1. SABER WB Activities in Tertiary Education
Koen Martijn Geven
February 24, 2017
WIEC, Washington DC

2. Eliminate extreme poverty by 2030 Boost shared prosperity – Bottom 40
World Bank - Twin goals
Eliminate extreme poverty by 2030 Boost shared prosperity – Bottom 40
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3. World Bank Education Financing
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4. Why does TE matter for our twin goals?
Individual and public returns to education
Breaking low-skills equilibria
Engaged and critical citizenry
Public health
Contribution to wider social & economic development
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5. What is happening in TE?
Massification
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6. What is happening in TE?
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7. What is happening in TE?
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8. What is happening in TE? Common issues: Massive expansion
Growing student mobility
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9. Global student mobility trends
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10. What is happening in TE? Common issues: Massive expansion
Growing student mobility
Persistent inequity
Diversifying private and public (private) delivery
Innovation, particularly in online provision
Employment gaps
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11. What do we do?
Operational Work
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12. Operational Projects
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13. What do we do? Operational Work African Centers of Excellence Project
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14. 1. Africa Centers of Excellence
STEM, Health and Agricultural sciences
Building African research infrastructure
Academic partnerships in research and training
Strengthening graduate training on the continent
Results based approach
8 countries
22 centers
US$150 million
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16. What do we do?
Operational Work
“Systems” or analytical work
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17. What should be our priorities?
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18. What do we do? Operational Work “Systems” or analytical work
African Centers of Excellence
“Systems” or analytical work
Systems tools for Tertiary Education
Open data
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19. TE
Tertiary Education 2.
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20. Vision for Tertiary Education
System
Sub-system
Tertiary Education Institutions
Vision for Tertiary Education
Governance
Quality Assurance
Financing
Equitable access, retention, and success
Relevance
Ensuring Outcomes:
Steering the System:
Regulatory Framework
TEMIS

21. SABER Tertiary Education
Diagnostic Tool
Framework of successful policies & practices
Collect data on education systems on request
Provide analysis useful to governments, universities & development partners

22. SABER in Action Sierra Leone
Messaging: Findings from the SABER analysis of teacher policies helped shape the government’s current largescale education reforms under its Big Results Now initiative. The SABER engagement in teachers helped identify underlying causes and key areas for reform in relation to entering the professional status and motivation of teachers. Using the World Bank Group’s Program-for-Results lending instrument for the first time in education, the Tanzanian Big Results Now in Education Program signed a US$122 million IDA credit, to be disbursed as pre-agreed results are achieved in teacher policy and other areas. The governments of the United Kingdom and Sweden are also jointly supporting the government reforms.
Building stronger and
sustainable systems

23. Open data World Bank API http://smartereducation.worldbank.org
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24. THANK YOU Please get in touch: kgeven@worldbank.org
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