Analyzes the dynamics associated with the growth of graduate education in Asia, with particular attention to the middle-income countries of Southeast Asia.
Builds on nine recent national studies on out-of-school children in MENA* by bringing in analysis and key findings on profiles as well as barriers and policy responses from these studies.
Presents the scale and mechanisms of exclusion in the region, and to bring to the fore a number of tools and resources that are available to promote the educational inclusion of all children.
Warns that without attracting and adequately training enough teachers the learning crisis will last for several generations and hit the disadvantaged the hardest.
Presents the scale of education exclusion across the region, with a specific focus on the four countries with highest populations of out-of-school children.
Presents the key technical, institutional and political supports countries need to develop and sustain robust assessments of learning that can help inform imjprovements in policy and practice.