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Promoting equity and inclusivity in education, particularly for women and the marginalized, is
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Asia and the Pacific need educated populations with marketable skills if economies are to move up the value chain and compete in a globalized world.
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Vocational training needs to be delivered in closer cooperation with the private sector and better aligned with the needs of labor markets.
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Knowledge gap between middle- and high-income economies in Asia
Children who are unable to go to school, even in countries where enrolment levels are high, tend to be from the poorest and most disadvantaged in society.
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Reading proficiency of 15-year-olds in Asian economies
Some economies perform better in achieving basic literacy in primary school but still underperform in secondary school. In a number of Asian economies, the majority of 15-year-olds do not meet even minimum expected proficiency in reading.
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Learning poverty and GDP per capita in Asian economies
A metric the World Bank has termed “learning poverty” refers to 10-year-olds who are unable to read a simple sentence. In a number of Asia-Pacific economies, this figure is greater than 50%, meaning that the majority of children do not have even basic literacy.
