Education at a Glance 2012: Country Notes - Japan

Although the salaries of experienced teachers in Japan are high relative to other OECD countries, their starting salaries are lower and working hours are longer. Moreover, different from the trend across OECD countries, teachers’ salaries have been declining since 2000 in real terms.

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Education at a Glance 2012: Country Notes - Germany

Germany’s early childhood education system is fairly well-developed: 96% of four-year-olds are enrolled in early childhood education programmes, and 89% of three-year-olds are. These levels are well above the respective OECD averages of 79% and 66%.

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Regards sur l'éducation 2012 : Notes pays - France

L’école maternelle est ouverte au plus grand nombre en France malgré un investissement par élève moindre par rapport à la moyenne des pays de l’OCDE, ce qui se traduit par un taux d’encadrement (enseignants et auxiliaires d’éducation confondus) plus élevé en France que dans la plupart des pays de l’OCDE.

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Education at a Glance 2012: Country Notes - European Union

The relative earnings premium for those with a tertiary education increased in most EU21 countries over the past ten years, indicating that the demand for more educated individuals still exceeds supply.

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OECD Reviews of Vocational Education and Training: A Skills beyond School Review of Korea

OECD Reviews of Vocational Education and Training: A Skills beyond School Review of Korea

Education: OECD calls for reform of postsecondary vocational education and training in Denmark

Denmark should build on the strengths of its vocational and educational training programme to ensure that young people enter the labour market with the skills companies need and to meet the national goal of having 60% of young people enter higher education by 2020, according to a new OECD report.

CELE Exchange - No. 64 - October 2008

CELE Exchange - No. 64 - October 2008

CELE Exchange - February 2009

CELE Exchange - February 2009

CELE Exchange 2012/3 - School closures and community revitalisation: the case of Óbidos, Portugal

Rural communities in many countries are faced with the need to restructure their school networks and close some smaller facilities. Óbidos, a town in western Portugal, provides a case study of how to meet these challenges by creating new school complexes that offer improved educational opportunities to the teaching staff, students and local people.