BEIJING, March 15 (Xinhua) -- The school system in
The East Asia and Pacific region is on the way to equitable development in education, said the report,"Growing Smarter: Learning and Equitable Development in East Asia and the Pacific."
The East Asia Pacific region has seven of the top 10 performing education systems in the world, with schools in
"Providing a high-quality education to all children, regardless of where they are born, isn't just the right thing to do, it is also the foundation of a strong economy and the best way to stop and reverse rising inequalities," said Victoria Kwakwa, World Bank vice president for East Asia and Pacific.
According to the report, improving education is necessary to sustain economic growth. The report also highlights ways that countries in the region have been able to improve learning outcomes.
"It is noticeable that,
It has the largest education system in the region, with 182 million students enrolled in basic deduction. The net enrollment in primary schools in
One of the key findings of the report is that across the region, household incomes do not necessarily determine educational success.
According to PISA scores in
"Quality policies and sound practices in the classroom are what determine how much students learn," said Jaime Saavedra, the World Bank's senior director for education.
"For policymakers looking to improve their school systems, allocating existing budgets efficiently and systematically can make a real difference in the lives of children across the region," he said.
A quarter of the world's school-age children, about 331 million, live in the East Asia and the Pacific region.
Up to 40 percent of them attend school in education systems whose students are ahead of average students in OECD countries.
These schools are not only in wealthy countries such as
It also highlights that student performance is not necessarily tied to a country's income level. By age 10, for example, the average Vietnamese student outperforms all but the top students in
"Equalizing the quality of education and ensuring that children develop both basic and complex skills through education will be necessary to meet future labor market demands," Crawford said. "Sustainable commitment by governments is vital in ensuring that that reforms produce learning."