Investing in Human Capital

Investing in Human Capital (Education News and Research 136) Proud to present Human Capital Index at high level forum in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, where HCI = 0.53, meaning child born today will achieve only half of their potential by time they turn 18 Learning for all: the essential role of teachers in inclusive education |  HannaContinue reading “Investing in Human Capital”

Human Capital Project in Central Asia

Human Capital Project in Central Asia (Education News and Research 135)  Training Assessment Project (TAP) for Moldova Lucia Casap, Koji Miyamoto and Min Ju Choi, find among other things that training providers have limited capacity to set demand-sensitive training strategies, monitor progress, and improve accountability Human Capital Project in Central Asia: Uzbekistan: World Bank presentsContinue reading “Human Capital Project in Central Asia”

Higher School of Economics

Higher School of Economics (Education News and Research 134) Higher School of Economics University: Making Way on Top of QS Rankings in Education The latest update of QS World University Rankings that was released earlier this week has placed HSE in an upper ‘100–150’ band in ‘Education’ – the highest position in this subject areaContinue reading “Higher School of Economics”

Human Capital

Human Capital (Education News and Research 133) World Bank hails ongoing Uzbekistan reforms Investing in young Radu is investing in Moldova’s future Improving the Efficiency and Equity of Public Education Spending: The Case of Moldova World Bank brings Italian experience to Eastern Croatia Are There Social Returns to Education in Developing Countries? More Education, LessContinue reading “Human Capital”

Measuring Human Capital

Measuring Human Capital (Education News and Research 132) Measuring Human Capital | Students around the world are going to school but are not learning – an emerging gap in human capital formation. To understand this gap, this paper introduces a new data set measuring learning in 164 countries and territories. The data cover 98 percentContinue reading “Measuring Human Capital”

Beyond Basic Education

Beyond Basic Education (Education News and Research 131) Beyond Basic Education: The Economic Case for Expanding Schooling in Vietnam When the World Bank published its Human Capital Index in October 2018, Vietnam ranked 48th out of 157 countries. In education, Vietnam ranked 27th in terms of harmonized learning outcomes, higher even than the regional average. This is quite an achievementContinue reading “Beyond Basic Education”

Education Systems

Education Systems (Education News and Research 130) Systems What came first? The can or the can opener? The answer to this age-old question is that the modern can and can opener were invented at exactly the same moment. This had to be true because a can without a can opener (yes, they existed) is of very little value, andContinue reading “Education Systems”

Education and Equity

Education and Equity (Education News and Research 129) Education Equity in the Russian Federation  This report outlines the findings from an analysis of inequity in Russian pre-university education. The report seeks to answer to the following questions: what the magnitude of educational inequity in Russia is and what are its sources; what practices might potentiallyContinue reading “Education and Equity”

Addressing the Learning Crisis

Education News and Research 128 The Education Crisis: Being in School Is Not the Same as Learning World Bank, Gates Foundation, DFID Join Forces to Improve Education Quality Around the World – Global Education Policy Dashboard The Right Investments to Address the Human Capital Crisis Discussing the Human Capital Index in Turkey The distance betweenContinue reading “Addressing the Learning Crisis”