20.500.12592/j8q560
Fixing the Foundation: Teachers and Basic Education in East Asia and Pacific
20 September 2023
Summary
Countries in middle-income East Asia and the Pacific were already experiencing serious learning deficits prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-related school disruptions have only made things worse. Learning poverty -- defined as the percentage of 10-year-olds who cannot read and understand an age-appropriate text -- is as high as 90 percent in several countries. Several large Southeast Asian countries consistently perform well below expectations on adolescent learning assessments. This report examines key factors affecting student learning in the region, with emphasis on the central role of teachers and teaching quality. It also analyzes the role education technologies, which came into widespread use during the pandemic, and examines the political economy of education reform. The report presents recommendations on how countries can strengthen teaching to improve learning and, in doing so, can enhance productivity, growth, and future development in the region.
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basic education teachers education reform education spending education :: effective schools and teachers education :: education reform and management education :: education indicators and statistics education :: knowledge for development learning poverty political constraints improved learning poor teaching education :: teaching and learning basic learning deficit technical challenges middle-income