Education is key to economic growth and to people’s ability to earn a living. Education is important for societies, too, as they respond to increasing cultural and ethnic diversity, inequality and the needs of disadvantaged people. OECD’s Education Directorate works to help countries promote learning opportunities for all - regardless of age, gender or social background. Find out more.

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Learning Mathematics for Life: A Perspective from PISA

04-Dec-2009

This report provides and in-depth examination of 15-year old students’ mathematical literacy using the results of the second survey of the OECD’s  Programme for International Student Assessment, PISA 2003.

Call for Contributions – OECD-IMHE General Conference 2010

15-Sep-2009

The OECD’s Programme on Institutional Management in Higher Education (IMHE) has launched a call for contributions for its next General Conference, Higher Education in a World Changed Utterly: Doing More with Less, 13-15 September 2010. This represents a valuable opportunity to become part of a showcase to a high level audience in the prestigious setting of the OECD headquarters in Paris. Deadline: Monday, 4 January 2010. Contact: imhe@oecd.org.

International Expert Meeting on “The school of the future, today – a systemic approach to technology-based school innovations"

from 18-Nov-2009 to 20-Nov-2009

An International Expert Meeting on “The school of the future, today – a systemic approach to technology-based school innovations” held in Santa Catarina (Brazil) conjointly with the Secretariat for Education of the State of Santa Catarina and the OECD Centre for Educational Research and Innovation on 18-20 November 2009. (Website in Portuguese)

Action needed to improve quality and relevance of vocational education and training

22-Oct-2009

Good vocational training is an important part of a strong economy. Learning for Jobs, the initial report of the OECD policy review of vocational education and training, presents a set of policy recommendations to help countries make their vocational systems more responsive to labour market needs and boost economic growth.

Education for the future - Promoting changes in policies and practices: the way forward

15-Oct-2009

Remarks by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General, delivered at the Education Ministerial Round Table, UNESCO, 10 October 2009 - UNESCO, Paris, France

Invest in education to beat recession, boost earnings

08-Sep-2009

Growing advantages for the better educated and likely continuing high levels of unemployment as economies move out of recession will provide more and more young people with strong incentives to stay on in education. Governments need to take account of this in planning education policies, according to the latest edition of the OECD’s annual Education at a Glance.

Informal Meeting of OECD Education Ministers on Equity in Education, Oslo, 9-10 June 2009

from 09-Jun-2009 to 10-Jun-2009

OECD Education Ministers met informally in Oslo on 9-10 June 2009 under the chairmanship of Norway’s Minister of Education, Bård Vegar Solhjell, to discuss measures to improve equity in education and reduce dropout rates in upper secondary school.

Teacher effectiveness hampered by lack of incentives and bad behaviour in classrooms

16-Jun-2009

Three out of four teachers feel they lack incentives to improve the quality of their teaching, while bad behaviour by students in the classroom disrupts lessons in three schools out of five, according to a new OECD report “Creating effective teaching and learning environments”.

Equally prepared for life? How 15-year-old boys and girls perform in school

26-May-2009

School students are still being held back by gender perceptions. In most countries, girls and boys now show similar results in PISA, but systematic assessment of gender differences shows that students are still being held back by their own gender-related perceptions.

Top of the Class - High Performers in Science in PISA 2006

28-Apr-2009

Which factors contribute to the successful performance of students in science?  "Top of the Class" provides some answers by exploring how the academic achievement of students relates to the characteristics of individual students, schools and education systems.

International conference on Higher Education at a Time of Crisis: Challenges and Opportunities, 29-30 June

30-Apr-2009

The Copenhagen Business School  in co-operation with OECD/ IMHE hosted a conference on the impact of the economic crisis on higher education institutions on 29-30 June. The conference debated questions of supply and demand, costs and income in higher education and analysed the role and responsibility of higher education institutions and how to transform these challenges into opportunities.

 

OECD Thematic Review on Migrant Education - Country Background Reports

01-Apr-2009

These reports on migrant education policies and practices examine immigrant children’s access to, participation in and performance at school.  The reports also look at which interventions are working, which are not working, and why.

Many teenagers in OECD countries lack environmental science grounding, study shows

31-Mar-2009

Teenagers in OECD countries are mostly well aware of environmental issues but often know little about their causes, raising questions about how well societies will be equipped to tackle such challenges in the future, according to a new OECD publication.

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