Strong performers and successful reformers in education
Subtitle: education policy advice for Greece
Series: Strong performers and successful reformers in education
Publisher: OECD
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 109
ISBN-13: 9789264119574; 9789264119581
Subjects: Education and state; Education
Description: The future of Greece’s well-being will depend on improving educational performance to boost productivity and improve social outcomes. In the current economic context, with the need to get best value for spending, Greece must and can address inefficiencies in its education system. The challenges are significant. For example, Greece lags behind many OECD countries in performance on PISA, including countries with the same or lower levels of expenditure per student as well as countries with the same and lower levels of economic development. Salary costs per student are above the OECD average, mostly because Greek teachers have less teaching time and Greece has smaller classes. A smaller percentage of students who enter tertiary education complete a first degree within the statutory study time than in any other country in Europe. To address the challenges, the Greek government has established a bold agenda and sought advice from a task force on the development and implementation of reform proposals that reflect best practices in OECD countries. This report provides the outcomes of the work of the task force. It presents a roadmap for how the reforms can be successfully implemented, with pointers to relevant experience in other countries. As a contribution to the on-going policy discussions in Greece, it recommends specific short-, medium- and long-term actions that can improve efficiency in the country’s education system.
Notes: "This work is published on the responsibility of the Secretary-General of the OECD"--T.p. verso.

"Corrigenda to OECD publications may be found online at: www.oecd.org/publishing/corrigenda"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Chapter 1. Improving efficiency in primary and secondary education; title: Development and use of human resources; title: Rationalisation of the school network; title: Evaluation and assessment; title: Governance and managment; title: Chapter 2. Improving efficiency in tertiary education; title: Competitiveness of tertiary education; title: Issues related to efficiency and effectiveness; title: Current and proposed reforms; title: Summary of recommendations; title: References; title: Annex A. Comparative performance of the Greek school system; title: Learning outcomes; title: Equity in the distribution of learning opportunities; title: The learning environment in the classroom and at school; title: How schooling is organised: upper secondary level.