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In Latin America, as in other regions, there is growing awareness of the valuable contributions that international comparisons of education can make to the development of national education policies. Mercosur now appears poised to undertake the development of internationally comparable education statistics and indicators for its member countries, a process that eventually could lead to a system of comparative indicators covering all or most of South America, and perhaps even Latin America as a whole. Moreover, Mercosur’s apparent intention to link its projected indicators to the indicators developedfor OECD’s Indicators of Education Systems (INES) project raises the attractive prospect
that the Mercosur countries eventually will be able to compare education systems not only among themselves but also with the systems of North America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region.
This post is also available in: Spanish Portuguese (Brazil)The education law and the various decennial and operation plans of education have specifically presented a policy of education participation, where the community, families and organizations non-governmental are stimulated to integrate in the development of education programs and projects.
This post is also available in: Spanish Portuguese (Brazil)Since the release of the Report Card on Education in 2003, there were important changes in the economic and politic field. In the first case, Peru presented during the last years a sustained economic growth of around 5% and it slightly reduced…
This post is also available in: Spanish Portuguese (Brazil)There is consensus that education is vital for economic development, social progress and democracy strengthening. However, today, most children in Latin America and the Caribbean have no access to quality education. In fact, Latin-American schools are in crisis and are not educating…
