Education at a Glance 2013 out this week

By Marielk. OECD has recently published Education at a Glance 2013, compiling information about educational systems. This includes information about participation rates, funding rates and the outcomes of the systems both in terms of performance in subject areas to lifetime earnings and employability.
The context for the 2013 edition is the persisting economic crisis and wide scale unemployment rates, especially amongst young people. There are countries where up to one third of the age cohort 25-29 is out of education and employment. In this context, the role of education has become central and the indicators show across the board that education matters – both for employment rates, for earnings, and in fact – with tertiary education you are likely to be less obese and not smoke. Read more...