ECOSOC Annual Ministerial Review

Regional Preparatory meeting for Latin America and the Caribbean

Key Education Challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean: Teachers, Quality, and Equity

12-13 May 2011Buenos Aires, ArgentinaA comprehensive reference frameworkfor quality in education

Committed to facilitate global understanding of Quality of EducationIn progressObjective: enhance national technical capacity to analyze/diagnose, improve and monitor the quality of their general education systemsJointly with Members States and others International Agencies that work on development and education.UNESCO

EducationKey for country development and economic prosperityPrepares people to embrace and adapt to change but also to manage and influence it.Creates mutual understanding and underpins peaceful societies.A human rightA public goodLong life.Right to quality education for all

EFA Goal 6 Remains a ChallengeUndeniable progress toward expanding access to education.It has not been met by comparable progress in improving education quality.

Frequent approach: quality is equal to the efficiency and effectivenessMultidimensional conceptImplies a value judgment ______ *What Do We Mean by Education Quality?

What Do We Mean by Education Quality? A broad concept of quality education:EffectiveRelevant or responsive,Equitable,EfficientAs denoting substantive access ______ *

Processes

Inputs

Outcomes

Outputs

Relevance/Responsiveness Graduates Learners CitizenshipElements of the FrameworkGeneric core SkillsAcademic KnowledgeCognitive SkillsNon-cognitive SkillsFiscal ResourcesHuman ResourcesTechnical ResourcesPhysical environmentPsycho-Social environmentTeachingLearningAssessmentManagementGovernanceSubstantiveAccessAcquisition ofgrade-specificoutcomesAssessed of Progression Successful Completion Optimum AttainmentEquity/InclusionEfficiency

Constraints to Education Quality Improvement Efforts limited in scopeThe tendency to address pre-defined challenges and to generalize them Fragmented interventionsImpatience with comprehensive diagnostics that should precede and accompany quality improvement interventions ______ *

______ *Beyond 2015 - Where do we go from here? Rethinking quality of education: how do the various aspects of quality relate to each other? Pedagogical methods, assessment of and for learning, 21st century skills, etc.Education convergence in LAC

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