Challenges for education with equity.ppt

Challenges for education with equity Martín Hopenhayn Director Social Development Division, ECLAC Regional Preparatory Meeting 2011 ECOSOC Annual Ministerial Review 12 13 May, 2011, Buenos Aires, Argentina Shortfalls in achievement and learning outcomes in the school system Education-work linkage reproduces social inequities New divides – the digital divide Progressive and regressive factors in the distribution of public spending on education Policy challenges for the region Issues to be presented Education is the principal tool for preventing the lifelong perpetuation of differences in origin. Advances between generations, but intra-generational inequality is maintained Shortfalls in achievement and learning in the school system Source: ECLAC, based on Information System on Educational Trends in Latin America (SITEAL), Statistical summary I, national totals, October 2008, and special tabulations of surveys in the countries The greatest advances in coverage, with social convergence, have been made at the level of primary schooling LATIN AMERICA (17 COUNTRIES): COMPLETION OF PRIMARY EDUCATION AMONG CHILDREN BETWEEN 15 AND 19 YEARS OLD  ONE OF THE CLEAREST INDICES OF INEQUALITY IN EDUCATION IS THE CONTRAST BETWEEN SOCIOECONOMIC GROUPS IN COMPLETION OF SECONDARY SCHOOLING  LATIN AMERICA (18 COUNTRIES): COMPLETION OF UPPER SECONDARY EDUCATION AMONG PEOPLE AGED 20-24 BY PER CAPITA INCOME LEVEL AND SEX, AS OF APPROXIMATELY 2008 Source: ECLAC, based on special tabulations of household surveys in the countries. a Data for young people of indigenous or non-indigenous origin relate to eight countries and refer to 2007. Source: ECLAC, based on special processing of PISA 2009 microdata. DIVIDES IN EFFECTIVE LEARNING OUTCOMES ARE ADDED TO GAPS IN NUMBER OF YEARS OF SCHOOLING  LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN (NINE COUNTRIES) AND THE OECD AVERAGE: DISTRIBUTION OF ACHIEVEMENT LEVELS IN READING IN THE PISA TEST AMONG STUDENTS AGED 15, BY SOCIOECONOMIC AND CULTURAL G