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5.42
3.94
3.78
4.18
3.58
3.53
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2.66
3.12
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Education Achievements
and Challenges in South
and SE Asia
Strong educational progress but
uneven across countries and
provinces
Significant school disparities in
access, participation and
completion across gender, income,
and social groups remain
Low quality of education and high
disparity in learning outcomes
Strong Improvements in
School Enrolment and
Attainment
Region, Country
Ave. Years
Highest Level Attained
and Year
South Asia
1980
Bangladesh
2010
1980
India
2010
1980
Nepal
2010
1980
Sri Lanka
2010
Other Asian Countries
1980
China, P.R. of
2010
1980
Indonesia
2010
1980
Philippines
2010
1980
Thailand
2010
1980
Vietnam
2010
4.91
7.58
3.68
7.65
6.16
8.40
3.77
7.90
5.13
7.15
24.8
5.2
31.9
7.5
8.6
2.7
14.2
3.4
20.5
15.2
40.7
23.7
55.1
43.8
48.9
27.2
70.4
47.9
37.7
22.3
33.7
66.7
12.4
42.3
26.3
46.4
12.3
35.5
40.9
56.8
Tertiary
1.1
4.1
2.3
8.5
1.2
2.9
0.8
14.6
0.9
4.4
0.6
6.4
16.3
23.7
3.1
13.3
0.9
5.7
But Disparities
Remain
6
60
40
20
Bangladesh
Bhutan
India
Maldives
Nepal
Sri Lanka
2000
Latest year
31.5
30
27.5
20
25.0
24.2
25
22.7
21.6
18.4
21.4
20.9
20.9
18.1
16.4
15
21.0
15.2
13.8
11.6
11.3
10
11.4
13.2
11.2
14.8
8.8
5
0
BAN
IND
NEP
SRI
PRC
INO
KOR
MAL
PHI
SIN
THA
VIE
79.2
Malaysia (2007)
50.1
Vietnam (2009)
43.5
39.5
Nepal (2013)
31.9
Philippines (2009)
31.1
Bangladesh (2013)
21.9
Sri Lanka(2011)
18.4
India (2006)
15.9
Indonesia (2009)
4.7
20
40
60
80
85.3
83.1
9.2
80.4
15.7
78.5
23.9
Indonesia (2007)
9.3
Philippines (2000)
7.6
23.7
13.1
Malaysia (2000)
68.5
67.1
26.2
25.2
60.7
23.6
35.8
0
10
20
51.2
22.0
30
40
50
42.2
60
70
80
90
100
Policy Implications
Focus on improving quality of education and
broadening access to it to address poor and
high disparity in learning outcomes
More efforts required toward improving the
readiness of graduates to satisfy changing
demands
Mainstream education and skills development
in national development policies to ensure
that education and skills development could
support economic development priorities
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Thank You
Jong-Wha Lee
E-mail: jongwha@korea.ac.kr
Tel.: +82-2-3290-1600