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Education and National Development in Asia

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This book should be of interest to those readers wanting to understand educational trends and imperatives in developing economies.

While education and various socioeconomic processes accompanying national development are inextricably linked, the evolution of national education systems alongside growth in Asia has exhibited remarkable diversity across economies.

Drawing upon a range of detailed analyses conducted under the regional technical assistance for the Study of Trends, Issues, and Policies in Education, this volume highlights progress in education within Asia, as well as remaining challenges and key implications for policy in the region. While the quantitative analysis and numerous case studies focus upon education in ADB's DMCs, the book is clearly of broader relevance to understanding educational trends and imperatives in other developing economies.

EDUCATION IN DEVELOPING ASIA SERIES

Volume 1 - Education and National Development: Priorities, Policies, and Planning Volume 2 - Management and Efficiency in Education: Goals and Strategies Volume 3 - The Costs and Financing of Education: Trends and Policy Implications Volume 4 - Equity and Access to Education: Themes, Tensions, and Policies Volume 5 - The Quality of Education: Dimensions and Strategies

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Contents

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Tables, Boxes, Acronyms, Glossary, and Foreword [ PDF: 173kb | 13 pages ]

Executive Summary [ PDF:120kb | 8 pages ]

Regional Social, Demographic, Economic, and Education Changes

Emerging Changes in Education Governance, Policies, and Strategies

A. Education Governance and Management

  Policy 1: Strengthening Institutional Infrastructure in the Center

  Policy 2: Improving Education Planning and Policy Capabilities of Provincial and District Institutions

  Policy 3: Restructuring School-Level Management

B. High-Quality, Equitable, and Adequately Financed Education Systems

  Policy 1: Basic Education

  Policy 2: Secondary Education

  Policy 3: Tertiary and Continuing Education

C. Descriptive Statistics and Education Indicators Policy: Strengthening the Policy Relevance of Regional Education

Introduction [ PDF:77kb | 2 pages ]

I. The Regional Context [ PDF:305kb | 24 pages ]

A. Demographic Changes

B. Economic Changes

C. Social Changes

D. Education Development

E. Typology of Developing Member Countries

II. Education, Economic Growth, and Social Change [ PDF:231kb | 12 pages ]

A. Education and Economic Growth

B. The Education Experience of Group Developing Member Countries

C. Education and Poverty Reduction

D. Education, Social Change, and Social Cohesion

III. Developing Effective Education Systems [ PDF:457kb | 58 pages ]

A. Improving Education Quality

  1. Concerns with Problems of Quality

  2. Teaching and Learning: Inside the Black Box

  3. Strategies and Conditions for Improving Education Quality

B. Increasing Equity and Access

  1. Gender-Related Equityc

  2. Income-Related Equity

  3. Locality-Related Equity

  4. Sociocultural-Related Equity

C. Choices and Strategies in Financing Education

  1. Unit Costs and their Determinants

  2. Cost Sharing in Education

  3. Strategies for Particular DMC Groupings

D. Issues and Policies by Subsystem

  1. Preprimary Education

  2. High-Quality Basic Education

  3. Junior Secondary Education

  4. Senior Secondary Education

  5. Technical-Vocational Education

  6. Tertiary Education

IV. Education Governance and Management [ PDF:369kb | 30 pages ]

A. Policy and Management Environment

  1. Central Level

  2. Intermediate Levels of Education Management

  3. School-Level Management and Autonomy

B. Privatization

C. Decentralization and Localization

  1. The India Case

  2. The PRC Case

D. Achievements, Risks, and Problems

E. Planning and Sustaining Decentralized Education Changes

F. Improving School-Community Relations

V. Emerging Education Trends and Strategies [ PDF:223kb | 25 pages ]

A. Education Governance and Management

  Policy 1: Strengthening Institutional Infrastructure in the Center

  Policy 2: Improving Education Planning and Policy Capabilities of Provincial and District Institutions

  Policy 3: Restructuring School-Level Management

B. Developing High-Quality, Equitable, Adequately Financed Education Systems

  Policy 1: Developing Effective Basic Education

  Policy 2: Developing Effective Secondary Education

  Policy 3: Developing Effective Tertiary and Continuing Education

  Policy 4: Strengthening Teacher Preparation and Upgrading

C. Developing Better Indicators and Information Policy: Strengthening Policy Relevance of a Regional System of Education Indicators

D. Some Caveats

E. Concluding Notesc

Appendixes and Bibliography [ PDF:275kb | 29 pages ]