Primary Education in Latin America: The Unfinished Agenda
This paper asks a deceptively simple question. After over a decade of concern about and investment in primary education, what have been the results and how much further does the region need to go before it has achieved a primary education of quality for all children? The paper creatively reviews available data for four countries (Brazil, Chile, Honduras, and Costa Rica) as well as for the region as a whole. The critical policies and investments identified over ten years ago have only been partially implemented. Their full implementation is still needed. They include building up teacher knowledge, pedagogy, and commitment; increasing enrollment in pre-schooling, especially of at-risk children; providing adequate and appropriate teaching materials; targeting resources to disadvantaged children; articulating clear national learning goals; and improving the technical quality and utilization of testing programs.
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| Format: | Technical Notes biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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Inter-American Development Bank
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| Subjects: | Primary and Secondary Education, Youth and Children, Education;Youth;Education;Publications;Social Development;Sustainable Development;Training;primary education, |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0008792 https://publications.iadb.org/en/primary-education-latin-america-unfinished-agenda |
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