Shadow Education: Private Supplementary Tutoring and Its Implications for Policy Makers in Asia

Publication | May 2012
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This study documents the scale and nature of shadow education in different parts of the region. Shadow education has been a major phenomenon in East Asia and it has far-reaching economic and social implications.

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In all parts of Asia, households devote considerable expenditures to private supplementary tutoring. This tutoring may contribute to students' achievement, but it also maintains and exacerbates social inequalities, diverts resources from other uses, and can contribute to inefficiencies in education systems.

Such tutoring is widely called shadow education, because it mimics school systems. As the curriculum in the school system changes, so does the shadow.

Contents

  • Preface
  • Executive Summary
  • Introduction
  • Mapping the Landscape
  • Demand and Supply
  • Impact of Shadow Education
  • Implications for Policy Makers
  • Conclusions
  • References

Additional Details

Type
Subjects
  • Education
  • Education sector development
Countries/Economies
  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bangladesh
  • Brunei Darussalam
  • Cambodia
  • China, People's Republic of
  • Georgia
  • Hong Kong, China
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Kazakhstan
  • Korea, Republic of
  • Kyrgyz Republic
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • Malaysia
  • Maldives
  • Mongolia
  • Myanmar
  • Nepal
  • Pakistan
  • Philippines
  • Singapore
  • Sri Lanka
  • Taipei,China
  • Tajikistan
  • Thailand
  • Turkmenistan
  • Uzbekistan
  • Viet Nam
SKU
  • BKK124580
ISBN
  • 978-92-9092-658-0 (Print)
  • 978-92-9092-659-7 (Web)

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