r b~~~~~~~~~ AA oSa 21589 April 1999 r0 - & North Africa: A Strategy Towards Learning for Development Human DeveLopment Sector Middle East & North Africa Region TABLE OF CONTENTS I. THE CONTEXT AND HISTORY IN WHICH THE WORLD BANK AND ITS CLIENTS OPERATE 5 Economic, Social and Political Background 5 Education Status and Evolution of Education Systems 7 Access 7 Education Attainment and Literacy 10 Equity 10 Quality 11 Financing 13 Private Participation 14 II. FIVE DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES FOR EDUCATION IN MENA 16 Emphasize "Learning to Learn" and Reach Internationally Competitive Performance Standards 17 Improve System Effectiveness in Building Human Capital and Engendering Social Cohesion 18 Ensure Universal Completion of Compulsory Education of Good Quality 19 Increase Country-Level Information on Education and the Effects of Reform 21 Maintain a Sustainable Financial Foundation for Education 23 III. SIX STRATEGIC PATHS FOR OBTAINING DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES 24 Establish Comprehensive Policy Frameworks for Long Term Programs of Development and Reform 25 Focus on Results: Improve Performance at All Levels 25 Increase Private Sector Participation in Education Through Legal, Regulatory and Accreditation Frameworks 27 Improve Internal Efficiency 28 Build a Community of Learners 30 Inform Everybody 31 IV. HOW THE WORLD BANK GROUP CAN ASSIST ITS CLIENTS IN MENA IN THE FUTURE 32 LIST OF FIGURES, TABLES, AND BOXES Figures Figure 1 PubLic Sector Workers' Share of TotaL EmpLoyment, earLy 1990s 6 Figure 2 Average GDP AnnuaL Growth 6 Figure 3 Low TeLephone Coverage Impedes KnowLedge Transfer 7 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK 1 Figure 4 Demographic Trends: Ages 5-14 (OOs) 9 Figure 5 Adults' Average Year of SchooLing-various years 9 Figure 6 Urbanization and Literacy Rates, 1995 10 Figure 7 ChiLdren Age 6-10 Out of School 11 Figure 8 School Attendance by Income Level 12 Figure 9 Number of Girls Enrolled for Every 10 Boys EnroLLed 12 Figure 10 SchooL Leaving Examinations for Mathematics in the Region Emphasize Rote Learning 13 Figure 11 PubLic Education Expenditures as a Share of GNP, 1980-1995 14 Figure 12 Per Student Current Expenditure in Primary and Secondary (US$), mid-1990s 15 Figure 13 Private Sector Share of TotaL EnroLLments, earLy 1990s 16 Figure 14 PoLicy Distortion, Education, and GDP Growth in Sixty DeveLoping Countries, 1965-87 19 Figure 15 UnempLoyment Rates: TotaL and Among Workers with at Least Secondary Education, earLy 1990s 20 Figure 16 Share of Children Aged 7-12 EnroLLed in SchooL by Expenditure QuintiLe, Gender and LocaLe, Morocco, 1990-91 21 Figure 17 Public Education Expenditure as Share of GDP, mid-1990s 24 Figure 18 PubLic Education Spending as Share of GDP: Slow GDP Growth and High Unit Cost Scenario, 2010 25 Figure 19 MENA Education Lending, FY87-00 32 Figure 20 MENA Education Lending by Subsector (US$), FY90-98 33 Tables TabLe 1 Education Indicators 8 Table 2 Key Objectives and Strategic Paths: How They ReLate 31 Boxes Box 1 Emphasizing ReLevance in Tertiary TechnicaL Education Through Link with Enterprises 15 Box 2 Systematic Reform Effort Reinforces ItseLf Through Information and EvaLuation 22 Box 3 Strong Willingness to Pay for Education Throughout the Region 24 Box 4 Strategic Framework for Long Term Sector PLanning in Egypt 26 Box 5 PubLic-Private Partnership to Improve TechnicaL Training 29 2 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK FOREWORD Education is a cornerstone of development, the A second chalLenge is increasing the educational foundation on which much of economic and social attainment of girLs and women, particularly among well being is built. It is key to increasing econom- the poor. Girls' education is probably the single ic productivity and social cohesion. By increasing most effective investment a deveLoping country the value and efficiency of their labor, it helps to can make, whether or not women work outside the raise the poor from poverty; by increasing the home. It creates a host of positive benefits for overaLl productivity and intellectual fLexibility of famiLies including better family health and nutri- the Labor force, it helps to ensure that a country is tion, improved birth spacing, lower infant and competitive in world markets characterized by child mortaLity and morbidity, and enhanced edu- changing technologies and production methods; by cationaL attainment of children. increasing a chiLd's integration with disparate social or ethnic groups early in life, it contributes Countries in the Middle East and North Africa are significantly to nation building and interpersonal increasingly integrated in world markets for manu- tolerance. factured goods. Their ability to compete in these markets and in globalizing service markets will The past decades have seen remarkabLe expansions depend on the quality of human capital they bring in access to basic education throughout the Middle to the competition. Ensuring that all citizens are East and North Africa. Many countries are now Literate and numerate, that many possess a wide poised to further increase access to secondary and range of problem soLving skills beyond that basic higher education and to effect dramatic improve- Level, and that some have world class professional ments in the quality of education offered at alL lev- skills will require new curricula, improved teacher eLs. But countries in the Middle East and North training programs, and pedagogic methods that Africa face an unusual set of challenges that this encourage higher order cognitive skiLLs. These report discusses. demanding education reforms are crucial but often difficult to implement. One challenge facing countries in the Middle East and North Africa is born of the region's success Building on the achievements of the past three over the past decades. In most countries, central decades, alL countries in the Middle East and North governments made great efforts to extend access Africa can use their education systems to continue to basic education to all children while aLso dra- developing internationaLly competitive human cap- matically expanding tuition-free post-basic educa- ital, extending social cohesion, and catalyzing fur- tion. As increasing numbers of students complete ther improvements in all aspects of social weLL basic education, their demand for higher leveLs is being. This report wiLL serve as a vaLuable resource similarly increasing. Public expenditures for educa- to countries as they identify strategies in educa- tion are rising exponentially and wilL soon be tional development to meet the chaLlenges ahead. unsustainable. Creative solutions to the problems presented by the financing challenge will be need- ed, including allowing a greater role for the private sector, relying more on local communities for Kemal Dervi, schooL management, and using technological soLu- Vice President tions for deLivery of higher education. Middle East & North Africa Region The World Bank HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK 3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This regional Education Sector Strategy Note is one of six regional notes prepared as background for the Bankwide 1998 Education Sector Strategy Paper. It was prepared by the Education Team of the Middle East and North Africa Region's Human DeveLopment Group: MarLaine Lockheed (Sector Leader), Jon Avins (Human Resources Economist), Mae Chu Chang (Principal Education Specialist), Bill DarnelL (Education Management Specialist), VasiLios Demetriou (Senior Implementation SpeciaList), Mourad Ezzine (Senior Human Resources Specialist), Patricia Maughan (Operations Officer), Beniot MilLot (PrincipaL Operations Officer), Meskerem MuLatu (Human Resources SpeciaList), Mari Parker (Consultant), Dung-Kim Pham (Operations AnaLyst), Francis Steier (Senior Education Economist), Takako Yuki (Consultant). Jane Schubert (ConsuLtant) and Willem van Eeghen (Senior Economist, MNSED) made significant con- tributions, and Sue Berryman (ECSHD) and Stephen Heyneman (ECSHD) provided vaLuabLe comments. Karine Pezzani formatted the tabLes, graphs and many draft versions of the paper. A draft of this paper was discussed at a regionaL meeting of UNICEF education officers and other experts in Muscat, Oman on May 18, 1998 and at a regional consultation meeting organized by UNESCO in Beirut, Lebanon on July 2-4, 1998. Special thanks are due to Frank DalI, Regional Advisor for UNICEF in Amman and Victor Billeh, Regional Director for UNESCO in Beirut. A revised draft version was distributed and discussed at the Mediterranean DeveLopment Forum II meeting in Marrakech, Morocco, September 3-6, 1998. 4 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK I. THE CONTEXT AND HISTORY IN great. Yemen's per capita income is among the WHICH THE WORLD BANK AND ITS Lowest in the world while those of the Gulf oiL CLIENTS OPERATE producers are among the highest. The others, from Morocco on Africa's northwest corner to Economic, Social and PoLitical Background Iran at the gateway to centraL Asia, faLL in the Lower middle income (LMI) range. This paper The MiddLe East and North Africa (MENA) region focuses on the Low income and LMI countries of of the WorLd Bank comprises 19 countries' that the region.5 abut and controL key access routes to the Mediterranean, the Red Sea and Suez Canal, and CentraL governments in the region have assumed the Gulf. Just 5 percent of the region's Land is a preeminent role in economic activity and sociaL arable,2 and water resources are Limited. Over haLf development since the earLy 1960s. Public rev- of the countries in the region have significant oil enues, expenditures and central government reserves, with the region accounting for 31 per- wages as a share of GDP are far in excess of those cent of world oil production in 1997. Despite a in other low and LMI countries - and economic general commonaLity of IsLam and Arabic,3 its competitors - such as Indonesia and Thailand.6 constituent countries are diverse in ethnic com- UntiL recentLy, the pubLic sector absorbed a large position, poLiticaL orientation and leveLs of eco- share of new secondary and higher education nomic and sociaL deveLopment. In the Long run, graduates, and total pubLic employment ranged given the exhaustibiLity of oiL resources and the from 20 percent in Yemen to 55 percent in ALgeria Low and variable returns to agriculturaL and other in the earLy 1990s. ParaLLel to their role in eco- raw commodities,4 countries in the region will nomic activity, Governments also assumed a dom- need to reLy on strong human capitaL for social inant roLe in providing education services without deveLopment and income growth. direct costs to the recipients. This resulted in crowding out of private deLivery through a lack of Rising oiL prices in the 1970s fueLed a major demand, and some consequent ossification in income boost for the oiL exporters of the region. educationaL deveLopment. OiL weaLth was used to rapidLy expand sociaL ser- vices and infrastructure, and improvements in The share of totaL private empLoyment is consid- social indicators foLLowed. Non-oiL producing erabLe: whiLe empLoyment in the private formaL countries such as Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia sector7 is typically smaLLer than in the public sec- also benefited, chiefly by exporting skilled and tor,8 private informal sector employment is large, semi-skilled Labor to the oiL producers, while accounting for 30 percent of non-farm employ- Egypt and ALgeria derived income from both ment in ALgeria, 40 percent in Egypt, 63 percent sources. Income grew faster in MENA than in any in Morocco, and 35 percent in Tunisia in the Late region other than East Asia during the quarter 1980s.9 AnnuaL Labor force growth of 3 to 4 per- century which began in 1960, but the boom did cent from 1980 to 1995 in most countries not benefit aLL and intra-regionaL disparities are exceeded popuLation growth everywhere but 1. Countries incLuded in the World Bank MENA region are: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, MaLta, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen and West Bank-Gaza. 2. Excluding the GCC countries, just over 7% of the region's Land is arabLe, compared with 20% in the U.S., 22% in Western Europe and 38% in Eastern Europe. 3. Farsi Iran is an exception in terms of Language. 4. Eg., phosphates in Morocco and Jordan and naturaL gas in ALgeria. 5. These are: ALgeria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen and West Bank-Gaza. 6. World Bank 1997a. 7. UsualLy defined as an enterprise with at Least ten workers. 8. Richards and Waterbury 1996. 9. WorLd Bank 1995a. HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK 5 Figure 1 Public Sector Workers' Share of Total EmpLoyment, EarLy 1990s Algeria Jordan Egypt Tunisia Syria Moroccoa WBG Yemen - 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 Source: World Bank 1995a (percent) Note: a. Urban Jordan. The proportion of femaLe workers feLL from the mid 1980s. AnnuaL growth of 2.4 increased by a totaL of onLy 1 to 2 percent in percent from 1986-95 was haLf that of the previ- most countries over the same 15 year period, ous 10 years. With rapid Labor force growth, except in Jordan where it jumped 6 percent. regionaL countries have been unabLe to generate enough well paying jobs to absorb graduates. The region faces sLow growth and Low employ- Through the earLy 1990s growth was Lower than ment, endemic internationaL and civil conflict, in aLL but Sub-Saharan Africa and crisis ridden and Limited knowLedge transfer capacity, aLL of Eastern and CentraL Europe."0 Combined with rapid which affect or are affected by education systems. labor force growth, declining output growth con- Economic growth slowed as oiL prices peaked and tributed to the highest officiaL unempLoyment Figure 2 Average GDP Annual Growth 10 5 -10 I -1986-95 | H~~~~~~~~~ 1976-85 -15 -20 - Iraq Algeria Jordan Iran Egypt Morocco Tunisia Syria Source: World Bank staff calculation using World Bank 1997a. 10. WorLd Bank 1997b. 6 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK rates (around 15 percent) among aLL deveLoping The region is also characterized by Low research regions. Since the earLy 1990s, stabiLization and and deveLopment for knowLedge creation and Lim- financiaL sector reforms backed by the Bretton ited communications infrastructure for knowLedge Woods organizations have moved ahead in nearly transfer. MENA accounts for onLy about one tenth alL MENA countries. Modest structuraL reforms - of one percent of the worLd's R&D spending, Less incLuding trade Liberalization - have continued than any other region save sub-Saharan Africa. in Egypt, Jordan, and the Maghreb countries, par- The reLative paucity of such simpLe communica- ticuLarLy under agreements with the EU. tions technology as teLephones indicates that the Remittances are expected to stabiLize or decline veLocity of information flow is suboptimal. With as European demand for immigrant Labor contin- fewer than 15 main Lines per 100 peopLe in major ues to faLL and the GuLf oiL countries encourage cities - and fewer than five main Lines per 100 greater labor force participation of nationaLs peopLe in rural areas - MENA has Less than half whiLe increasingLy shifting to Low wage Asian this basic communications infrastructure as does workers to meet import Labor demands. ECA and Less than 25 percent that of the OECD. International and civiL confLicts have caused Education Status and Evolution much waste of human and physicaL capital. of Education Systems PopuLations are dispLaced, some temporariLy and others permanently, and sociaL infrastructure Access destroyed. During the years of sectarian conflict Free education, publicly provided, has been a cen- in Lebanon, teachers were unable to cross traL tenant of the sociaL contract in every MENA between zones of controL to reach their schooLs. country since independence. Post-independence In Yemen, schooLs were destroyed in the 1994 governments significantly expanded their educa- civiL war. The destruction of education faciLities in tion systems, driven by rapidLy expanding youth the Iran-Iraq and GuLf Wars has yet to be fuLLy popuLations and the need to buiLd nationhood and reckoned. Moreover, sociaL infrastructure is not to estabLish poLitical Legitimacy and popuLar sup- aLways the first priority for rehabiLitation port for new regimes through making education a resources in post conflict situations. fundamentaL right of citizenship. As a conse- Figure 3 Low Telephone Coverage Impedes Knowledge Transfer 60 T * Outside Large Cities 0 50 Large Cities 40 3- 0 0- 20 ~0 OECD ECA EAP LAC MENA SAS AFR Source: Data from WDR team, 1998 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK 7 Table 1 Education Indicators | ~ ~~~~ IL. L". . 3 S Sl .* L5 55 . .S. Atgeria 4 9 95 4.0 107 62 11 Egypt** 4 8 84 4.3 100 74 18 Iran** 4 12 97 3.9 99 69 15 Iraq 2 6 79 4.0 90 44 - Jordan 4 10 100 6.0 94 65 18 Lebanon** 3 6 96 - 109 76 29 Morocco**** 3 6 54 2.5 83 39 11 Syria 3 6 91 5.1 101 44 18 Tunisia 3 - 97 3.9 116 61 13 WBG*** 2 10 - 8.0 92 66 - Yemen 2 9 50 1.5 60 27 10 Sources: UNESCO 1997, Barro and Lee 1996, World Bank 1997, Palestinian Authority 1996, National Centerfor Human Resources Development (www.hchrd.gov.ja), World Bank 1998, World Bank staff calculation using data from FAFO 1993 and 1996. Notes: * Technical Ministries (e.g., Ministries of Agriculture or Public Works) responsible for technical training programs applicable only to their own areas are not included. Ministry of Health Authority for medical education is included. For Egypt and Syria, Ministries responsible for religious education are included. E Egyptian tertiary GER and all Iranian GERs are 1994 data; Lebanese secondary and tertiary GERs are 1993 data. *** WBG years of schoolingfor 1992. GERs are arithmetic averages forfemales and males. **** In Morocco basic education starts at age 7. quence, education systems in the region, with few spending, teacher depLoyment and other resource exceptions, now provide basic education to most use issues are rarely considered on a sector wide chiLdren and opportunities for upper secondary, basis. As a resuLt, potentiaL tradeoffs and vocational training and tertiary education to economies of scaLe and scope are Lost. Non-educa- many. Education is compuLsory through the prima- tion Ministries in sectors with substantiaL training ry Level everywhere except Tunisia, and through needs (e.g., Health) aLso operate substantiaL pro- Lower secondary in six countries. Most countries grams (e.g., aLL of medicaL education), further have achieved universaL primary enroLLment and fragmenting pLanning and resource use. significant secondary enrolLment rate increases. Growth in tertiary enroLLment rates has been Less The era of demographicaLLy driven investment in dramatic and a few countries even saw sLight education is over for basic education in many decLines between 1975 and 1995. However, given MENA countries. SchooL-age cohorts (roughLy ages expanding tertiary cohorts, even a constant rate 5-14) wiLL begin to shrink around 2015, and the impLies a Large increase in students. present teacher corps and cLassroom stock wilL be sufficient for the demands of the 21st century in Education is LargeLy pubLicly provided and financed most of the region. In Jordan, Iraq, West in aLL countries other than Lebanon, even though Bank-Gaza and Yemen however, the size of the onLy one country in the region - ALgeria - bans schooL age cohort wiLL continue to grow for at private education. Education is aLso Largely man- Least 15 years (25 to 30 years in West Bank-Gaza aged centrally, but most Governments support sep- and Yemen). Moreover, the need for post-basic arate Ministries for each major education education opportunities wiLL continue to grow in subsector (i.e., basic, higher and vocational). aLL countries, as few have reached the participa- These ministries Lack incentives to coordinate tion LeveLs in secondary, vocationaL or tertiary their activities, so that investment and current education to which they aspire. 8 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK Figure 4 Demographic Trends: Ages 5-14 (OOOs) 20000 1 5000 = - = IRAN -U-- EGYPT - ALGERIA MOROCCO IRAQ ,3 YEMEN C _ n -~ n -c-- u SYRIA -00 = TUNISIA 5000 JO B~-~~RDAN LEBANON _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _- - -- ----_ -- -- -- - - a - W B G 1995 2005 2015 2025 2035 Source: World Bank staff estimates. Opportunities for access to secondary and higher to control university admissions" and in Iran only education are rationed through national or 10 percent of university candidates are admit- regional examirlations at the end of primary and ted.'" In Algeria seLection examinations are used secondary cycles (except in Jordan, where admis- to control access to secondary education, with sion to secondary education is not conditioned on the Limit set at 50 percent of grade 9 com- performance in the primary stage). In Tunisia, for pleters."3 In Jordan, excess demand for higher instance, a predetermined pass rate of 35 percent education is partialty satisfied by a vigorous pri- for the secondary completion examination is used vate education sector. Figure 5 AduLts' Average Years of SchooLing-various years 6 1990 5 1985 1980 3 2 Yemen Iran Tunisia ALgeria Egypt Jordan Sources: Barro and Lee (1996), World Bank database (EDSTATS). 11. World Bank 1997c. 12. WorLd Bank 1995c. 13. World Bank 1993. 14. Azariadis and Drazen 1990; Lau, Jamison, and Louat 1990; WorLd Bank 1997d. HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK 9 Figure 6 Urbanization and Literacy Rates, 1995 100 - 9o - 0 Lebanon 0 Jordan 80- 0 Iran 7 60- -*Syi Tunisia 60 -yi 0* Algeria z 50- Egypt 0 . 0 Morocco -: 3 0- 20- 10 - 0- 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Source: World Bank 1997a Urbanization (/) Education Attainment and Literacy Lebanon and Iran) at Least 20 percent Lower One consequence of government investment in among women, femaLes in predominantLy ruraL education has been a significant increase in the countries such as Morocco and Yemen are at a average educational attainment of the Labor force. distinct disadvantage: onLy one in ten ruraL During the 1980s the mean years of schooLing women can read and write in Morocco, and onLy among adults increased significantLy, so that by one in nine can in Yemen. 1990 it was at or above four years in most coun- tries. In conjunction with some research capacity Equity and higher education attainment, this Level repre- NonetheLess, nearLy 5 miLLion chiLdren aged 6-10 sents an approximate "takeoff" point, a threshold and another 4 miLLion chiLdren aged 11-15 of education in the workforce where increasing regionwide were out of schooL in 1995; by 2015, returns to scaLe for human capitaL begin to these numbers are expected to grow by over 40 accrue."4 When this minimum average attainment percent, to 7.5 miLLion and 5.6 miLLion respective- is present, the quality of Labor attains a criticaL Ly. Over 70 percent were in Egypt, Morocco and mass allowing greater overaLL productivity. WhiLe Yemen. Many chiLdren drop out before compLeting not a finaL system goaL, it is thus an important compuLsory education. In Tunisia about a third of national achievement. those who entered first grade dropped out before compLeting the 7-year basic cycLe in the earLy Literacy improved dramaticaLLy in aLmost aLL coun- 1990s and in Iran primary schooL dropouts aver- tries from 1960 to 1995, more than doubLing in aged 14 percent in 1991/92. Female dropouts are every country which started with a Low base. sometimes more significant than maLe. In Yemen, Improvement in Literacy was Larger than in any higher dropout rates among girLs reduce their other region. However, because Literacy increases share of totaL enroLLment from 31 percent in first more rapidLy in urban areas, countries with very grade to onLy 25 percent in sixth grade. significant ruraL popuLations (Egypt, Morocco and Yemen) aLso have Lower aduLt Literacy rates - A disproportionate share of out of schooL children around and above 50 percent. Moreover, because are poor rural chiLdren and girLs. Poverty affects Literacy in the region is everywhere (except access dramatically. In Egypt, net enroLLment 14. Azariadis and Drazen 1990; Lau, Jamison, and Louat 1990; WorLd Bank 1997d. 10 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK Figure 7 Children Age 6-15 Out of School 4000 [7 1995 * 2015 3500 3000 ,,2500 2000 150 1000 500 0 Egypt Morocco Yemen Sources: World Bank staff estimates using data from Republic of Yemen 1996, Royaume du Maroc 1996, World Bank 7 996a. rates for children in the top quintile of household areas, cLassroom instruction may be the first sus- wealth remain above 80 percent until they reach tained exposure to classicaL Arabic. Moreover, dif- age 15, and even those of the third and fourth ferent cuLtures coexist inside national borders, as quintiLes remain at 75 percent untiL age 16. In suggested by the severity of obstacLes to girLs' sharp contrast, enroLLments of chiLdren in the enroLLment in some areas (e.g., ruraL Upper Egypt poorest one fifth of the househoLds drop to 70 or mountain viLLages in northern Yemen) and the percent at age 11 and beLow 50 percent at age Lack of these obstacLes in others (e.g,. cos- 14. In 1994, Moroccan net primary enrollments mopoLitan Cairo, Aden or Beirut). The cuLturaL were 58 percent in ruraL areas and 85 percent in divide between ruraL and urban areas is aLso sig- urban areas, and Tunisian secondary enroLLments nificant in creating teacher shortages in ruraL in ruraL governorates were as low as 19 percent areas, affecting not just girLs but aLL students. whiLe in Tunis they were 78 percent. Gender gaps FinaLLy, the perceived value of education aLso are significant in three countries. In Yemen they varies wideLy: among some segments it is as high are wide, with just over four girLs for every ten as among any peopLe in the worLd, whiLe among boys in primary education and fewer than three others time in schooL is seen as imposing an girLs for every ten boys in the secondary stage. In unwarranted opportunity cost on child Labor. Morocco there are about seven and a haLf girLs for every ten boys in both stages, whiLe in Egypt a Quality LittLe over eight girLs are enrolled per ten boys in What is known about the quaLity of education- both stages. defined as Learning achievement15 - is not encour- aging. Among middLe-income countries in the Language and cuLturaL diversity are substantiaL region, onLy Iran and Jordan have participated in and have a Large impact on education systems recent internationaL assessment studies. Iran par- and Learning. Students enter schooL with diverse ticipated in the 1995 Third International Language backgrounds, incLuding Low and high Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and Jordan diaLects with very different grammatical struc- in the 1991 InternationaL Assessment of tures and vocabuLaries. For students from poor EducationaL Progress (IAEP).16 However, Iran, 15. Lockheed and Verspoor 1991. 16. Kuwait participated in TIMSS and Oman participated in IAEP. HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK 11 Figure 8 School Attendance by Income Level 100 0 80 Quintile 1 QuintiLe 2 o 40 / _- - Quintile 3&4 E) -a-- Quintile 5 a) 0L ~20 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Age Source: World Bank staff estimates using Eg'pt Integrated Household Survey 1997 Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia have decided to par- one study suggests that acquisition of basic litera- ticipate in the repeat of TIMSS for 1999. Iran and cy and mathematics skilLs has deteriorated since Jordan were near the bottom in math and science the late 1980s"7 and in Morocco recent studies sug- in the international assessments in which they par- gest a decline in learning performance in French ticipated, and in Jordan a national assessment and science. found that students are not meeting Learning objectives in Arabic, math and science. WhiLe end Most importantLy, education in the region does of stage promotion exams provide some national not effectively impart the higher-order cognitive information on quality, they cannot be used for skiLLs such as flexibility, probLem soLving and cross country performance comparisons. In Egypt, judgment needed by workers who wilL face fre- Figure 9 Number of Girls Enrolled for Every 10 Boys Enrolled 101 D Primary 8 Secondary 6 4 2f 0 Yemen Morocco Iraq Egypt Sources: UNESCO 1997; Republic of Yemen 1996 and 1997 17. Fergany 1996. 12 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK Figure 10 SchooL Leaving Examinations for Mathematics in the Region Emphasize Rote Learning 100 _ Investigating and problem solving D80 I Mathematical reasoning t L l | - Using routine procedures 60 (U 420 0Egypt Lebanon Jordan Iran Tunisia Morocco France Source: Valverde, Schmidt, and Bianchi 1995 quentLy changing tasks and challenges in increas- Moreover, even where spaces are available there ingly competitive export markets. Instead, the are significant problems with school faciLities. systems teach students how to [earn and retain DoubLe and triple shift primary and secondary 11answers to fairLy fixed questions in problem situ- schooLs are not uncommon in Iran, Jordan, and ations with Little or no meaningful context," and Gaza. In Egypt students Lose five hours a week of thus reward those who are skilled at being pas- instructionaL time in multiple shift schools." At the sive knowLedge recipients."9 other end of the spectrum are smalL rural schooLs lacking laboratories, libraries, and workshops. In Limited data suggest that the quality of teaching Jordan for instance, about 46 percent of public and learning has suffered as teaching forces in schooLs enrolled no more than 200 students in most countries expanded to meet growing enroll- 1991.11 While most countries provide basic ments. While the number of secondary education inputs,"3 maintenance is usually poor and severe teachers has doubled in Iran over the past 10 deterioration of physical infrastructure is common years, the percentage of teachers with university throughout the region. degrees fell from 85 to 77 percent.19 Likewise, expansion of teaching forces has been accompa- Financing nied by faLling average compensation LeveLs.'o In 1995, most countries of the world aLlocated Across the region, primary and secondary student- about 5 percent of GNP to education .14 Public to-teacher ratios are not high, but these averages financial commitment in MENA is strong and higher hide extreme urban/rural variations. This is due in than the world average, with expenditures well part to difficulties in staffing rural schools, par- over 5 percent in all but three countries (and in ticularly in remote areas where housing is difficult one of these, Lebanon, private financing domi- to find (as in some areas of Morocco). nates). While education's share of GNP fell through 18. Gottaday, Berrryman, Avins and WoLff, 1998. 19. WorLd Bank 1995c. 20. Heyneman 1997. 21. WorLd Bank 1996a. 22. Word Bank 1995b. 23. Berryman 1997. 24. UNESCO 1998. HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK 13 Figure 11 Public Education Expenditures as Share of GNP, 1980-1995 6 - - MENA 5 --- EU (15 countries) Sub-Saharan Africa - South Asia E s- Latin America/Caribbean 3 1980 1985 1990 1995 Source: UNESCO 1993 and 1998. the late 1980s, it felL more sLowLy than GNP rose, as outLiers on the Low side. Yemen makes the so that real spending rose despite the proportional Largest sacrifice for primary education, with per decline. ReaL per student current expenditures for student spending at 27 percent of per capita primary education in purchasing power parity (PPP) GNP. There is more significant variation in sec- terms25 were Lowest in Yemen at US$210, whiLe ondary education. The baLance between primary Morocco, Egypt and Iran spent under US$400, and secondary in aLL countries favors secondary Jordan US$517 per student, and ALgeria and Tunisia sLightLy. For Morocco, ALgeria, Lebanon and Syria, about US$620 and US$700 respectiveLy. Per student however, secondary unit costs are doubLe to spending in secondary education varied wideLy by tripLe those at the primary Level. For OECD coun- country in the mid 1990s, from US$371 in Yemen tries, by comparison, the average ratio of 1.37 and about US$525 in Jordan, Egypt and Syria to between public expenditure for secondary and US$1,320 in Morocco and US$1,366 in ALgeria (aLL primary education is much smaLLer.27 Tertiary stu- in PPP). At the tertiary level, per student current dents, by contrast, receive over 170 percent of expenditures are about ten times those at the pri- GDP per capita in public and private spending mary Level, ranging from about US$1,400 in Yemen combined in Jordan, ALgeria and Yemen, and and US$4,000 in Morocco to about US$6,000 in about 100 percent in Syria, Tunisia, and Egypt. Jordan and over US$8,200 in ALgera .26 Private Participation The sacrifices made for education by Private participation incLudes both provision and Governments are refLected in per student expen- finance. Private provision of education varies diture's share of per capita GNP. For primary edu- wideLy within the region. Private schooLs outnum- cation, most countries spend between 13 and 19 ber pubLic ones in Lebanon and are prohibited in percent of per capita GNP, with Iran and Tunisia ALgeria. On average, private primary and secondary 25. In the context of wideLy different reLative price and wage LeveLs between the u.s. and other countries, purchasing power par- ity represents more accurately than do exchange rates the basket of goods a given amount of u.s. dollars wiLL buy. PPP dol- lars for the MENA countries discussed here are generally 3 to 5 times exchange rate doLLars. For exchange rate figures for all spending categories discussed herein see Annex TabLe C7. 26. Tertiary per student spending is caLcuLated here on a different basis than are primary and secondary, due to Limited data availabiLity, and the caLculation of PPP dolLars for tertiary is somewhat Less exact than for the other leveLs. However, as an order of magnitude indicator the numbers here present an accurate view. 27. OECD 1997. 14 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK Figure 12 Per Student Current Expenditure in Primary and Secondary (US$), mid-1990s 500 - Morocco*TALgeria *Tunisia 400 - 300 - Jran Q 200- *Syria *Egypt 100- Yemen@ 0- 0 I I iI I I 0 100 200 300 400 500 Primary Sources: UNESCO 1997, World Bank 1996-98, World Bank staffestimates Box 1 EMPHASIZING RELEVANCE IN TERTIARY TECHNICAL EDUCATION THROUGH LINK WITH ENTERPRISES In 1995, seven Higher Institutes of TechnoLogy (HIT, or ISET in French) established under the Bank supported Tunisia Higher Education Development Project opened their doors. In the early 1990s, Tunisian higher educa- tion graduates did not have the skills demanded by the Labor market, where a shortage of staff needed to mod- erate between middle management and bLue collar workers prevailed. Internal efficiency was also low, and costs per graduate high. HITs addressed these issues in technicaL education through five innovations in faculty sta- tus and career path, and in the organization of studies. * Created specifically for the HITs, the technology faculty teach about twice as many hours as university pro- fessors, and (unlike university professors) are available for student counseling on a weekly basis. * Success in developing links with enterprises is a factor in career advancement. * The regular course of study was shortened to 5 semesters after the Baccalaureat, and leads to a Technicien Supeieur diploma. * Studies are organized by semester, allowing students to enroll twice a year. * Interaction with local enterprises is emphasized, with students working and preparing end-of-studies pro- jects in locat enterprises. The first HIT class graduated in February, 1998. So far, the system has three impor- tant successes: * 75% of graduates found employment within two months of graduation, and the employing enterprises main- tain contact with the HITS on a regular basis. * The HIT internal efficiency rate, at 88%, is much higher than in the rest of Tunisian higher education, off- setting high technical education input and process costs. Per graduate costs are thus about equal to those in the rest of the system. * Because a high share of HIT students are from the local areas, the Institutes contribute significantly to com- munity development. HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK 15 Figure 13 Private Sector Share of Total Enrollments, earLy 1990s 80 m [ Tertiary 70 60 - General Secondary 0 | Primary CL 30 20 - 50 Id ..JJ Lebanon WBG Jordan Egypt Syria Morocco Iran Tunisia Algeria MENA LIC LMIC UMIC Source: UNESCO 1995; Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics and Ministry of Education 1995-96; World bank 1997; E&Vpt Five Year Development Plan 1997 Note: Date in primary education are for basic education of 1-10 grades in WBG andJordan. enrollments are Lower than the world average for II. FIVE DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES Lower middle income countries. As in most devel- FOR EDUCATION IN MENA oping countries, pre-university private education caters mainly to a high and middLe income urban Modern education systems are undergoing three clienteLe. In Jordan, Iran, and West Bank-Gaza the key reforms. First, they are increasing the LeveL of private sector pLays a substantiaL role in higher professional authority and autonomy in classrooms education. Branches of Iran's privately funded and schooLs and raising national standards for stu- non-profit Azad University are Located in rural dents' learning achievements. Second, they are areas and it has a higher share of femaLe enrolL- developing nationaL capacities for vigorous self ments than do other pubLic institutions. reflection through increasing collection, anaLysis and dissemination of data. They recognize that Private spending's share of total education spending there is no rational reason to keep information on was 17 percent in Iran (1990) and 25 percent in expenditures and achievements secret and that Jordan (1986), which is low in comparison to the without informed pubLic debate countries wiLl fall 1990 worLdwide average of 30 percent.28 Private behind in educational quaLity, achievement and spending data is not avaiLabLe for other countries. relevance. Third, systems are undergoing far reach- Because private provision is minimaL (other than in ing reexaminations of regulatory frameworks in the Lebanon) and tuition is free for nearly all levels of educational sector. In doing so, they are redefin- pubLic education, private spending on schooLing is ing the State's role in education. likely to be Low. However, smaLL school fees are often coLLected and provide additionaL resources for For MENA, these generaL trends impLy the need to schooLs. For exampLe, in Yemen, schooL fees provide rethink key assumptions. First, both governments virtually all resources available for school mainte- and citizens will need to recognize that States nance and various non-salary recurrent costs. cannot finance all educational goods for all peo- Moreover, in some countries private expenditures for pLe. Throughout the worLd, individuaLs purchase out-of-schooL tutoring are high, but may be evi- speciaLized educational services. The State's Legit- dence of rent seeking behavior by teachers. imate roLe in ensuring that a quaLity basic educa- 28. Psacharopoulos and Nguyen 1997. 16 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK tion is availabLe to all citizens wilL be compro- PoLicymakers and donors need to remember that mised if it attempts to aLso finance higher ser- the best Long run hope for improving and extend- vices for everybody. Second, governments cannot ing pubLic education services Lies in economic ensure through minute reguLation that everyone growth. PubLic sector revenues and the expendi- is equaL in educationaL opportunity. WhiLe deter- tures which depend on them are very sensitive to mination, provision and enforcement of a mini- output LeveLs and are more important than foreign mum LeveL of standards (in basic, secondary and grants or borrowing. As Long as GDP expands, tertiary Levels) and access (through basic) is negotiations among competing Ministries over essential, over-determination crippLes pubLic and budget resources are easier and outcomes more private actors and ensures onLy that aLL students acceptabLe. With a constant LeveL of resources, receive a subpar education. increasing education's share of totaL spending whiLe reducing those of other Ministries is diffi- RebaLancing reguLatory frameworks in MENA coun- cult; when the totaL resource enveLope grows, this tries wiLL require addressing the degree of controL becomes much easier because growth in educa- the State exercises as weLL as what it controLs. In tion spending does not require a reaL reduction in many instances, the wrong areas are reguLated. In other sectors. Egypt, reguLation of private higher education pre- vents deveLopment of that sector; throughout BuiLding on the achievements of the past three North Africa, mandatory speciaLization in upper decades, aLL MENA countries can focus on using secondary is used to ration access to tertiary Lev- education systems to continue to deveLop an eLs. Where some controL is needed, it is often too internationalLy competitive human capitaL base, stringent or too Lax. Many systems are rule-dri- extend and soLidify sociaL cohesion and spur fur- ven, with a command and control management ther improvement in aLL aspects of sociaL deveLop- cuLture preventing the schooL and classroom ini- ment. The countries in the region differ greatLy tiative needed to foster Learning. Decisions as with respect to educationaL deveLopment, short essentiaL as the language in which to teach are and medium term priorities and economic envi- determined by reguLation. WhiLe areas such as ronments and prospects. As a resuLt, the strate- these are over-determined, the reguLatory frame- gies appropriate to particuLar nationaL works and accreditation mechanisms needed to environments wiLL differ. Countries Lacking signifi- ensure quaLity and equity if systems are to cant naturaL resources that center their economic become open to private provision and financing strategies on human capitaL wiLL seLect different are LargeLy Lacking. education strategies than countries for which agricuLture or extraction industries remain central. Rethinking key assumptions and rebaLancing regu- For both education wiLL be important, but their latory frameworks is important for the mission of specific objectives will vary. In the Long term MENA education systems: engendering sociaL cohe- horizon reLevant to education pLanning however, a sion in spite of difficuLt internaL circumstances number of common key objectives emerge. In this whiLe responding to changing externaL constraints. section, each is discussed in turn. MENA's competitors for Western Europe's commodi- ty markets, the countries of Eastern and CentraL Emphasize "Learning to Learn" Europe, are cLoser to their customers not just in and Reach Internationally Competitive geography but in Learning achievements. To avoid Performance Standards faLLing wages, the abiLity to meet constantLy shift- ing demands for quaLity goods and services must Twenty first century production processes and eco- rise. This in turn depends on a Labor force which nomic competition wiLL demand Learning achieve- can continuously adapt and Learn as it works. ments beyond simple memorization and repetition. HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK 17 An indispensable starting point for this - a sine education systems can contribute to economic qua non of twenty first century education - is growth by providing appropriately skiLLed Labor. solid achievement in the core competencies of Lit- Education systems wilL face rising demand from eracy and numeracy. Beyond this, workers will both the private business sector and individuals need to respond to ever changing tasks so that to provide the skilLs which make each competi- problem soLving wiLl be the next century's primary tive. To meet this demand, the gap between worker virtue, in contrast to the assembLy line schooL leavers' skills and market demands needs worker's abiLity to endlessLy carry out rote tasks. to be reduced. SkilLs for increased productivity Education will need to impart skilLs enabling work- will be needed at all LeveLs, from electricians to ers to be fLexible, to analyze problems and to syn- computer programmers to accounting clerks to thesize information gained in different contexts. financiaL managers.30 This in turn wiLL require a This requires focusing students on the process of population skilLed in numerical and logical prob- learning - on Learning how to Learn - as welL as lem solving and in compLex literacy skilLs. ALL lev- on particuLar subject content. eLs of education wiLL be affected - basic, secondary, vocationaL and technical, and tertiary. By alL indications, education systems in MENA do not reward these skills. Countries that focus on Good education does not however guarantee eco- raising relevant achievement will develop national nomic development. An educated workforce in a capacity to compete in international markets. dysfunctional economic environment wilL produce While each country wilL need to determine its own high unemployment, not high growth and wages. particular needs, all will need to focus on learning Public sector empLoyment policies aimed at absorb- outcomes which, when achieved, enable workers ing excess labor, while creating distortions, ineffi- to continualLy Learn. LifeLong Learning will be a ciencies and fiscal drain, aLso do not create growth necessity to accommodate the fast changing needs or good wages. From 1965 to 1987, economic of modern society. With accurate measures of stu- growth in a sampLe of 60 developing countries was dent and system performance, educators at alL Lev- strongest where high education leveLs coincided eLs can aLso identify needed system changes. with macroeconomic stability and openness.31 In Moreover, information about learning outcomes conjunction, the two form a virtuous circle. In East can be used by national planners to modify educa- Asia, rising skiLLed labor wages in tradables sectors tion programs and interventions. created demand for education. The resulting increase in skilled labor led to rising productivity Improve System Effectiveness in and thus made exports even more competitive.32 A Building Human Capital and study of over 1,200 World Bank projects found that Engendering SociaL Cohesion in those countries which had both more open economies and higher leveLs of schooling in the The ordering and structure of economic life in Labor force, economic rates of return were signifi- MENA is changing. Countries are shifting from cantLy higher than in countries which did not. closed, protected systems to more open environ- Variation between projects in countries with neither ments encouraging new investment, expanded or onLy one of these factors was insignificant.33 trade and increased reLiance on the market to direct production, trade and distribution of Returns to education differ by leveL more in MENA nationaL incomes.29 Within this environment, than in any other region. Low returns to primary 29. Pritchett 1997. 30. Berryman 1997. 31. WorLd Bank 1991. 32. WorLd Bank 1993. 33. Thomas and Wang 1997. 18 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK Figure 14 PoLicy Distortion, Education, and GDP Growth in Sixty Developing Countries, 1965-87 6 5 High distortion High distortion Low distortion Low distortion Low education High education Low education High education Source: World Bank 1991. Note: High distortion reflects a foreign exchange premium of more than 30 percent; low distortion, a premium of3O percent or less. Education is measured by the averageyears of schooling, excluding post secondaly schooling, of the population age 15 to 64. High education is defined as more than 3. 5years; low education, 3.Syears or less. education are driven by factors related to educa- ern societies, education is crucial in preventing tion quaLity and labor demand.34 Returns to sec- social conflict and fragmentation by giving stu- ondary and tertiary education are high in part dents a firm understanding of the content of because graduates have captured rent wages in social contracts, that complex web of relations the public sector for four decades. With structural among actors in society. Through introduction to economic reform, this situation is gradualLy chang- the unifying society of the schooL, students ing and unemployment among workers with sec- throughout the worLd learn how to fulfill their ondary and higher education has increased. As the roles in society and how to peaceably repair the structure of labor demand becomes increasingLy social fabric of relations when it breaks down. In determined by private empLoyers, the mismatch large part education accomplishes these tasks by between the skills imparted by education systems introducing children to society through the and those needed by graduates will, in the microcosm of the school, where they first take on absence of significant change, become more pro- a structured roLe and confront expectations, styl- nounced. This mismatch is due to the historical ized behaviors, responsibilities and conse- widespread guarantee of public sector employ- quences. As students, children and young adults ment, poor quaLity vocational and technical educa- in MENA thus meet types of people they have tion and training which fails to teach the skilLs never encountered before, and learn to see required in private production and service indus- strangers with different backgrounds as fellow tries, and to systems which emphasize rote learn- citizens in a broad society. ing over reasoning, adaptability and initiative.35 Ensure Universal Completion of Compulsory All countries need more than a competitive labor Education of Good Quality force to survive and prosper. They also need the social resilience which aLLows a nation to con- WhiLe basic education36 is everywhere a right front difficult times and to peacefuLLy distribute rather than a privilege in MENA, universal partici- the fruits of easier times. In MENA as in all mod- pation and completion of the basic cycle is not 34. GilLespie 1997. 35. Gillespie 1997. 36. Basic education comprises the primary and lower secondary stages (approximateLy grades 1-9) in most MENA countries. HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK 19 -I ,ig@g^1*' -lwg_w_ Figure 15 Unemployment Rates: Total and Among Workers with at Least Secondary Education, early 1990s 60 _ Labor force with at least secondary education 50 5D TotaL labor force 40 30 20 10 Algeria Jordan Tunisia WBG Yemen Morocco Egypt Iran Syria Source: World Bank 1995a everywhere an accomplished fact. In Tunisia and Significant obstacles to participation come from Morocco, where the first nine years of education both the demand and suppLy sides. Direct and indi- are not compuLsory, GERs are 52 percent and 45 rect costs of education (e.g, transport and supply percent respectively. Where the opportunity cost costs, and the opportunity cost of chiLd Labor, of child schooLing is significant, such as in Yemen respectively), as weLL as the reluctance to expose and Egypt, this can contribute to decreasing girLs to the pubLic worLd alL dampen demand. Each upper basic enrollments; however even where of these factors normally pLay a Larger role in rural child labor is not an important factor, as in areas where distances can be longer, chiLd agricul- Jordan and ALgeria, upper basic GERs are only turaL labor more important, sociaL attitudes more about 75 percent. conservative and peopLe, in general, poorer. Moreover, if quaLity is low enough, parents can Focusing on basic education does not imply that make an entirely sensible decision not to partake secondary enroLLments are unimportant; indeed of the service provided. At the same time, various the Lower secondary stage is part of the basic mechanisms used to ration limited spaces and cycLe. In many countries, secondary education is maintain quaLity impose suppLy obstacLes to partic- important to raising enrollments in Lower LeveLs. ipation (e.g, repetition and up-or-out, age cali- In Yemen, there are not enough femaLe secondary brated promotion ruLes). These demand and suppLy graduates to train as female primary teachers, obstacles interact in various combinations with dif- with the effect that girls' primary enrolLment suf- fering effects on different populations. Poor stu- fers. In Egypt, the possibility of progressing dents are more severely affected by direct costs, through the secondary stage to higher education rural students by opportunity cost factors, and girls provides an important incentive for participation more by distance and social conservatism. As these even in basic schooling. Geographic and gender groups overlap, the obstacles increase: poor, rural gaps in higher LeveLs wilL decLine with increasing girLs are at a distinct disadvantage. femaLe and rural candidates for those LeveLs resulting from universal compLetion of basic edu- UniversaL compLetion of compuLsory education cation. More concentrated attention to closing would create higher leveLs of literacy and numeracy gaps in higher LeveLs aLso becomes feasibLe as the in society and wider dissemination of individuaL completion agenda is closed in the basic cycle. Life skilLs for nationaL social deveLopment. 20 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK r,1 XI X WI 1i.'W Figure 16 Share of ChiLdren aged 7-12 enroLLed in schooL by expenditure quintiLe, gender and locale, Morocco, 1990-91 100 80 /in- Urban Male _ 60 /- Urban Female Rural Male u ^ --RuraL Female 40 20 1 2 3 4 5 Source: WorldBank 1994a Increasing female compLetion of compuLsory educa- defined standards. Systems must thus be abLe to tion would yieLd improvements in health and nutri- identify weaknesses which impede the abiLity to tion status for women and children and would raise either define standards or enabLe students to women's stature in society. Increasing the generaL meet them, so that reforms can target areas leveL of Literacy and numeracy wouLd provide coun- where change is needed. Broad indicator informa- tries with workforces capabLe of quickLy Learning tion - e.g., schooL enroLLment data, wastage new technologies and adapting to new production rates, numbers of graduates - is not alone suffi- processes and demands, and with larger numbers of cient to iLLuminate system performance and target secondary and tertiary schooL candidates. It would reforms. Information which reveaLs the more inti- narrow the gap between national standards and mate processes and characteristics of schooLs and student achievement. In the Long run, it wouLd cLassrooms is crucial: how teachers and pupiLs use help Yemen reach an aduLt mean of four years of textbooks and other materiaLs, the match education, the approximate threshoLd or 'takeoff between the Language of instruction and the Lan- point for productivity gains. UniversaL participation guage pupiLs speak at home, the structures and wiLL aLso impose burdens. Demand for materiaLs, patterns of interaction between and among pupiLs facilities and human resources wouLd rise, as would and teachers, the suitabiLity of the Learning envi- the need for personneL training and for manage- ronment to Learning. In MENA, none of this is ment and pLanning capacity. However, faiLure to examined routinely or systematically. Without it, continue moving toward universal participation in the target of education poLicy - school and basic schooling wilL halt progress in social deveLop- classroom practice - is portrayed by various ment and make economic competitiveness with technicaL and poLiticaL actors in confLicting ways, nations in Eastern Europe and Asia unreaListic. each of which can impLy a different poLicy response. Such inescapably misinformed poLicy Increase Country-Level Information on responses run a high risk of being misdirected. Education and the Effects of Reform Three types of information, discussed below, are Effective education systems produce students needed to identify problems in the education whose academic achievement meets clearly system, to design appropriate technicaL reforms HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK 21 UII 55I -s~.=vZ@w==.w inputs such as textbook avaiLabiLity and number and type of trained teachers by school, and basic broad indicators such as repetition and teacher SYSTEMATIC REFORM EFFORT absenteeism. This information provides teachers, REINFORCES ITSELF THROUGH trainers, curricuLum and materiaLs producers, INFORMATION AND EVALUATION administrators and Ministers with the tooLs to successfuLLy perform their responsibiLities. It is When designing its 10 year Educational Reform needed to broadly identify needed system changes. Program, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan was It permits increasingLy effective use of resources careful to include as an integral part mechanisms through increasingLy strategic aLLocation and pro- to measure educational progress and monitor the motes accountabiLity by increasing the trans- effects of the reform. With the heLp of the Bank parency of performance. supported Human Resources Development Sector Loan Jordan instituted a multipurpose assessment Rigorous, regutar assessments of what students program to provide reguLar information on both are [earning at different LeveLs of the system and quantitative and qualitative aspects of the educa- aethins a rent levels ofth syste and tion system, track student achievement in cogni- swithin subject areas, compared wth goals for tive as well as affective domains, and monitor the student learning. Assessments can be carried out overaLL progress and efficiency of the education on many LeveLs, and can measure cognitive system. Baseline data collected on a myriad of achievement, values, attitudes and skiLLs. They variables at the beginning of the reform serve as can be developed through nationaL and interna- benchmarks, and achievement monitoring of stu- tional standardized and norm-referenced assess- dents who attend schooLs where reform measures ments, through curricuLum-based measures and have been impLemented is conducted. EvaLuation through criterion-referenced tests refLecting of the reform and the design of its subsequent nationaL standards and priorities. They provide steps is therefore based on objective data analy- information to policy makers about the extent to sis, lending more certainty and credibility to ana- Lytic concLusions and operational pLans. InitiaL which individuaL schooLs, schooL cLusters and the assessment results showed improvement in fourth entire education system impart the skills stu- and eighth grade math performance (by 12% and dents need to meet estabLished standards. This 7% respectively), improvement in fourth grade knowLedge enables policy makers to identify Arabic performance (3.6%), and declined in sci- where and what about service detivery and educa- ence in both grades. Using the analysis as a basis tional processes needs to be improved. ResuLts for planning, a new secondary curricula was intro- can also be shared with private and pubLic duced in 1995 and a new examination system empLoyers, who wiLL find the information it pro- based on this curricula folLowed in 1997. A further vides about the emerging Labor pooL vaLuabLe. This nationaL assessment has been conducted, and preparation for scoring the tests and analyzing the in tn w icat ienies amntem mn - resuLts are currently under way. Feedback from aigers and poiticaL Leaders to maintain and continuous assessment exercises has been essen- improve the quaLity of education. tial in enabLing the Educationat Reform Program to identify and implement changes needed to Process effectiveness information can be gathered improve the quality of pre-university education. through pilots and monitoring of ongoing activi- ties. This information can help gauge the appro- and poLicy responses and to generate support priateness of grade LeveL materiaLs or specific for reform. technoLogies, the match between pre- and in-ser- vice teacher training activities and cLassroom Management information on the procedures and needs, the adequacy of instructional time on task patterns of resource aLLocation. This incLudes and the impact of famiLy and community support. 22 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK Policymakers, headmasters, teachers and parent expected to remain stabLe in most MENA coun- committee members can use this information to tries, spending on education is projected to grow determine how best to change areas that need significantly. Spending growth in higher education improvement. It is this information which gives is already exponentiaL and wiLL soon become substance to reforms indicated by management unsustainabLe. In addition, financial pressure in and Learning acquisition information (above) and primary and secondary will aLso remain intense. which gives them the highest likeLihood of Completion of universaL access to compuLsory edu- impacting Learning. cation, reductions in dropout rates, higher com- pletion rates, and internationalLy competitive Education reform is a long term process. Its suc- Learning achievements wiLL require continued cess depends on the knowledge that system strong public sector commitment. actors and the public have about the system, and this in turn depends on routine and systematic Given Governments' commitment to education, its data gathering and examination of other, less share in the pubLic budget is LikeLy to increase. quantifiabLe, information. When such process is However, when competing demands exceed used to Learn how the system functions, aLL par- growth in totaL pubLic funds, each increase in ticipants -officiaLs, empLoyees, students and education's share implies a decrease in other parents - benefit from the improvements that areas. While there are opportunities for budgetary become possibLe. Wide dissemination of informa- restructuring (e.g, the share spent on defense is tion on the system is key, and nationaL media can on average higher than in other deveLoping coun- focus pubLic attention on education issues and tries), for aLL practicaL purposes there are Limits to generate support for soLutions. cross sectoraL adjustments. How then can the above objectives be financed? Without mechanisms to inform poLicy makers and practitioners, attempts at educational reform wiLL The first principle is to spend public resources be futile. Reforms - from teacher training over- for public goods. Basic education is a pubLic hauLs, to curricuLum and textbook revision to good, and should receive pubLic funding. Higher decentraLization of financing sources and budget- Levels of education have a higher share of pri- ing - wiLL be decreed, designed, adopted and vate value, and should therefore be financed in discarded without anyone knowing what, how or partnership with families and the private sector. indeed whether anything was accompLished at aLL. On average in MENA, one student in higher edu- In such a context poLicymakers, teachers and par- cation costs the government about as much as ents wouLd stand powerLess to halt a process of 10 students in primary education. Despite high- Learning decLine and resource waste. er private returns to higher LeveLs of education in the region, there are huge sociaL pay-offs to Maintain a Sustainable Financial basic education. It thus seems difficuLt to justify Foundation for Education significant pubLic subsidies for higher education as Long as compuLsory education is not univer- Spending on education by MENA countries, typi- saL, as in Egypt, Morocco and Yemen. Higher caLLy about 5 percent to 6 percent of GDP, is in education may be needed, but pubLic sector pri- Line with the rest of the worLd. Costs, LargeLy orities wiLL have to be chosen within the avaiL- assumed by the pubLic sector, have been steadiLy abLe budgetary enveLope. The range of options driven upward by popuLation growth and rising for higher education funding shouLd not be enroLLment rates. Even though the momentum of restricted to the pubLic sector. From an equity popuLation growth is about to stop for basic and perspective, there are strong grounds to increase secondary school age popuLations, which are fees for those who can afford it and to consider HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK 23 Figure 17 Public Education Expenditure as Share of GDP, mid-1990s 8 7 6 5 0 b Lebanon Syria Iran Morocco Jordana Yemen Tunisia Egypt ALgeria Sources: UNESCO 1997, World Bank 1996, 1997, and 1998, World Bank staffestimates. Notes: a. Data for 1995. For other countries data are for 1994. b. Data do not include expenditures on tertiary education. student loans where estabLishing repayment mechanisms is feasibLe. Cost projections for education that assume mod- STRONG WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR est GDP growth of 2.3 percent and a somewhat EDUCATION THROUGHOUT THE REGION generous growth in unit costs demonstrate that 5 percent of GDP wouLd be adequate to support uni- As is the case the worLd over, the citizens of many versal primary in alL countries, 75 percent sec- MENA countries are wilLing to pay considerable fees ondary enrolLment rates in some countries and for educationaL services. In Egypt for instance, even 25 percent tertiary enroLLments in Syria and private spending on tutoring in the pre-university Lebanon. Jordan, Iran, and Egypt wiLL have stages alone is estimated to be about EGP 7 billion annuaLly. Tutoring is common not only among the shornfancinggs winL begtertiary education onl and chiLdren of weaLthier famiLies: sixty-three percent shortfalls willebe greatenstcindary Tdun atis n aud of students in upper basic education surveyed by Morocco where even secondary education could the MOE in the mid 1990s stated that they use pri- not be fuLLy funded under this scenario. vate Lessons to suppLement classroom teaching. At six percent of average househoLd expenditure, the III. SIX STRATEGIC PATHS FOR OBTAIN- tutoring costs incurred per child iLLustrate that ING DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES families pLace a significant vaLue on basic educa- tion and are wiLLing to use private funds to The strategies identified beLow wiLL be useful to enhance that vaLue. Tertiary education also attracts countries in pursuing the objectives discussed private money. In Jordan over 35,000 students, above. Both organizational changes and changing representing about one third of tertiary enroll- institutionaL norms can be effective in improving ments, are in private universities and community inesystitutoa normscanbe. effective inimpre poving coLLeges. In Lebanon, where private sector deLivery the system performance. Using comprehensive poli- (subsidized and unsubsidized) dominates in both cy frameworks to pLan and guide development, the pre-university and tertiary sectors, private improving system performance at aLL LeveLs, faciLi- spending on education is cLose to six percent of tating private finance and provision in post-com- GDP, about one and a haLf times public education puLsory stages, improving internaL efficiency, and expenditures. 24 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK Figure 18 PubLic Education Spending as Share of GDP: Slow GDP Growth and High Unit Cost Scenario, 2010 15 Tertiary 12 Secondary ..9 _ PnimaTy - 3 Lebanon Syria Jordan Iran Egypt Tunisia Morocco Yemen Scenario: Slow Growth of GDP (regional average of 2.3%) + High unit cost growth (1% higher than GDP per capita growth) strengthening knowLedge generation and dissemi- exercises and macroeconomic poLicies. To be use- nation will be cruciaL in reaching educationaL goaLs ful frameworks need to be reaListic and objec- in the next century. tive-driven and fuLLy owned by the country. In the past, some countries have articuLated poLi- Establish Comprehensive Policy Frameworks cies and objectives which were, as a practical for Long Term Programs of Development matter, impossible to achieve in the time frame and Reform envisioned. SeveraL MENA countries have begun to estabLish Focus on Results: national policies on education: mid- to long-term, Improve Performance at All Levels non-partisan plans for achieving education goaLs. Where these policy frameworks are not in pLace, Changing a system's approach from providing and priorities change without reflecting a change in arranging inputs to increasing output and national goaLs. Yet the demand for education and achievement is essential for raising education's the capacity to deliver it are reLativeLy predictable; quality and relevance at alL LeveLs. Measures of comprehensive policy frameworks can help insuLate success wilL incLude increasing compLetion levels, the education system against major policy shifts declining gender and geographic gaps, and rising caused by minor changes in government. learning achievement. A results focus impLies a new basis for deveLoping policies and programs These frameworks normally include an analysis of and alLocating resources. Accountability systems the current situation, a statement of education and performance standards based on student goals, and a discussion of strategies for attain- achievement goals, not input moving protocoLs, ing these goals. To be concrete, goals need to be will need to form the basic paradigm of results expressed in quantitative terms and measures of based management in the sector. performance indicated. To create ownership of the education goaLs in other core ministries - MENA countries have expLored a variety of strate- finance and pLanning, for exampLe - an anaLysis gies for improving the quaLity of their education of the costs associated with reaching the goaLs systems, and several are taking the first steps in needs to be linked with other ongoing pLanning measuring Learning outcomes. Many strategies are HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK 25 availabLe to pursue these goaLs; four areas are particularLy important. STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK FOR LONG First, simplifying system management. Most MENA TERM SECTOR PLANNING IN EGYPT education systems are managed by at least three ministries, and often others aLso have some To pursue the Government's goals for compuLsory peripheral involvement. This creates competition education, Egypt deveLoped a long-term Strategic for resources and limits consensus on system-wide Framework defining 13 objectives and the inter- approaches for improving performance. ventions needed to achieve these goals. While ConsoLidating ministries and focusing their atten- affording the flexibility needed to respond to tion on standards and results rather than delivery evolving requirements of educational change at the process is the administrative analog to a pedagog- central and local levels, the Framework will guide ic focus on Learning rather than input delivery. planning and activities over the 15 to 20 year Life of Egypt's multi-phase Education Enhancement Second, decentralization, in part through increas- Program (EEP). Activities are included in an annual ing school autonomy over teaching methods, Lan- work pLan (AWP) designed each year through an g iterative process involving the central Ministry, guage of instruction,37 aLLocation of resources local Governorate bodies, international donors, and within the schooL and schooL scheduLes can a Planning, Programming and Monitoring Unit increase efficiency and the effectiveness of cLass- established for the EEP. Each year's work pLan room processes. Increasing schooL autonomy can incorporates priority activities needed to impte- be accompanied by heightened community partic- ment interventions identified in the Strategic ipation, as in Yemen where involving Fathers' Framework. To ensure that interventions are consis- CounciLs in schooL management is effective in tent with local needs, Governorate-level units and mobiLizing community support for education. the MOE discuss proposals in planning each AWP. Annual indicators measure outputs, and show Third, aligning curriculum (including textbooks and progress toward annual and long-term objectives. instructional materials), teacher training, instruc- tion and assessment. When these four key educa- The benefits of this system have been oonsider- inleeet r otaindwti ees able. PreviousLy weak efforts in distance education theyeca nt wrk tot a well per- schooL management, and Education Management they cannot work together to create a weLL per- Information Systems (EMIS) improvement have forming system. CurricuLum and Learning skiLLs been rejuvenated. Distance education and EMIS acquisition aLso need to be coherentLy sequenced activities had been focused simply on hardware between LeveLs - from basic and secondary, requirements; by being incorporated in an overalL incLuding VTE, through tertiary - to ensure that Framework, the use to which hardware is put has the system functions as a whoLe rather than as a become the prime concern. As a resuLt, distance series of unreLated stages. Alignment is particu- education materials are now directly linked to LarLy important for basic and secondary LeveL edu- improving classroom leaming, and EMIS activities cation. In addition, teachers need to Learn are increasingLy oriented towards the use of infor- strategies that accommodate differing Learning mation rather than simply its production. In addi- styles among students. tion, by providing a long term and coherent Framework for activity planning, Egypt makes bet- Fourth, professionalizing the teaching cadre at all ter use of donor inputs, and donors achieve more impactfor th assisance tey proide.levels, especiaLLy basic and secondary. Improving impact for the assistance they provide, the quaLity and performance of the education sys- tem will inevitabLy require improving the quaLity 37. In many cases, Language of instruction is a political rather than pedagogical issue; when this is the case, schools may not be authorized to choose the language of instruction. 26 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK _,.SaDlhaJmin'_.i . MAp .w!inw M._ of the teaching cadre. This can be accomplished Private financing is thus a priority area for deveL- in part through focusing preservice and inservice opment, through both cost recovery in pubLic training on what teachers need to know and do, institutions and expansion of private (for-profit rather than on credentiaLs. Improving the incen- or not-for-profit) delivery systems. tive structures for teachers, recruiting into the teaching cadre students from more selective Regulatotyframeworks that create demand and streams of education and training, and increasing suppLy incentives and provide sufficient autono- the share of secondary and university teaching my to operate independent institutions wilL be staff with teaching degrees are aLL important needed. To enabLe the market to move past pro- steps as welL. vision of the Low quaLity training which meets simple credentiatLing demand, the financial abili- A fifth strategy may be appropriate for some ty to estabLish expensive facilities and the countries: "leapfrogging" through the use of tech- opportunity to borrow for tuition against future nology. Evidence that technology can improve the earnings are needed. quality of teaching and learning is growing, at least for OECD countries.38 Research has demon- Limited public subsidies can be used to enable not- strated that students using traditionaL computer- for-profit institutions to compete on quality or cre- based systems outperformed those taught without ate incentives for profit making institutions to do the use of such systems, and there is beginning so. In Hungary, incentives are created by provisions evidence that computers can be effective in for support based on efficiency and performance deveLoping the active Learning strategies consid- standards. Providing Limited, targeted support to ered cruciaL for innovation. However, caution is spur deveLopment of both types of private institu- warranted; one 1993 estimate pLaced the annuaL tions may be a more cost effective means of meet- cost per student for an optimaL package of hard- ing social demand for higher education than direct ware, software and maintenance at US$556 plus pubLic financing and provision. DeveLopment of personnel costs (estimated at US$1,375 in the Iran's private Islamic Azad University was encour- U.S. but undoubtedly less in the MENA region).39 aged in this way, through subsidization of the initiaL capitaL investment costs. Increase Private Sector Participation in Education Through Legal, Regulatory and Governments wilL need to choose the point aLong Accreditation Frameworks a spectrum of control ranging from full institu- tional independence to fulL State authority over Most private sector participation in education provision. Regulation which tightly controls many provision and finance in the MiddLe East and aspects of provision eLiminates sufficient autono- North Africa involves private for-profit enterpris- my to make private operations feasibLe and es. Not-for-profit education institutions are con- impedes private provision. On the other end of strained by the lack of facilitating legal, the spectrum, significant absence of pubLic con- reguLatory and accreditation frameworks, particu- troL over crucial aspects of provision would lead larly for post-compulsory education. While the to substandard quality in some instances. The State has, in most cases, the responsibility to most important areas for regulatory attention are guarantee access to high quality basic education teachers, curriculum and facilities. In Jordan, the for all and standards in post basic Levels, public growing for-profit schools sector is subject to finance and provision at all Levels is not afford- regulations mandating use of national textbooks, able without a serious deterioration of quaLity. exams and teacher quaLification standards. These 38. President's committee of Advisors on Science and TechnoLogy 1997. 39. Becker 1993. HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK 27 iilD requirements are not feLt to be overLy onerous by Governments may wish to estabLish independent school proprietors. accreditation boards with authority over the aspects of quaLity controL discussed above to Issues relevant to regulation of teachers in for- deveLop and monitor standards in private educa- profit and not-for profit educational institutions tion. Independent accreditation boards can con- include the terms of empLoyment, incLuding tain a mix of public and private representatives salary, tenure and termination rights, certifica- and shouLd have a cLearLy defined scope of tion, and mandatory teacher quaLifications. WhiLe authority. From a systemic perspective, they con- discretion may remain with school management stitute a mechanism for coordinating private with over individuaL hiring and firing decisions, ruLes pubLic provision. They thus need to be integrated deLineating the extent of that discretion are in Long term sector pLanning exercises. needed to ensure some uniformity of quaLity Accreditation boards independent of university throughout the system and to give administra- controL are pLanned by Jordan as a way to equal- tors, teachers and parents a reliabLe baseline of ize the regulatory environment in public and pri- expectations on which they can depend. vate higher education. ALL private educationaL institutions wiLl likewise Improve Internal Efficiency need a clearLy defined sphere of authority over curricuLum and materiaLs choice. ReguLation which Most MENA countries devote a Large share of their so cLoseLy controLs curricular choice as to mandate national budgets to education. But both investment subjects, sequencing and hours by subject wouLd and recurrent resources are often not used efficient- eliminate a significant potential for the differenti- Ly. There is enough money in most cases for basic ation which can drive demand for and growth of education, but it is often used to pay the saLaries non-public provision. In Morocco, when private of more teachers than those who actually teach, to schooLs using the French curriculum became obLig- finance construction of schools located without ed to teach the nationaL curricuLum, they chose regard to student habitations and, uLtimately, to instead to use both curricula to maintain the dif- produce students who do not Learn math and sci- ferentiation which supports the demand for their ence at internationaL standards, and who possibLy services. At the same time, the absence of quaLity do not learn how to learn. High repetition leveLs ensuring regulation can create a bifurcated market add to the resource burden. The problems multiply in which well-to-do students enjoy very high qual- with streaming and tracking systems in secondary ity and everybody eLse suffers from a "race to the that limit flexibility and with excessive numbers of bottom" among providers. tertiary institutions and programs. Ownership of, and LiabiLity for, facilities needs to Most countries in the region, having achieved be placed on the spectrum between private and high basic education participation, now need to pubLic responsibility. Governments may choose to respond to increasing demand for secondary and assume start-up costs but then transfer owner- higher education. Weak sectoraL management ship to private actors (the inverse of a BuiLd- often leads to inefficient use of existing Transfer-Operate infrastructure contract) who resources. Cost data on categories of expenditure wouLd incur expansion and maintenance obLiga- and actuaL disbursements sufficient to monitor tions in return for the initiaL subsidy. Both profit internaL efficiency is frequentLy absent. CiviL ser- making and not-for-profit private institutions vice Lines of authority and reguLations impede benefiting from this type of start-up subsidy education managers abiLity to set poLicies and couLd be required to accept a set percentage of procedures regarding empLoyment, hiring, promo- tuition free students. tion, remuneration and termination standards, 28 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK 'ii| severely Limiting the system's prospects for effi- increase. With such a high proportion of unit cient operation, as 90 percent of recurrent funds costs sensitive to GDP growth, the budgetary are normalLy spent on staff. advantages created by GDP growth would disap- pear if the totat salary bilL grows faster than does Creation of independent teaching corps not gov- GDP. In such a scenario, no funds would remain erned by civil service regulations would foster for expanding access or ensuring internationally greater accountability, flexibility and effective- competitive learning standards. ness. Developing professional associations of edu- cators would be an important step in this Although differences among countres are large, direction. These associations could set profession- the region is characterized by high Levels of non- aL standards, enforce codes of conduct, work to teaching to teaching staff, declining student-to- improve the condition of educators and advance- teacher ratios, and high repetition rates. This ment of the profession, and introduce a licensing suggests that there is room for more internal effi- regime using teaching permits, periodic renewaL ciency and more budgetary savings. However, the requirements and retraining. trade-off is sharp: declining student-to-teacher ratios in MENA are often due to the opening of Controlling and managing unit costs will also be schools in remote villages where the number of criticaL. Because 90 percent of unit costs consist students is low (e.g., in Jordan, Egypt and of salaries, which will typically rse as GDP rises, Morocco) in order to increase access. SimiLarLy, unit costs will also increase as output and income high repetition rates are at times Linked to a Box 5 PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS TO IMPROVE TECHNICAL TRAINING In Tunisia, the Government is redefining how technical training programs are designed and delivered, mov- ing the focus from public training centers to enterprises in need of skilled workers. In the past, pre-service industrial training was designed and delivered entireLy by public institutions. Now, with support from a Fund set up under the Bank supported Second Training and Employment Project, a dual system providing training in enterprises and centers has been established. Financing criteria ensure that training responds to enterprise needs. Centers submit feasibility studies demonstrating a clear economic justification for the training to be delivered: evidence that rates of return are positive and that labor market demand for work- ers with the skills in question is strong. Centers aLso obtain commitments - signed contracts - with enterprises, arranging for training delivery in the enterprise. This is the key to ensuring the dual nature of the system. Crucial inputs to ensure successful operation of the dual system are also supported by the pro- ject. Traditional curricula are adapted to specific enterprise needs, and seLected enterprise workers are given teaching methods instruction so they can effectiveLy deliver training in-house. For in-service training in smalL and medium sized enterprises (SMEs - businesses with fewer than 100 employees), Tunisia has aLso moved the design and initiative for training closer to employers and employ- ees. Using a survey of registered SMEs to identify skill needs in the sector, the Govemment contracts with training centers to provide short courses (about a week or less) addressing the needs of these businesses. Training centers advertise in the locaL media, and any empLoyee of a registered SME is eligibLe to take the course free of charge. Costs are recovered with funds raised through the Vocational Training Tax paid by registered firms. By defining courses according to enterprise identified skilL needs and depending on employee initiative to pursue training, the program structure ensures greater relevance and efficiency than traditionally prevaiLs in public sector, institution-focused training schemes. HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK 29 deliberate pursuit of quality and budgetary sav- at http://www.palestine-net.com/education/qou. ings (e.g., in Tunisia). AOU accepts students hoLding a general secondary school certificate or its equivaLent and offers pro- Considering altemativeforms of education delivery, grams of study in education, management and particuLarLy at the secondary and tertiary Level, entrepreneurship, technoLogy and appLied sciences, deserves attention. Two important possibiLities are social and famiLy deveLopment and continuing edu- increasing linkages with the private sector and cation. Fees are Lower than those of conventional distance education (e.g., Arab Open University). universities in West Bank-Gaza, amounting to Public-private partnerships can be very important about US$16 per credit hour. for increasing efficiency, for instance through con- tracting out to the private sector for provision of The University of Tourism and Culture for Peace is essential goods and services such as textbooks a not-for-profit institution based in Marseilles, and building maintenance, or through establishing France, that offers, in cooperation with the pairing relationships between enterprises and University of Rabat, University of Bethlehem and higher vocational and technical education to University of Ben Gourion, a program of study on ensure that training resources and student time tourism management sponsored in part by Club are well targeted. Med. The mode of instruction is two-way telecon- ferencing, and therefore high cost. Students With completion rates in the primary and lower enroll in courses at their own universities and secondary stages nearing universal levels, demand are taught by a team of professors from the par- for places in higher secondary and tertiary educa- ticipating universities. Courses are taught in tion will grow beyond the capacity of available French and English, with translation into Arabic public funds. Because students at these leveLs as needed. Approximately 80 students at four have the ability to learn independently, distance universities were enrolled in 1998. Unit costs are education delivery methods can provide access to high due to the high cost of satellite time upper leveLs at much lower per student costs (US$40/hour), capital costs for the specially while maintaining high quality standards. If a equipped classrooms (US$300,000 per site for televised lecture reaches 10,000 students, it classrooms, engineering and antennas) and oper- could be affordably delivered by a NobeL Laureate. ating costs (US$400,000 per year). There is not much experience with these methods in the region, but some exampLes illustrate that Distance education is aLso being used to help a the prospects of success with distance education significant portion of the Yemeni teaching cadre are high; costs depend largely on the number of to upgrade their skiLLs. Since late 1993 over 10 students enrolLed and the modality of instruction. percent of Yemen's basic education teachers have Two distance education institutions are presently taken part in a World Bank supported program operating in the region, and a third - the Arab which uses field libraries and televised lectures. Open University - is planned. Training is delivered to grade 1-4 teachers who are just two years removed from secondary school AL-Quds Open University (AOU) is a national insti- graduation. It alLows teachers to continue work- tution for higher education operated by the ing in schooLs whiLe improving their subject mat- Palestinian Authority. The mode of instruction is ter knowledge and teaching skills. print-based, and therefore low cost. It operates nine study centers in the major cities in West Build a Community of Learners Bank-Gaza, as welL as two study centers in the United Arab Emirates, and enroLLed 10,500 students Designing and impLementing resuLts based strate- in 1998. It has a presence on the WorLd Wide Web gies requires a community of learners willing to 30 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK _0w~AMVOMWMA -P continuousLy review best experiences, methodolo- from many regions. Participation in one of the gies and technoLogies, and anaLyze educationaL internationaL or regionaL assessments of learning problems in the context in which they arise so achievement is one way to join in this network. they can apply the results to new chalLenges. In Some MENA countries have aLready participated in virtuaLLy all regions education poLicy-makers, these studies and others intend to participate in researchers and practitioners participate in learn- future assessments. ing networks focusing on improving education. In MENA, such a network needs to be built up, Inform Everybody beginning perhaps within countries and then spreading across the regions. Disseminating information about education is criticaL for buiLding consensus around education There is Little tradition in MENA for encouraging reform and for continued support of national pubLic access to information on education. comprehensive poLicy frameworks. People need Moreover, basic education statistics are often to know what is being pLanned, and what it unreliabLe. Information is lacking on key areas means for them and their children. They also such as expenditures, Learning and labor market need to know about costs and results: what are outcomes. This needs to change. Universities, the real costs of education, how much students consulting firms, private businesses, political are learning in key subjects, which fields of Leaders as well as famiLies and communities alL study have higher empLoyment opportunities. need open access to information regarding the Each country will need to develop its own com- education system and how well it is doing.40 munication strategy, but the overall objective is to achieve greater transparency and to reduce Such communities of learners are being developed. information asymmetry. Jordan and West Bank- In MENA, the Economic Research Forum based in 6aza have both taken important steps in this Cairo acts as a community of learners on economic regard by putting their nationaL education data issues. A similar network couLd be estabLished for in the most pubLic of forums - the World Wide education researchers in partnership with such Web. Jordan's National Center for Human groups as ALECSO (the Arab League Education, Resource DeveLopment maintains a website with Culture and Science Organization), ISESCO (the all of its research publications as well as nation- Islamic Education, Science and Culture al data at http://www.nchrd.govJo while the Organization), UNESCO and ESCWA. There are also Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics maintains international communities made up of learners a site at http://www.pcbs.org where the annual Table 2 Key Objectives and Strategic Paths: How They Relate EstabLish Enable Improve Build a policy Focus on private internal community Inform Key Objectives frameworks results participation efficiency of learners everybody Learning to learn X X x Building human capital and social cohesion X X X X X Universal completion of basic education X X X Increase education information X X X Maintain sustainable financing X X X 40. Heyneman 1997. HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK 31 statistical yearbooks for education in Palestine through FY2000. Tunisia and Morocco are the can be accessed. Largest borrowers, and onLy Yemen qualified for IDA lending in FY98. Countries in the MiddLe East and North Africa can use the strategic paths discussed above to pursue ALL education subsectors are represented in the the key education deveLopment objectives identified portfoLio. The share of support to basic education in Section II of this paper. Each of the paths Leads is approximateLy equaL to the Bank-wide average, to some of the objectives but not to others, and while for secondary, vocational and tertiary edu- there is no one-to-one correLation of means and cation the shares are sLightLy higher, as wouLd be ends. Used in concert however, these strategies expected from the general LeveL of development in can help countries to move forward on aLL fronts. the region. IV. HOW THE WORLD BANK GROUP The WorLd Bank can heLp its cLients to pursue and CAN ASSIST ITS CLIENTS IN MENA achieve their education goals by providing assis- IN THE FUTURE tance designed to reinforce the strategic under- pinnings of education deveLopment and to design In 1963, Tunisia became the first country to and impLement specific program actions. At the impLement an education project with WorLd Bank same time, the Bank's activities must be targeted support. Since then, the Bank has supported edu- so that its resources are used consistently with cation in 11 regionaL countries, Lending over its comparative advantage. The WorLd Bank can US$2.65 bitlion through 75 projects. World Bank help its clients by: education Lending increased by 80 percent between the mid 1980s and the mid 1990s, from Helping to develop comprehensive policy 5 to 8 percent of total lending. In MENA, educa- frameworks for Long-term program support. Egypt tion's share of Lending remained reLativeLy stabLe deveLoped such a framework for basic education in over this time period, at about 9 percent. About 1997 with World Bank assistance and is basing its two new projects enter the portfoLio annuaLLy. investment and programmatic activities on it. Disbursements have risen since FY95 and about Linking the education poLicy framework to the four new operations per year are pLanned for FY99 economic environment and strategy is a cruciaL Figure 19 MENA Education Lending, FY87-00 500 - - - MENA Disbursements 400 MENA New Commitments 300 ~200 100 - 0-- - - FY87-89 FY90-92 FY93-95 FY96-98 FY99-00 32 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK LiDS A . &. - Figure 20 MENA Education Lending by Subsector (US$), FY90-98 eco aa Basic 33% Higher 21% _ part of the exercise, so that development plans region, which are often cut off from the interna- form a coherent whoLe and not just a fragmented tional community for reasons of language (rela- collection of sector specific visions. In countries tiveLy Little education research is pubLished in where stable sectoraL priorities are few, identifica- Arabic) and technology (telephone to popuLation tion of priorities which nationaL authorities can ratios are Low, limiting access to the internet). commit to is a first step in this process. Where Comprehensive economic and sector work, based limited capacity for strategic policy development in part on globaL knowledge, can be the first step exists, intensive work to train counterparts in the in designing effective program lending, or of processes and objectives of such an exercise will developing LegaL frameworks to increase private be needed to begin the process. While the WorLd financing and provision activities. These activities Bank can assist with these steps, multisectoraL can be used to buiLd the consensus needed for work invoLving economic management wiLL be poLicy frameworks. Such support was usefuL in needed to initiate reforms, such as teacher com- assisting Tunisia, Egypt and Jordan to generate pensation, requiring broader prerequisite actions consensus and commitment to reform through such as civil service reform. Consensus among the years-Long processes of consuLtation and discus- domestic educationaL community and strong sion at aLL LeveLs - from teachers and school Government commitment to reforms in some coun- administrators to regional educationaL authorities tries faciLitate the Bank's abiLity to assist in iden- and nationaL educationaL research and deveLop- tifying, preparing and implementing operations. ment institutions. In Tunisia, intensive nation- wide consultation and collaboration with teachers Providing supportive advice and high quality and schooL officiaLs heLped to ensure firm system- non-lending services, such as comprehensive wide support for a reform which aims at improv- economic and sector work, referraL services to ing educational quaLity and heightening a sense technical assistance, social assessment support, of nationhood. and access to gLobal knowledge about education. The Bank's unique advantage in Learning from the Using more flexible lending instruments for colLective experience of its clients regarding program support and seLecting instruments suit- effective education strategies and practices is ed to specific poLicy, institution building and particuLarLy vaLuabLe for countries in the MENA investment objectives identified by the cLient so HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK 33 MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA that lending is demand driven. Program Lending instance, the Bank routineLy heLps to ensure that increases the opportunities for partnership with the Long term recurrent costs generated by capitaL other donors and thus the WorLd Bank's Leverage investment are taken into account as part of the in poLicy discussions (such as in the design of the decision to invest. Second, the Bank serves to Egypt strategic framework) where adherence to coordinate and rationaLize donor efforts within an Bank supported poLicy reform is the key to sub- overaLL framework. By ensuring that the muLtitude stantiaL concessionary co-financing. New Loan of direct assistance sources are pLanned so as to types (the Learning and Innovation Loan) can complement one another, the effectiveness of this aLso be used where experimentation is needed to assistance is increased, as in Jordan, West Bank- determine the best long term course of action, or Gaza, Yemen and Egypt. There is also great poten- to assess national impLementation capacity. These tial for cooperation with Arab donors, such as the have not yet been used in education in MENA, Arab Fund for SociaL and Economic DeveLopment. but may become appLicabLe with cLients who Third, in a few cases the WorLd Bank's "Stamp of resume cooperation with the Bank after Long peri- Approval" is required by the European Union to ods. To the extent however that new Lending continue discussion with Governments on incLusion instruments caLL for short, fast, highLy focused in the Mediterranean Initiative on trade, and in sector work, their utiLity in program Lending wiLL return for the EU's substantiaL funding of technicaL be constrained by the need for sector work con- assistance for human resource deveLopment. ducted in full partnership with the client to ensure ownership. Tradeoffs between these goaLs Using evaluation research programs to learn - speed, client participation and comprehensive- from experience in partnership with clients. ness of sector work - wiLL be necessary where These programs shouLd monitor and measure the earLy stage program Lending requires substantiaL deveLopment impact of WorLd Bank Lending and up front investment costs. ESW activities, as Bank operations in Jordan have done. These activities can aLso be used to provide Facilitating greater public-private partnerships more support for participation in internationaL and non-public participation in financing and pro- assessments and development of internationaLLy viding education. Part of the chaLLenge wiLL invoLve comparabLe statistics. Jordan's experience in creating demand among cLients for private sector estabLishing an institution to perform high quaLity institutional development Lending. Jordan's experi- research and anaLysis on the sector is instructive. ence with engaging enterprises in vocationaL train- With strong support from the highest LeveLs of ing can be used to demonstrate the beneficial national authority, the National Center for Human effects of these activities. Caution wiLL be needed Resource DeveLopment (NCHRD) has pLayed a cat- where LegaL frameworks are absent in the non-profit aLytic role in improving the quality of education sector, as this can impede non-profit operation as deLivered in Jordan and now provides anaLytic ser- effectiveLy as a hostiLe reguLatory environment. vices to other regionaL countries. Such high leveL technicaL expertise aLso contributes to good Serving as a catalyst of dialogue between impLementation capacity. Ministries and a coordinator of donor efforts. This increases the Government's incentive to The WorLd Bank can best heLp its cLients by invoLve the Bank in its deveLopment activities in a emphasizing selectivity in making choices, so number of ways. First, by integrating aLl relevant that both governments and the Bank invest Ministries in planning exercises, the Bank can heLp credibility and resources in only those undertak- its cLients ensure that deveLopment pLanning is ings that can make a significant deveLopment coherent and coordinated from a nationaL perspec- impact. Where broad issues not susceptibLe to tive, not just within the education sector. For intervention through the education sector aLone 34 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK __!~i . _ -.a (e.g., civil service reform) wouLd constrain the Focusing on capacity building for planning, effectiveness of World Bank activities in educa- analysis and management during project tion, substantial caution in committing implementation through aLLocating more Bank resources is warranted. Where constraints to resources to impact and progress monitoring. effectiveness such as the Lack of commitment to Continuing to place sociaL sector experts in resi- reforms, severely limited implementation capaci- dent missions to increase the substance of the ty or non-additionality of funds due to national Bank's partnership with its cLients - as it is budgeting procedures are present (i.e., where doing in Egypt, Yemen and Morocco - can be an there is no incremental effect of lending), the important positive step in this regard. In addi- Bank should Look closely to see that deveLop- tion, Bank site visits and missions to Mashreq ment resources are not squandered. countries should include Arabic speakers. HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK 35 _A INJA, IRR.'B-lidp. LIST OF ANNEX TABLES ANNEX A-Education System and Structure Table Al CompuLsory Education and Number of Years in Each Level of Education 37 TabLe A2 Constitutional and Legal Provisions for Education (most recent available data) 37 Table A3 Student Achievement, Assessment and Promotion Systems 38 ANNEX B-Education System and Structure TabLe B1 Income and Social Indicators, 1970 and circa 1996 39 Table B2 Population and Labor Force Indicators, various years 40 TabLe B3 Average AnnuaL PopuLation Growth: Low and MiddLe Income Countries 40 TabLe B4 Estimates and Projections of SchooL-Age Cohorts (thousands), 1995-2040 41 Table B5 Average Annual Growth in GDP & ReaL Per Capita GDP 42 TabLe B6 Culture and Communication, 1995 42 TabLe B7 AduLt Literacy Rates, 1960-1995 and Average Years of Schooling Among Adults 15 Years and OLder 43 ANNEX C-Education Statistics TabLe Cl Gross EnroLLment Rates, 1995 44 TabLe C2 Net EnroLLment Rates in Primary and Secondary Education, circa 1995 45 Table C3 Percentage of Children Enrolled in School in 1990s and Estimated Number of Children Out of School, 1995 45 TabLe C4 Student Flow Indicators, Most Recent Years, Mid 1990s (olo) 46 Table C5 Primary Repeaters Share in Total Enrollments, 1990-1995 (%) 46 Table C6 CompuLsory Education and ChiLd Labor 46 Table C7 Public Expenditure on Education, Mid 1990s 47 TabLe C8 Primary and Secondary Student-to-Teacher Ratios 48 TabLe C9 SeLected Teacher Characterisitics, 1990s 49 TabLe C10 Number of Students and Teachers, Most Recent Years, mid 1990s 49 Table Cll Private Enrollment's Share of TotaL Enrollment and ReguLations Affecting Private Schools, mid 1990s 50 ANNEX D-World Bank Assistance-Past and Future TabLe Dl Non-Lending Services for Education in the MENA Region, FY97 and FY98 51 Table D2 Staff in the Education Group in the MENA Region 51 Table D3 WorLd Bank Lending for Education, MENA Region 51 36 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK ANNEX A: EDUCATION SYSTEM AND STRUCTURE Table Al Compulsory Education and Number of Years in Each Level of Education Secondary Country CompuLsory 1st Cycle 2nd Cycle Tertiary ALgeria Compulsory 6 Compulsory 3 Free 3 Free Egypt Compulsory 5 Compulsory 3 Free 3 (5) Free Iran Compulsory 5 Compulsory 3 Compulsory 4 Free Jordan Compulsory 10 N/A Free 2 Not free Lebanon Compulsory 6 Not compulsory 3 Not compulsory 3 (4) Not free Morocco CompuLsory 6 Free 3 Free 3 Free Syria CompuLsory 6 Free 3 Free 3 Free Tunisia Free 6 Free 3 Free 4 Small fee WBG Compulsory 6 CompuLsory 3 or 4 Partly free* 3 or 2 No public Yemen Compulsory 9 N/A SmalL fee 3 (4) Not free Sources: Constitutions of the Countries of the WorLd (varous years), International Encyclopedia of Education (1994). Notes: In Free stages tuition is not charged but attendance is not compulsory. Years in parentheses are for some types of secondary vocational/technical schools. * Poor families are not required to pay. TabLe A2 Constitutional and Legal Provisions for Education (most recent available data) Country Constitution Law/Act Algeria November 28, 1996 1976 Laws on educational reform i Education is a Right * 9 years of basic education is compuLsory and free v Basic education is compulsory * State provided free instruction at all levels Egypt May 22, 1980 Law No 233/1988 * Education is a Right * 8 years of basic education is compuLsory e Primary education is compuLsory * State provided free instruction at all LeveLs Iran October 24, 1979 amended July 28, 1989 e Obliges the government to pursue free primary and secondary education for all, and to facilitate and expand higher education Jordan As amended through January 8, 1984 1994 Law of Education and Instruction * Elementary education is compuLsory and free * 10 years of education is compuLsory and free in governemnt schooLs Lebanon No statement in the 1926 Constitution, as 1998 law amended in 1990 * Elementary education is compuLsory Morocco Revised 1996 * 6 years of basic education is compuLsory * Education is a right * PubLic education is free at aLl leveLs Syria March 13, 1973 * Education is a Right * 6 years of primary education is compuLsory * Public education is free at all leveLs Tunisia No statement in Constitution as amended in 1998 Education Reform Low in 1991 * Basic education defined as 9 years Yemen November 1994 1992 Educaton Law * Education is a Right * Defines compuLsory education as 9 years; * Primary education is compuLsory However, due to present financial constraints only 6 years of basic education is currently compuLsory. Sources: Constitutions of the Countries of the World (various years by country); International Encyclopedia of Education (1994); Daily Star (April 1998), other various WorLd Bank documents. HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK 37 . ........ Table A3 Student Achievement, Assessment and Promotion Systems 'U. * S I a *l : S. . g. 6 f iff:W ....S1 0u First level Graduation criteria No R R T T T T R T Second level-lst stage Entrance criteria No G G N/A G G G G G Graduation criteria R N R N/A N R N N N Second level-2nd stage General or All LQ Entrance criteria G G G G G G G G G Graduation criteria N* N N N** N* N* N* N* N Third level Entrance criteria G G E G G G G G G Key: T-Teachers' assessment; R-Standardized test at the regional/provincial Level; N-National standard exam; E-Unclear which entity provides exam; G-Performance assessment at graduation from previous level of school. * Baccalaureate; ** GSSCE _,, 2I _~ ANNEX B: ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STATISTICS R Table B1 Income and Social Indicators, 1970 and circa 1996 GNP per Capita Mortatity Rate, Infant Life Expectancy Fertility Rate, Total Literacy Rate, Adult (US$) PPP($) (per 1,000 live births) at Birth (years) (births per woman) (% of people 15+) 1970 1996 1996 1970 1996 1970 1996 1970 1996 1970 1995 ALgeria 360 1,520 4,620 139 31.7 53.3 70.0 7.4 3.4 37 62 Egypt 230 1,080 2,860 158 53.1 51.1 65.5 5.9 3.3 51 Iran - 1,739 5,360 131 35.6 54.8 69.8 6.7 3.8 - 72 Iraq - - - 102 101.4 55.4 61.6 7.1 5.3 58 Jordan - 1,650 3,570 - 29.8 - 70.6 - 4.4 70 87 Lebanon - 2,970 6,060 50 30.7 64.2 69.6 5.4 2.7 - 92 Morocco 260 1,290 3,320 128 52.8 51.9 66.2 7.0 3.3 28 44 Syria 360 1,160 3,020 96 31.2 55.8 68.6 7.7 4.0 53 71 Tunisia 280 1,930 4,550 121 30.3 54.2 69.7 6.4 2.8 55 67 WBG - - - - - - 68.3 - 6.4 - 84 Yemen ** - 380 790 186 97.8 41.6 54.0 7.7 7.2 - 44 Income groups LI 430 69 63 3.2 66 LI (*) 290 89 46 5.0 54 LMI 1,670 41 67 3.0 79 Source: WDI 1997 and 1998, Education Development Center 1997, World Bank estimates for GNP per capita in Iran. Notes: - not available. Averages for income groups are for 1995. (*) excluding China and India. (**) Yemen literacy rate in 1995 are for 1994. Table B2 Population and Labor Force Indicators, various years ALgeria 14 25 29 48.4 41.7 37.5 3.1 3.7 2.3 4.9 5.3 15 21 Egypt 33 52 59 41.4 39.3 37.2 2.1 2.5 2.0 2.5 2.7 26 29 Iran 28 56 63 45.8 45.9 40.3 3.3 3.6 2.8 3.3 3.5 21 25 Iraq 9 18 21 46.6 46.5 42.5 3.4 3.3 2.1 2.7 3.1 17 18 Jordan 2 3 4 45.8 52.8 41.5 3.8 3.7 5.7 4.9 5.3 15 21 Lebanon 2 4 4 43.9 34.9 33.7 1.4 2.5 1.9 3.5 2.9 23 28 Morocco 15 24 27 47.6 38.9 35.7 2.4 2.2 2.0 2.6 2.6 34 35 Syria 6 12 15 48.9 48.2 43.8 3.4 3.3 3.0 2.6 2.6 34 35 Tunisia 5 8 9 46.2 37.6 34.4 2.2 2.5 1.9 2.7 3.0 29 30 WBG 1 2 2 - - 44.7 - - - - - - - Yemen 6 12 16 43.6 48.7 47.7 3.0 3.3 5.0 3.7 4.9 33 29 LI countries - n/a n/a - - - 2.6 2.0 1.7 2.2 1.7 40 41 -rl LI countries (*) - n/a n/a - - - 2.0 2.7 2.4 2.6 2.5 40 41 LMI countries - n/a n/a - - _ 2.2 1.7 1.4 1.8 1.7 38 40 Source: WDI 1997 and 1998, World Development Report (WDR) 1992, WorLd Bank staff caLculation based on data from WDI. Notes:- not available. (*) excluding China and India. Table B3. Average Annual Population Growth, Low and Middle Income Countries (%) ECA n/a n/a n/a 0.3 EAP 2.6 1.7 1.6 1.3 LAC 2.6 2.4 2.0 1.7 SAS 2.4 2.4 2.2 1.9 i MENA 2.8 3.0 3.2 2.6 SSA 2.7 2.9 3.1 2.7 ;3= Table B4. Estimates and Projections of School-Age Cohorts (thousands), 1995-2040 Algeria 3,596 3,563 3,572 3,740 3,888 3,631 3,551 3,616 3,685 3,720 Egypt 7,665 7,231 6,955 7,173 7,321 7,151 7,100 7,167 7,187 7,197 Iran 9,210 7,434 7,657 8,400 8,472 7,879 7,589 7,745 7,960 8,082 Iraq 3,076 3,115 3,550 4,151 4,432 4,507 4,523 4,522 4,466 4,311 Jordan 558 619 668 785 766 706 644 654 704 726 Lebanon 457 491 464 424 417 437 454 456 446 437 Morocco 3,198 3,317 3,188 3,351 3,098 3,080 3,176 3,227 3,231 3,195 Syria 2,260 2,082 2,126 2,320 2,451 2,393 2,207 2,171 2,254 2,322 Tunisia 1,064 1,041 984 928 968 1,009 1,020 1,002 982 978 WBG 304 411 505 545 571 604 629 641 623 583 Yemen 2,887 2,415 2,787 3,164 3,470 3,606 3,568 3,513 3,437 3,332 ALgeria 3,596 3,586 3,555 3,565 3,733 3,883 3,626 3,546 3,612 3,682 Egypt 7,099 7,623 7,200 6,933 7,155 7,306 7,136 7,089 7,156 7,177 Iran 8,749 9,183 7,417 7,642 8,386 8,458 7,868 7,579 7,736 7,953 Iraq 2,605 3,055 3,100 3,536 4,138 4,419 4,496 4,513 4,513 4,459 Jordan 597 557 619 667 785 765 705 643 654 703 Lebanon 416 456 490 463 424 416 437 453 455 445 Morocco 3,065 3,176 3,301 3,176 3,342 3,090 3,073 3,170 3,221 3,227 Syria 1,975 2,253 2,077 2,122 2,315 2,447 2,390 2,204 2,168 2,253 Tunisia 1,040 1,061 1,038 982 926 967 1,008 1,019 1,001 981 WBG 259 306 412 505 544 571 602 628 641 623 Yemen 2,318 2,845 2,385 2,759 3,137 3,444 3,581 3,545 3,493 3,419 ALgeria 3,233 3,583 3,575 3,547 3,557 3,726 3,876 3,620 3,540 3,607 Egypt 5,918 7,055 7,584 7,172 6,912 7,135 7,287 7,120 7,073 7,143 Iran 6,776 8,719 9,156 7,398 7,625 8,369 8,443 7,854 7,568 7,725 Iraq 2,217 2,590 3,042 3,089 3,526 4,126 4,408 4,484 4,502 4,503 Jordan 512 595 556 617 666 782 763 704 641 653 Lebanon 389 414 455 489 462 423 416 436 453 454 Morocco 3,019 3,042 3,158 3,287 3,166 3,331 3,082 3,065 3,162 3,215 Syria 1,610 1,966 2,245 2,071 2,117 2,311 2,442 2,384 2,201 2,165 Tunisia 951 1,037 1,058 1,035 980 923 964 1,006 1,017 1,000 WBG 221 262 308 412 504 543 570 601 626 639 Yemen 1,632 2,277 2,802 2,355 2,727 3,105 3,412 3,550 3,518 3,468 ALgeria 2,756 3,217 3,568 3,562 3,535 3,546 3,714 3,864 3,610 3,532 Egypt 4,929 5,864 7,003 7,542 7,139 6,882 7,107 7,260 7,095 7,050 Iran 5,619 6,743 8,680 9,120 7,372 7,600 8,343 8,417 7,832 7,547 Iraq 1,991 2,203 2,577 3,028 3,077 3,512 4,111 4,392 4,469 4,487 Jordan 476 513 595 555 616 663 780 761 702 640 Lebanon 412 387 412 452 486 460 421 414 434 451 Morocco 2,646 2,985 3,017 3,138 3,270 3,151 3,318 3,070 3,054 3,152 Syria 1,313 1,597 1,956 2,235 2,064 2,109 2,302 2,434 2,377 2,194 Tunisia 859 946 1,032 1,054 1,032 976 920 961 1,003 1,014 WBG 208 226 264 307 411 502 541 568 599 624 Yemen 1,058 1,578 2,222 2,746 2,310 2,682 3,058 3,365 3,506 3,480 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK 41 MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA Table B5. Average Annual Growth in GDP and Real Per Capita GDP (%) Algeria 5.8 0.3 1.0 -0.8 -2.4 2.9 Egypt 9.0 2.2 4.8 3.6 -0.7 3.7 Iran 1.1 2.1 -5.8 -0.1 -0.5 3.8 Jordan 3.4 1.7 9.7 -2.6 1.9 2.9 Lebanon - - -2.6 -1.5 9.3 5.4 Morocco 4.9 2.8 1.8 1.5 -0.9 2.4 Syria 4.8 4.5 5.4 -0.9 3.6 0.7 Tunisia 5.3 3.4 4.1 1.0 2.5 4.6 WBG - - - - - - Yemen (*) - 3.9 3.1 2.8 -1.8 1.2 Table B6. Culture and Communication, 1995 | b ; > ,^ ^ . I 3., i1 .3 ,. a.d CII .31 i, EiI ^ . ;;,, Algeria 51 238 89 42 0.3 Egypt 43 312 110 46 0.1 Iran 17 228 63 76 - Iraq 26 224 80 33 - Jordan 47 251 80 73 3.5 Lebanon 110 891 366 82 39.2 Morocco 15 226 94 43 1.4 Syria 19 264 67 63 0.0 Tunisia 45 200 89 58 0.5 WBG - - - 0.0 Yemen 15 43 28 12 0.5 42 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK Table B7. Adult Literacy Rates, 1960-1995 and Average Years of Schooling Among Adults 15 Years and Older Adult Literacy Rates (%) Average Years of Schooling Total Total Female Male Gender Country Gap 1960 1975 1985 1990 1995 1980 1985 1990 ALgeria 10 37 49 57 62 49 74 25 2.5 3.2 4.0 Egypt 26 45 48 51 39 64 25 2.3 3.6 4.3 Iran - - 48 54 72 66 78 13 2.8 3.3 3.9 Iraq 18 52 60 58 45 71 26 2.7 3.5 4.0 Jordan 32 70 74 80 87 79 93 14 4.3 5.2 6.0 6 Lebanon - - 77 80 92 90 95 4 - - - Morocco 14 28 42 49 44 31 57 26 - - 2.5 Syria 30 53 59 64 71 56 86 30 2.9 3.3 3.9 Tunisia 16 55 58 68 67 55 79 24 3.7 4.4 5.1 WBG - - - - 84 77 92 15 - - 8.0 Yemen - - 32 38 44 24 63 39 0.3 0.8 1.5 ANNEX C: EDUCATION STATISTICS Table Cl. Gross Enrollment Rates, 1995 (%) ALgeria 100 112 59 66 75 6 9 13 Egypt * 93 107 68 80 90 31 14 22 Iran* 96 103 62 76 93 5 11 19 6' Iraq ** 83 97 34 53 - - - - Jordan 94 93 67 63 73 19 13 22 Lebanon *** 108 111 78 73 - 14 - - Morocco 71 94 33 44 45 7 9 13 Syria 95 106 40 47 80 10 - - Tunisia 112 119 59 63 52 6 12 14 WBG 91 92 - - n/a 3 - - Yemen 36 82 11 41 n/a 1 3 17 E | I I | I | | | i | | | I | i | 11 ~~~~~ U - 2 * _- -||-1 |Il| Table C2. Net Enrollment Rates in Primary and Secondary Education, circa 1995 (%) . Primary Secondary Algeria 1995 91 99 95 1995 53 59 56 Egypt 1995 87 97 92 1995 66 70 68 Iran 1992 93 100 97 - - - - Iraq 1992 74 83 79 1992 30 44 37 Jordan 1996 97 96 96 1996 55 49 52 Lebanon 1996 96 96 96 - - - - Morocco 1995 62 81 72 1994 - - 30 Syria 1995 87 95 91 1995 37 41 39 Tunisia 1995 95 98 97 1991 39 46 43 Yemen 1998 38 71 55 1998 10 23 17 Table C3. Percentage of Children EnrolLed in School in 1990s and Estimated Number of Children out of School, 1995 Share of Children in Children out Share of children in Children out School, Age 6-10 of School School, Age 11-15 of School t;n.lil.i Year Female Male Total (OOOs) Female Male Total (OOOs) ALgeria 1995 91.0 99.0 95.0 180 - - - - Egypt 1995 79.0 89.1 84.2 1,193 60.0 79.3 74.2 1,771 Iran 1992 93.0 100.0 97.0 274 - - - Iraq 1992 74.0 83.0 79.0 626 - - - - Jordan 1996 99.5 99.8 99.7 2 94.3 94.7 94.6 32 Lebanon 1996 96.1 96.1 96.1 18 90.4 88.5 89.4 43 Morocco 1994 46.5 61.2 54.0 1,459 43.6 64.7 54.2 1,399 Syria 1995 87.0 95.0 91.0 198 - - - - Tunisia 1995 95.0 98.0 97.0 32 - - - Yemen 1994 36.7 61.3 49.4 1,403 38.3 82.3 62.0 829 Total 5,384 4,074 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK 45 Table C4. Student FLow Indicators, Most Recent Years, mid 1990s (%) ' .5. . 5 .i iLi1:. u . IL . .5.... 5 C.& Algeria 96 90 82 Egypt - 98 83 Iran 93 90 94 Iraq Jordan 99 80 Lebanon - _ _ Morocco 85 72 81 Syria 94 85 66 Tunisia 95 87 62 WBG - - - Yemen 88 Table C5. Primary Repeaters Share in Total Enrollments, 1990-1995 (%) ALgeria 9.2 8.8 9.1 9.1 8.9 8.7 Egypt (*) 7.9 7.9 7.4 5.1 6.8 6.0 Iran 9.4 9.6 7.2 7.2 7.2 - Iraq - - 16.5 - - - Jordan 5.4 5.7 4.4 1.6 - 1.3 Lebanon - - - - - - Morocco 11.1 12.3 12.4 - 11.7 12.0 Syria 7.0 6.8 7.2 7.0 7.6 7.2 Tunisia 19.8 20.5 18.5 17.8 16.3 17.3 WBG - - - - - - Yemen - - - - - 7.0 LMI average 6.6 Table C6. CompuLsory Education and ChiLd Labor * ~. ;. L' IC * . C Algeria 6 to 15 16 7 7 3 2 Egypt 6 to 13 12 15 18 13 11 Iran 6 to 17 15 17 14 7 5 Iraq 6 to 12 15 13 11 4 3 Jordan 6 to 15 13 6 4 1 1 Lebanon 6 to 11 14 6 5 0 0 Morocco 7 to 12 12 13 21 11 6 Syria 6 to 11 12 to 13 12 14 9 6 Tunisia - 13 to 15 12 6 0 0 Yemen 6 to 15 15 17 26 22 20 46 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK g TabLe C7. Public Expenditure on Education, Mid 1990s Public Education Expenditure Current Expenditure per Student *, mid-199Os Allocation of current as a % of... (1994) h% of per capita GNP US$ Exchange Rate US$ PPP Expenditure by Level, Total Country GNP GDP Spending Primary Secondary Primary Secondary Primary Secondary Tertiary** Primary Secondary Tertiary ALgeria * 7.3 7.0 20.7 13.8 30.4 221.5 487.0 621.5 1366.6 8281.0 60.9 18.1 16.1 Egypt 6.6 6.5 16.7 12.3 19.3 88.8 138.6 338.0 527.6 2801.1 31.3 40.8 27.9 Iran 4.7 4.5 18.1 7.2 10.7 158.0 235.2 380.2 566.0 - 29.0 33.9 22.9 Iraq - - - - - - - - - - - - - Jordan 6.3 6.0 16.6 15.1 15.4 227.8 231.8 517.4 526.5 6063.3 57.5 n/a 34.0 6 Lebanon 2.0 2.1 5.9 19.4 16.2 416.7 348.3 1122.1 938.0 5448.9 38.6 37.4 16.1 Morocco 5.6 5.4 22.6 13.3 44.3 147.3 491.8 395.4 1320.4 3885.6 33.0 50.7 16.3 Syria **** 3.8 3.6 13.6 8.8 17.8 99.1 199.0 262.7 527.6 3336.7 46.4 27.7 23.4 Tunisia 6.6 6.2 16.4 15.6 25.9 283.1 470.5 703.1 1168.6 5036.4 42.6 36.8 18.8 WBG n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a - n/a n/a n/a Yemen 7.5 6.1 20.8 27.3 48.3 71.0 125.5 210.4 371.6 1433.3 76.4 13.5 8.6 able C8. Pulmary ed$¢na RdntRoaGr035 Primary Algeria 35.2 27.8 27.7 28.2 27.4 27.4 27.3 27.3 Egypt - 31.9 24.9 24.0 23.5 26.8 26.8 24.2 Iran - 21.9 31.4 31.3 31.9 31.7 31.9 30.3 Jordan 31.8 31.3 25.1 24.1 22.1 21.5 21.5 20.8 Lebanon 17.9 - - 10.8 9.9 9.3 9.2 Morocco 38.2 27.8 27.1 27.1 27.6 27.6 28.3 28.2 Syria 28.1 25.9 25.1 24.7 24.2 23.7 23.4 23.5 Tunisia 38.5 31.6 27.8 26.4 26.2 26.3 25.2 24.1 WBG - - - - - - - 30.9 Yemen - - - 36.5 - - - 23.5 Secondary °° Algeria 25.0 21.9 16.8 17.0 16.7 16.6 16.7 16.9 Egypt 26.9 22.3 21.8 20.6 19.9 21.2 - 16.6 Iran - 16.4 24.4 26.6 28.3 29.3 31.8 34.5 Jordan 21.0 17.9 15.6 21.1 - - - 16.1 Lebanon 11.9 - - - - - Morocco - 18.7 - - - - 17.0 16.4 Syria 19.5 17.7 18.9 18.4 17.7 16.9 16.6 14.8 Tunisia - - - - 23.0 - - 22.8 Yemen - - - - - - 12.6 rr: 7-I Tablke CD. Se@e ed Teacher Characteristcs, 1990s Female Teacher's Share, Primary School Teachers by Level mid-1990s of Diploma, 1990 Country Primary Secondary Secondary Tertiary Other Algeria 43 44 17 83 0 Egypt 54 36 0 100 0 Iran 55 46 - - - Iraq 68 42 - - - Jordan 60 44 96 4 0 Lebanon - - - - - Morocco 38 33 - - Syria 64 45 - 91 9 Tunisia 49 44 64 36 WBG * 46 - - - - Yemen 17 16 - - - Sour W 1997 UNESCO 1993, Egypt MOE 1997/9, T a OE 1997/98, Palestinran CenrA uweam of td MInisy Note: For WbG,dt include teacers In Basic and Secondary Education. TbLe CIG. Mumbegr f Students and T@eachng Sta f, Most Recent Years, mid-49os Students Teaching staff Country Primary Secondary Tertiary Primary Secondary Tertiary*** ALgeria 4,617,728 2,544,864 312,400 169,010 150,397 10,405 Egypt 7,499,303 6,629,066 1,142,271 310,116 398,682 44,125 Iran 9,238,000 8,590,000 1,048,093 305,380 249,307 - Iraq - - 244,400 131,271 - 9,688 Jordan 1,074,877 176,123 111,900 51,721 10,921 3,200 Lebanon* 367,862 336,970 86,900 71,688 n/a 3,096 Morocco 3,101,555 1,335,211 306,000 109,817 78,401 11,053 Syria 2,672,960 940,982 214,300 113,530 63,683 3,340 Tunisia 1,440,479 833,372 119,900 59,708 36,528 5,346 WBG* 611,857 50,770 57,500 21,461 n/a 1,172 Yemen** 2,881,181 347,749 121,600 122,660 27,683 1,348 So rs. UNE 2997 Qasem 1999; Egypt MOE 1997I" ian n FIunes 1997 National Ceter *o HumantRces opmDent I(tyww.hebni4ov4o* MoroccO Dltection de ia ,Annualte Aitalsique 1997, Republi4*6u 947 Yemen NotesF -* N *_ t Tactwing staff in pdimary n nctuafr teachers in gener secondary. 4t*1ry and setondiiy are staff estlanites using total number of tei*r In basic and secondary. (*) $ Mas or D. HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK 49 TabLe Cll. Private Enrollment's Share of Total Enrollment and Regulations Affecting Private Schools, mid 1990s i~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~t. (4 |' 11 .1 . I . L1 Algeria 0 0 0 No n/a n/a Egypt 7 7 2 Yes CF Yes Iran 1 1 40 Yes CEF Yes Iraq - - - - - - Jordan 24 7 20 Yes C No Lebanon 68 58 54 Yes CGR Yes Morocco 4 3 3 Yes C Yes Syria 4 6 - Yes Tunisia 1 9 3 Yes CRT No WBG (*) 53 10 100 Yes Yemen 1 1 Small Yes No Yes Regional average (**)6 5 - LI countries 12 36 - LMI countries 11 24 - UMI countries 9 15 - Sources: UNESCO 1995 & 1998; Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics and Ministry of Education 1996; Egypt Five Year DeveLopment Plan 1997; International EncycLopedia of Education 1994; Yemen Statistical Yearbook 1997; World Bank 1994 and 1997. Notes: n/a Not appLicabLe, - Not avaiLabLe, Data for first and second LeveLs of education are for 1992 with the exception of WBG. (*) WBG data in primary education is for basic education (grades 1-10) in 1995/96. (**) Regional and income group averages are weighted by total population. C = Curriculum; E Owners quaLifications and/or physicaL status of building and grounds; F = Fee levels; G = Graduation certification; T = Teachers' qualifications, R = Registration of school and reporting of basic information. 50 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK ANNEX D: WORLD BANK ASSISTANCE-PAST AND FUTURE Table Dl: Non-Lending Services for Education in the MENA Region*, FY97 and FY98 Major ESW Strategy Notes Study Tours Seminars 1997 4 1 1 2 1998 4 3 4 3 Note: (*) Human Development Department (MNSHD) Table D2. Staff in the Education Group in the MENA Region* Professional/ Technical Specialization Number of Staff Share of MNSHD Education Specialists 3 9% Education/ HR Economists 3 9% Operations /ImpLementation Specialists 4 12% HR Specialists 2 6% Staff Assistants 4 n.a. Note: (*) Human Development Department (MNSHD) Table D3. WorLd Bank Lending for education, MENA Region 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 New projects 3 1 2 3 2 2 New projects commitment amount (US$M) 115 33 158 138 98 143 Number of new projects with cofinancing 0 1 1 0 1 0 Number of projects in portfolio 24 20 19 19 20 18 Committed amounts (US$M) 971.1 918.6 1021.8 1071.7 1744.0 1571.3 Average age of portfolio (in years, in ARPP year) 5.0 4.7 4.6 4.3 4.6 4.1 Source: World Bank database 1998. HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK 51 BIUL3OGRAPHY Competing in WorLd Markets." In Prospects for Al-Abbasi, Mutahar, Yahya Y. ALmutawakeL, and Middle Eastem and North African Economies From AbdulkhaLek Ba-Alawi. 1997. "DecentraLization and Boom to Bust and Back? Nemat Shafik. ed. London: Education Expenditures in Yemen." Processed. Macmillan Press LTD; NY: St. Martin's Press, Inc. AL Heeti, AbduL Ghafour and CoLin Brock. 1997. "Vocational Education and Development: Key Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Department of Statistics. 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