

Secondary Education in Africa (SEIA)   
This regional study initiative reviews secondary education reform experiences in Sub-Saharan Africa.  Publications and reports from the project are available at 
http://www.worldbank.org/afr/seia/reports.htm

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