Experience Exchange between ECA and Latin America: Learning Across Regions Greenland (Den.) Fiji Samoa Kiribati Tonga Cook Islands (N.Z.) French Polynesia (Fr.) United States Canada The Bahamas Cayman Is.(U.K.) Mexico Cuba Turks and Caicos Is. (U.K.) Jamaica Haiti Dom. Rep. Belize Antigua & Barbuda Guatemala St. Lucia St. Kitts &Nevis Honduras Dominica El Salvador St.Vincent & Nicaragua Grenadines Barbados Grenada Panama Trinidad & Tobago Costa Rica R.B. de Guyana Venezuela Suriname Colombia French Guiana Fr.) ( Ecuador Peru Bermuda (U.K.) Bolivia Paraguay Brazil Uruguay Iceland Faeroe Norway Islands Russian Federation (Den.) Sweden Finland The Netherlands Estonia Isle of Man (U.K.) Denmark RussianLatvia Fed. Lithuania Ireland U. K. PolandBelarus Belgium Germany Luxembourg Ukraine Kazakhstan Mongolia Liechtenstein Austria Moldova Switzerland Romania France D. P. R. Andorra Bulgaria Georgia Kyrgyz of Korea Spain Italy Azerbaijan Uzbekistan Armenia Rep. Portugal Monaco Turkey Tajikistan Rep. of Japan Greece Turkmenistan China Korea Gibraltar (U.K.) Malta Cyprus Syrian Tunisia Lebanon A. R. Afghanistan Islamic Rep. Morocco Israel Iraq of Iran West Bank and Gaza Jordan Pakistan Bhutan Kuwait Nepal Algeria Libya Arab Rep. Bahrain Western of Egypt Saudi Qatar Sahara Arabia U. A. E. India Myanmar Lao Cabo Oman Mauritania P.D.R. N. Mariana Islands U.S.) ( Verde Bangladesh Mali Niger Eritrea Rep. of Senegal Sudan Thailand Vietnam Guam (U.S.) The Gambia Burkina Chad Yemen Cambodia Philippines Guinea Bissau Guinea Faso Nigeria Djibouti Federated States of Micronesia Marshall Islands Côte Benin Sierra Leone Ghana Central Sri Ethiopia Brunei South d Ivoire African Lanka Darussalam Sudan Palau Liberia Cameroon Rep. Somalia Togo Malaysia Maldives Equatorial Guinea Uganda Singapore São Tomé and Príncipe Gabon Rwanda Kenya Nauru Kiribati Congo Dem. Rep. Burundi of Congo Tanzania Seychelles Indonesia Papua New Angola Guinea Solomon Comoros Timor Leste Islands Tuvalu Malawi Mayotte Zambia (Fr.) Zimbabwe Mozambique Vanuatu Madagascar Mauritius Namibia Botswana LaRéunion Fiji (Fr.) New Swaziland Caledonia (Fr.) South Africa Lesotho Australia Chile Argentina New Zealand
QUALITY: Poor outcomes in relative and absolute terms 57% of 15 yr olds functionally illiterate, compared to 18.8% in OECD and 17.4% in the Russian Federation Rural students 2 full years behind urban peers EFFICIENCY: Decreasing school age population
Education reform tackling quality, efficiency and relevance Strengthened quality measurement tools: modernized student assessments; joined PISA (2009 Plus and 2015); consolidated EMIS Promoted transparency in access to information: school report cards Introduced per capita financing and decentralization promoting consolidation of school network
Partner supporting education sector for over 5 years through multiple instruments Education Reform Project supports: 1. implementation of quality assurance standards for receiving schools 2. establishment of teachers and school directors training and remuneration programs 3. improvement in student assessment systems 4. strengthening efficiency of the sector improvement in the quality of data and management systems
Disburses against set of indicators (actions, outputs and outcomes) focused on education quality and efficiency Project designed to disburse USD 6 million once: Training program for teachers and directors is updated and approved Agreed percentage of teachers and directors are trained under the updated program New remuneration program for teachers and directors is adopted
Brainstorming session between key Ministry officials and Bank s experts focused on teachers recruitment, career, remuneration, incentives, and training. SABER-Teachers 2014 country report identified the strengths and weaknesses of the teacher policies in Moldova and pinpointed areas for improvement. Grant financing from South to South Facility to promote learning exchange on teacher issues (U$47k)
Increase knowledge base as a first step stone to devising policy reforms Replicate success; avoid same mistakes Bonus: Participation of officials from Georgia, promoting intra-regional exchanges How? Meeting key policy makers, lectures and debriefings from officials and local experts on specific topics, visits to government offices/agencies and schools
Among countries with biggest PISA improvement (2000 and 2012) Solid assessment systems providing tools to measure and monitor quality Have tackled various aspects of improving the teaching force, including recruitment, performance evaluations, deployment, accountability and incentives Chile was the first country to introduce a teacher bonus program (1996) Brazil provides opportunity to learn interventions at various levels of the system (federal, state and municipal)
Enhanced knowledge, skills and implementation know-how Establishment of an informal peer network that could function as a sounding board Enjoyment of the host cities