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Education & development
Opportunities to improve education sector performance (pdf 552kb)
This summary paper is of a recent study, where the World Bank and regional partners looked at what can be done to recapture the momentum toward high quality, universal education in the Pacific region.Education in the Pacific region has long been a focus of government effort and donor support. In the 1970s and 1980s, as countries that had been protectorates and trust territories moved to independence, efforts concentrated on expanding services and increasing the percentage of children who attended school. Education became much more available, especially to remote islands and under-served populations. By the 1990s, students were attending secondary school at higher rates, and primary school enrolment topped 90 percent in several Pacific countries.
A decade later, even as governments invest generously in education, this early promise has stalled. Across the region, concern is growing that too many students do not complete a basic primary education or make the transition to secondary school. Education quality is an issue, as is equitable access to the limited number of places in the region's secondary schools. In a recent study, the World Bank and regional partners looked at what can be done to recapture the momentum toward high quality, universal education in the Pacific region.
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http://www-wds.worldbank.org/ external/default/ WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2007/03/07/ 000090341_20070307161605/Rendered/PDF/ 388650EAP0P079101OFFICIAL0USE0ONLY1.pdf - Source: World Bank (http://www.worldbank.org)
- Added to ADG on: 23 March 2007 , contributed by: ADG team
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