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OECD and Education
Deborah Roseveare
Head, Education and Training Policy Division
Directorate for Education
28th April, 2011
What is the OECD?
Established 50 years ago – Turkey a founding member
International organisation with 34 member countries
(and the European Union)
Mission to promote better policies for better lives
How does OECD work?
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engage governments and also a wide range of stakeholders
compare policy experiences across countries and draw
together lessons and policy options for countries
link together policies across different sectors to achieve better
outcomes
economics
environment
health
competition
taxation
migration
corruption governance
social policy
investment
trade
agriculture
development
pensions insurance innovation
entrepreneurship
investment
Education
policy analysis
Education is an investment in the future. Our work on education aims to
make that investment strong, effective and fair
OECD Directorate for Education focuses on key challenges facing
education systems today
Topics OECD Education covers
Transitions
beyond
Initial Education
Equity and Equality
of Opportunity
Outcomes, Benefits
and Returns
Adult Learning
Higher Education
Innovation and Knowledge
Management
Schooling
LifeLong
Learning
Early Childhood Education and Care
Education and Training Policy
Research findings
and data Policy analysis
Lessons from
international
experience
Timely, relevant, constructive
policy advice to countries
On one topic
across countries
On one country
across several topics One topic
for one country
Constant learning cycle
Subject experience
International experience
Tacit knowledge
Expertise in
policy analysis
working with stakeholders
building capacity
making reform happen
Networks
research community
policy experts
officials
stakeholders
Some recent ETP reviews
Current ETP reviews
Encouraging quality in ECEC
Overcoming school failure: policies that work
Improving outcomes in lower secondary school in Norway
Transitions for Students with Disabilities beyond Secondary
School
Assessment and Evaluation Frameworks for Improving
School Outcomes
Investing in youth in emerging economies
Skills beyond School
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Common policy challenges
Skills beyond School
How can institutional frameworks, funding and governance arrangements
be designed to encourage:
– optimal balance between post-secondary VET and academic
programmes?
– providers to respond to labour market needs?
– innovation and efficient provision of programmes?
How to manage costs of post-secondary VET
(private and public)?
How to strengthen quality assurance
– to drive improvement?
– to increase accountability?
How well do programmes correspond to labour market needs?
– Do they broadly match job openings?
– Do they lead to better labour market outcomes?
– Do they provide technical, generic, soft skills that
• employers currently want
• are transferable though working life
• underpin lifelong learning
How to make providers more responsive to labour market needs?
How to strengthen “job-readiness” skills?
How to most effectively engage employers, trade unions and other
stakeholders in postsecondary VET?
How to collect, interpret and use data on labour market outcomes effectively?
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Common policy challenges
Skills beyond School
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Which tools are best for sideways and upwards mobility through post-
secondary education?
– Qualifications frameworks
– Credit transfer arrangements
– Recognition of prior learning
How to raise completion rates?
– Tighter and/or tougher student entry requirements?
– Stricter quality control of programmes offered?
– Better orientation and guidance?
– More effective student support?
– Better student preparation?
– Rebalancing funding across providers and students?
– Improve flexibility and mobility through system?
Common policy challenges
Skills beyond School
Thank you!
www.oecd.org/edu
www.oecd.org/edu/pointers
www.oecd.org/edu/earlychildhood
www.oecd.org/edu/evaluationpolicy
www.oecd.org/edu/equity
www.oecd.org/edu/learningforjobs
www.oecd.org/education/vet