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News & Events
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26-Apr-2011
These Pointers for Policy Development are drawn from the Thematic Review of Tertiary Education, which covered tertiary education policies in 24 countries. The findings of this review are presented in Tertiary Education for the Knowledge Society, published in September 2008.
Background reports prepared by 21 countries, Reviews of Tertiary Education in 14 countries and other documents of the review are also available on the OECD website .
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22-Apr-2011
It’s not often that OECD encourages governments to spend more – especially when public debt is soaring and budget tightening is the order of the day. But early childhood education is an exception.
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08-Apr-2011
PISA 2009 at a Glance is a companion publication to PISA 2009 Results, the six-volume report on the 2009 survey conducted by the OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA).
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04-Apr-2011
Download the presentation "Building a High-Quality Teaching Profession - Lessons from around the world"
Watch a replay of the webcast of the closing session of the International Summit on the Teaching Profession.
Download the background report - Building a High-Quality Teaching Profession: Lessons from around the world
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04-Apr-2011
Penang is one of Malaysia’s most industrial states. Its long-term economic growth has been based on manufacturing and foreign direct investments. Strong dependence on multinational corporations has brough growth and development but also an underdeveloped local industry, limited indigenous innovation and a lack of dynamic new entrepreneurship. This report explores how Penang can move up in the value chain, away from manufacturing to knowledge-driven economy.
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Consumer protection: OECD PISA Financial Literacy Study
24-Mar-2011
22/02/2011 - The OECD is testing 15 year-olds on their knowledge of personal finances and ability to apply it to their financial problems. This is the first large-scale international study to assess the financial literacy of young people. The results will be available in the next PISA study, to be released in 2013.
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15-Mar-2011
CELE launched its flagship publication "Designing for Education: Compendium of Exemplary Educational Facilities 2011" in Paris on 29 September 2011. This publication is the culmination of CELE’s continuing efforts to promote and share state-of-the-art design in educational facilities. Every Monday we will present a different "facility of the week". Don't miss them!
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23-Feb-2011
Cette publication a pour objet la conférence sur l’Enseignement supérieur dans les régions de l’OCDE tenue les 10-11 février 2011 à Séville. Ce numéro comprend également la publication des rapports d’examen par les pairs de la Banque Mondiale et l’OCDE dans la région de Bío Bío (Chili).
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22-Feb-2011
This issue reports on the OECD Conference Higher Education in Cities and Regions in Seville on the 10-11th of February. It also includes the publication of the Spanish version of the OECD World Bank Peer Review Report in the Bío Bío region (Chile).
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18-Feb-2011
The Spanish version of the OECD World Bank Bío Bío review report has just been published. The Bío Bío Region has a high concentration of higher education and research activity. Its universities and higher education institutions have made significant progress in widening access to education. But the Bío Bío Region continues to suffer from brain drain as well as higher than average unemployment and poverty rates. This joint OECD and World Bank review explores a range of helpful policy measures and institutional reforms to mobilise higher education for the development of the Bío Bío Region.
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Events
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on 20-Nov-2007
A special session of the PEB Governing Board in November 2007 highlighted a range of approaches and good practices in developing environmentally sustainable learning environments.
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Informal Meeting of OECD Education Ministers on Evaluating the Outcomes of Higher Education
from 11-Jan-2008 to 12-Jan-2008
An informal meeting of OECD Education Ministers hosted by the Ministry of Education Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) will be held in Tokyo, Japan, on the 11-12 January 2008. Ministers will discuss: society’s expectations on the outcomes of higher education; how to apply evaluation to policy and practice and assess higher education learning outcomes; and share national experiences with evaluating the quality of higher education outcomes.
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from 22-May-2007 to 23-May-2007
The conference will discuss the evaluation of the OECD activity on “Education Development for Students at Risk & those with Disabilities in South Eastern Europe” with national & international stakeholders to develop concrete perspectives for future support; provide information about relevant international & European developments with regard to education for special needs students & raise awareness for support of inclusive practices amongst policy makers at all levels; provide a platform for discussion between education Ministries, the donor community, IOs and NGOs.
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from 16-Apr-2007 to 23-Apr-2007
The aim of this Search Conference, part of a project on long-term applied research collaboration between Chinese and Swiss universities and research institutions, is to create a conversation space for researchers, working in the field of higher education, to meet and to identify current and future issues – regarding the governance, quality and financing of higher education – that might impact on the quality and contributions of higher education to the overall development of the country.
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from 14-Feb-2007 to 15-Feb-2007
This seminar proposes to take stock of the labour market orientation of tertiary education in France and in OECD countries.
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from 06-Nov-2006 to 08-Oct-2006
This Seminar is in the core CERI work on futures thinking and the Schooling for Tomorrow project. The Seminar will explore and develop as the over-arching seminar theme the connections between futures thinking, on the one hand, and governance, policy formulation and decision-making in education, on the other.
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Additional conferences and seminars related to educational building.
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from 12-Oct-2006 to 13-Oct-2006
L’OCDE s’est engagée, depuis 2002, dans une série d’activités visant à promouvoir la recherche dans les universités russes et à améliorer la gestion de la propriété intellectuelle en partenariat avec le ministère de l’éducation et des sciences. La réunion de 2006 aura lieu les 12 et 13 octobre à Tomsk et traitera tout particulièrement des échanges de pratiques couronnées de succès entre les universités russes et les universités des pays membres de l’OCDE.
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from 12-Oct-2006 to 13-Oct-2006
The OECD has been engaged, since 2002, in a series of activities to promote research in Russian universities and to improve the management of intellectual property in partnership with the Ministry of Education and Science. The 2006 meeting will take place on 12-13 October in Tomsk and will specifically address exchanges of successful practices between Russian universities and OECD member country universities.
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from 24-Oct-2005 to 25-Oct-2005
The first Forum on the theme of The Challenges for Education in a Global Economy, co-hosted with the Chilean Ministry of Education, was held in Santiago on 24-25 October 2005. This event drew on the networks of education officials and experts established since 1991 through the Directorate for Education’s Programme for Co-operation with non OECD Economies.
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Focus
PISA 2009 Results presents the findings from the most recent PISA survey, which focused on reading and also assessed mathematics and science performance.
PISA 2009 Results
Focus
This report will prove to be an invaluable resource for all those interested in the broad international picture of education, as well as for those wanting to know more about OECD work in this important domain.
Education Today 2010: The OECD Perspective
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