Meeting the challenges of secondary education in Latin America and East Asia [[electronic resource] ] : improving efficiency and resource mobilization / / edited by Emanuela di Gropello

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : World Bank, 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (376 p.)
• Disciplina: 373.8
• Soggetto topico: Education, Secondary - Latin America; Education, Secondary - East Asia; Educational change - Latin America; Educational change - East Asia
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: Di GropelloEmanuela
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Executive Summary; Figures; Tables; Boxes; Introduction; Chapter 1 Trends and Challenges in Latin American and East Asian Secondary Education; Spotlights; Chapter 2 Demand for Secondary Education in Latin America and East Asia; Chapter 3 Secondary Education Finance in Latin America and East Asia: Challenges and Opportunities in the Next Decade; Chapter 4 Measuring and Improving Efficiency of Secondary Education in Latin America and East Asia; Annex 1.1 Structure of Secondary Education ; Annex 1.2 Share of Total Secondary Enrollment Attending Private Schools (2002 data)Annex 1.3 Share of Secondary Total Enrollment Attending Technical and Vocational Schools; Annex 1.4 Secondary School Enrollment Statistics, 2002-03; Annex 1.5 Enrollment by Age and Sex; Annex 1.6 Completion Graphs for Children Ages 13-19; Annex 3.1 Sources of Finance: Secondary Education, School Year 2002-03; Annex 3.2 Domestic per Pupil Expenditure at the Secondary Level, Measured in PPP and as % of GDP per Capita, 2003; Annex 3.3 Discussion of the Methodology ; Annex 3.4 Fiscal Gap Estimates for Various GER2 TargetsAnnex 4.1 School Confidence Intervals Estimates-Output Efficiency-PISA 2000; Annex 4.2 Budget Data; Annex 4.3 Annual Recurrent Cost of Repetition in LAC and EAP, 2000; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In a context of increased primary school enrollment rates, secondary education is appearing as the next big challenge for Latin American and East Asian countries. This report seeks to undertake a detailed diagnostic of secondary education in these two regions, understand some of the main constraints to the expansion and improvement of secondary education, and suggest policy options to address these constraints, with focus on policies that improve the mobilization and use of resources.
• Titolo autorizzato: Meeting the challenges of secondary education in Latin America and East Asia
• ISBN: 1-280-54259-4; 9786610542598; 0-8213-6646-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450456203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Directions in development (Washington, D.C.)