understanding of quality of education

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UNESCO’s understanding of

education quality

Atilio PizarroSection Chief for Planning, Management, Monitoring and EaluationO!EA"C#UNESCO Santiago



$nternational Commitments on

Education Millennium Development Goals

2. Achieve universal primaryeducation

3. Promote gender equality andempower women

1. Expanding earlychildhood care andeducation

2. Free andcompulsory primary

education for all

3. earning ! life s"illsfor young people andadults

#. $ncrease adultliteracy

%. Eliminating genderdisparities and achievinggender equality

&. $mproving all

EFA Dakar Goals

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Assessing progress towards EFAAssessing progress towards EFA

(oals(oals

in atin America and the )ari**eanin atin America and the )ari**ean• UPE is no longer a challenge with overall 95%

enrolment (UIS, 2008)

• Access to pre-primary level (ECCE), as well asaccess and comletion o! secondar" ed#cation $

&E, are serio#s concerns'

• al! o! the "o#th o#lation (20 to 2 "ears) have notcomleted secondar" ed#cation, the threshold !or*eing o#t o! overt"'

• +eed to imrove #alit" o! ed#cation at all levels'

• he great social ine#alit" in -atin .merica and theCari**ean is a ro*lem that ed#cation has not "et

*een a*le to solve'



EFA (oal & +emains a )hallenge

•Undenia*le rogress toward e/andingaccess to ed#cation

• It has not *een met *" comara*lerogress in imroving ed#cation #alit",which a!!ect, to a large e/tent, the mostv#lnera*le individ#als and gro#s'

• his is a ermanent challenge in the region

that shall contin#e *e"ond 205



• Ens#re that Ed#cation !or .ll (E1.) remains

a riorit" on the glo*al agenda,

• S#ort co#ntries e!!orts to meet the si/E1. goals *" 205, with a seci!ic

emhasis on e#it"'• .ct *e"ond this3

• S#staina*le develoment

•

Incl#sion,• Social cohesion and social 4#stice,

• -i!elong learning

•

igher ed#cation and research'

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,hy focus on -uality

• +eed to increase the e!!ectiveness o!

ed#cation and training s"stems'

• +eed to red#ce the o*served ine#alitiesamong vario#s categories o! the o#lation'

• 6rowing diversit" and comle/it" o!societies3• 7igration,• Ur*aniation,• C#lt#ral glo*aliation, and• 6reater access to e/anding so#rces and

channels o! transmission o! in!ormation,nowledge and val#es'



• .n e!!ective means to !ight overt",

• Emowers individ#als,

• :reares eole to em*race and adat tochange *#t also to manage and in!l#ence it,

• ;#ild democracies, and !oster eace!#lsocieties,

• . h#man right and #*lic good

•

Is an indisensa*le element !or achievings#staina*le develoment

• -ong li!e learning

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• Learning to know

•

Learning to do• Learning to live together

• Learning to be

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• o ens#re the cognitive develoment o!learners

• In n#rt#ring the creative and emotional

growth o! learners and in heling them toac#ire val#es and attit#des !orresonsi*le citienshi

-uality 4 the purpose of Education-uality 4 the purpose of Education



• 1re#ent aroach3 #alit" is e#al to thee!!icienc" and e!!ectiveness

• 7#ltidimensional concet

• Imlies a val#e 4#dgment

• . d"namic concet that changes and

evolves with time and changes

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Ne% times, ne% demands in "AC

• he co#ntries o! the region are living large

social and olitical changes3 new

aradigms and models o! develoment,

new constit#tional !ramewors and

re!orms to the ed#cation laws'

• Constit#tional and legal mandates ose

ro!o#nd challenges to ed#cation

s"stems'



A rights&'ased a((roach) a(aradigm shift* E+A#P!E"AC

UNESCO, -..-/ '• o go !rom an emhasis on in#ts and str#ct#res

to one on eole

• o go !rom mere transmission o! content and

#nderstanding to comrehensive develoment o!h#man *eings'

• o go !rom homogeneit" to diversit"

• o go !rom !oc#s laced on schools alone as

ven#es !or ed#cation to Ded#cating societ"



• Ed#cation is a #*lic good and a h#manright !rom which no*od" can *e e/cl#ded

• Calls !or incl#sive #alit" ed#cation

•

. artic#lar !oc#s on v#lnera*le andmarginalied gro#s'

• Schooling *e !ree and o*ligator"

• =ights o! nondiscrimination and !#ll

articiation'

• .ss#re e#it" in three dimensions3 inaccess, in rocess, and in res#lts'

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Under the rights !ramewor *ase !or

#alit" o! ed#cation, it has *een

identi!ied three s#*stantive asects3

•=elevance

•:ertinence

•E#it"

.lso, since *eing a #*lic action matter, it is incl#ded two e"oerational asects #nder the rights aroach3

•E!!icac"

•E!!icienc"

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QualityEducation

Pertinence

Relevance

Efficiency

Efficacy

Equity

@iversit" and !le/i*ilit" C#rric#l#m =eg#lation

Classroom racticesassessment anal"sis

>*4ective achievement, c#rric#l#m management

.ccess Comletion St#dents academic achievement eachers (who are the", conditions, ractices) Climate

1inance, reso#rces management, socialresonsi*ilit"

7anagement, articiation .vaila*ilit"#se o! reso#rces

Incl#sion, e#al oort#nities, reso#rces .chievement arit" (e!!icac") endencies .lternative ed#cationositive discrimination

=ights, illars, meanings C#rric#l#m =eg#lation :racticesassessment

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=ethining quality of education3• how do the vario#s asects o! #alit" relate to each otherF• :edagogical methods,• assessment o! and !or learning,• 2st cent#r" sills, etc'

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Education converence in !A"• Creating a s#ite o! ed#cation #alit" indicators

• +eed to asses and #nderstand the imact o!

ed#cation in mitigating inequity

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