Overview of Regional Report on EFA2000 Assessment Victor M. Ordonez 17 January 2000 Bangkok

2 - Overview: 42 country reports, 4 sub-regional syntheses - Quantitative dimensions; qualitative dimensions - Analysis of past performance; strategies for the future Bangkok Jomtien Mar 1990 Jan 2000 Dakar Apr 2000

3 Results of the Assessment Implications of the Assessment THE ROAD BEHIND THE ROAD AHEAD Bangkok Jomtien Mar 1990 Jan 2000 Dakar Apr 2000

4 ROAD BEHIND Education for Quality of Life Primary Education Early Childhood Adult Literacy Learning Achievement Skills Training

5 ROAD BEHIND Primary Education Primary Education + Increase in enrolment

6 Primary Enrolment vs. Population

7 ROAD BEHIND Primary Education + Increase in enrolment – Narrowed focus: EFA = SFA – Widening disparities – Low retention Primary Education

8 Survival Rate to Grade 5 Source: EFA reports (%)

9 ROAD BEHIND Primary Education + Increase in enrolment – Narrowed focus: EFA = SFA – Widening disparities – Low retention Primary Education

10 ROAD BEHIND Primary Education Early Childhood Early Childhood + Rapid expansion (except in Central Asia)

11 Pre-primary Enrolment

12 ROAD BEHIND Primary Education Early Childhood + Rapid expansion (except in Central Asia) + Community support – Urban biased – Poor sustainability – Lack of data and training Early Childhood

13 ROAD BEHIND Primary Education Early Childhood Adult Literacy + Focus on functional literacy + Community learning centres

14 Estimated Adult Literacy Rates (%) (source: Compendium of Statistics of Illiteracy, UNESCO)

15 ROAD BEHIND Primary Education Early Childhood Adult Literacy + Focus on functional literacy + Community learning centres – Unreliable statistics – Uneven growth – Insufficient resources and status

16 ROAD BEHIND Primary Education Early Childhood Adult Literacy Learning Achievement Learning Achievement + Focus on assessment + Testing the system, not the students – No significant progress

17 ROAD BEHIND Primary Education Early Childhood Adult Literacy Learning Achievement Skills Training Skills Training + Linkage with industry and agriculture – Failure to meet new dimensions of the future

18 ROAD BEHIND Education for Quality of Life Primary Education Early Childhood Adult Literacy Learning Achievement Skills Training Education for Quality of Life + Growing importance of other information channels – Difficulty of systematizing and quantifying this dimension

19 ROAD BEHIND Education for Quality of Life Primary Education Early Childhood Adult Literacy Learning Achievement Skills Training

20 Education for Quality of Life Primary Education Early Childhood Adult Literacy Learning Achievement Skills Training ROAD BEHIND Resources Management Information

21 Multi and Bi-literal Assistance for Education Source: UNESCO World Education Report, 1999

22 Education for Quality of Life Primary Education Early Childhood Adult Literacy Learning Achievement Skills Training ROAD BEHIND Resources Management Information

23 Jomtien Dakar Results of the Assessment Implications of the Assessment THE ROAD BEHIND THE ROAD AHEAD Bangkok Mar 1990 Jan 2000 Apr 2000

24 ROAD AHEAD From enrolment to achievement From schooling to learning From education for children to education for all (young child, youth, adults, special needs)

25 ROAD AHEAD From more resources to better and new use of resources From a ministry responsibility to a societal responsibility

26 ROAD AHEAD From advocacy to activity to analysis

27 Advocacy Analysis Activity Jomtien, 1990 Dakar, 2000 Amman, 1996 Bangkok, 2000

28 ROAD AHEAD From advocacy to activity to analysis From efficiency to effectiveness

29 General Trends School Age Population Enrolment

30 General Trends School Age Population Budget in Education Enrolment

31 ROAD AHEAD From advocacy to activity to analysis From efficiency to effectiveness

32 Jomtien Dakar Results of the Assessment Implications of the Assessment THE ROAD BEHIND THE ROAD AHEAD Bangkok Mar 1990 Jan 2000 Apr 2000

33 Expanding the vision Creating new paradigms, devising new funding mechanisms Sustaining societal advocacy

34 Jomtien Dakar Results of the Assessment Implications of the Assessment THE ROAD BEHIND THE ROAD AHEAD Bangkok Mar 1990 Jan 2000 Apr 2000

Overview of Regional Report on EFA2000 Assessment Victor M. Ordonez 17 January 2000 Bangkok