education investments in the developing world have led to unprecedented enrollment rates. In 1945, Korea was a poor, war-devastated country, where almost 80 percent of the Population was illiterate. By the late sixties, it already had a very decent system with illiteracy rates of less than 15 percent. Now, it is exceptional.
Three critical ingredients for successful education reform
“For learning to happen and for values to be nurtured in classrooms, teachers and principals need to have a mindset of excellence,” says Jaime Saavedra, Senior Director of the World Bank Education Global Practice. (Photo: World Bank) Over the past decades, education investments in the developing wor…