WDR 2018: Poll #14: What is the most effective policy to improve learning outcomes?

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  • salman ijaz - 7 years ago

    I think spending 6% of GDP on education is best option because it also covers
    >Double teacher salaries
    >Improve teacher motivation through a teacher career path
    and many other opportunities...
    especially for my country,it is best solution to meet all the problems in education sector.

  • Dammika Herath - 7 years ago

    So far 55% have voted even without having clear/self explanation of what does it mean by "improve teachers motivation through a teacher career path.." this is the real problem we have today?

  • Victor Uyo - 7 years ago

    The increase in GDP allocation is fundamental, as it measures the amount of the resources that all economic participants in a given economy are willing to channel into the sector. Hence it has to do with designing the Institutional framework that will enable all actors to contribute their fair share.

  • Sanjeev Mehta - 7 years ago

    Although important, teacher's motivation is only one element in the set. It requires a new approach that focuses on - improved nutrition status of children, updated curriculum, quality textbooks, participatory pedagogy, more diversified students performance evaluation framework, better infrastructure and effective M&E of schools.

  • Tenzin Chodon - 7 years ago

    I am one of those recipient of Education through the hard work of my community leaders, educators and of course with the financial help from many citizen of developed Countries when my people became refugees and displaced after China invaded Tibet in 1959.
    So good Education policy involves motivated community and financial aid for those refugees or displaced people. But for those that have a country and are poor, I think a good government education policy making education free and mandatory for the first half century may provide a good opportunity to bring educated population for the next half century.

  • Adda Eric - 7 years ago

    The qualitative dimension of education is very critical and can not be achieved without motivated and well trained teachers delivering high quality knowledge, skills and values to students in enabling learning environment. In Africa, many countries emphasized on quantity rather than quality and thus, jeopardize the future of entire nation by producing poorly equipped future generation. I humbly believe that it is time to change priority and invest first on quality.

  • Kapil Singh Kushwah - 7 years ago

    I think nothing can be achieved if the GDP allocation to education remains low. So it has to be increased if its below 6% mark. If you want to distribute laptops you will have to invest and on the other impart basic operational knowledge about laptops, this would be possible with more resources.

    Education must be innovation driven both for tutor and student, for that emphasis should be given to increase the practical knowledge besides theorerical one. This requires proper facilities, related to every stream of education, to implement the strategy for enhancing interest of students towards practical aspect of each and every thing they study.

    The bookish knowledge must be relatable to real world situations, which would help them face real challenges. Once they develop trust in this system, the strategy will grow automatically.

  • Steven Shalita - 7 years ago

    I think a lot of money is put into the sector but the problem is to the turn the value for money into value for many. That will come by giving greater security to the teachers. Relatedly, in most countries --at least in Africa -- teacher education is left to the worst performers who fail to make it to other disciplines. If people see a good career path for teachers, the better performing university students will opt to go into teaching.

  • DIEGO DORADO - 7 years ago

    All answers ... but if I have to choose one: teacher career path ... however, it can not be done without increasing resources to sector .... well, increasing resources (6% of GDP) is not a policy it self.

  • Elena - 7 years ago

    What exactly would be a "teacher career path"? What could this realistically be for e.g. village teachers? Or even teachers in a small school in a big city?

  • Hilma Mote - 7 years ago

    Once GDP allocation has increased a part of that could be dedicated to teacher career path development as well as the development of soft and hard educational infrastructure.

  • Anuja Kar - 7 years ago

    Improving nutritional health of students have a higher impact on learning outcome, especially in least developed countries.

  • Shiva S. Makki - 7 years ago

    Parental education is equally important, particularly for extremely poor households where parents may or may not be literates or educated.

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