1. INVESTING IN EDUCATION AND SKILLS OECD WORLD FORUM 16-19 OCTOBER 2012, NEW DELHI Dr. Barbara Ischinger OECD, Director for Education Division

2. 1.The case for investing in education and skills 2.What progress are countries making? 3.What is OECD doing to develop the evidence base? 2 Outline

3. 2012 Education at a Glance Employment prospects increase with the level of education Percentage of 25-64 year-olds in employment, by level of education (2010)

4. 4 Marginal effects of education levels on civic and political engagement

5. Change in reading performance between 2000 and 2009 Score point change Reading performance improved Reading performance declined

6. Thank you ! Barbara.Ischinger@oecd.org www.pisa.oecd.org/ www.skills.oecd.org/ www.oecd.org/edu/