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Many Asian countries - mostly in East Asia and Southeast Asia - experienced a demographic dividend that boosted their economies during the past few decades. There is a widespread view that the South Asian countries are poised to benefit from a demographic dividend because their populations are young relative to the developed countries. [10]
Serious disparities remain across East Asia and the Pacific, with children from many poor and marginalized groups unable to receive a quality education – or any education at all. [15] A regional strategy on adolescent education, begun in 2009, seeks to provide adolescents who have yet to complete lower secondary school with basic livelihood ...
School closures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have shed a light on numerous issues affecting access to education, as well as broader socio-economic issues. [27] As of 12 March, more than 370 million children and youth are not attending school because of temporary or indefinite country wide school closures mandated by governments in an ...
This is the case for many groups in South Asia. In an article about education inequality ... a problem that in 2015 and 2016 ... and developing countries but the ...
Education spending of countries and subnational areas by % of GDP ; Location % of GDP Year Source Marshall Islands 15.8 2019 [1] Cuba 11.5 2020 [2] Micronesia 10.5 2020 [2]
As increased immigration causes problems in educational equity for some countries, poor social cohesion in other countries is also a major issue. In countries where continued migration causes an issue, the ever-changing social structure of different races makes it difficult to propose a long-term solution to educational equity.
Lower secondary education is compulsory in numerous countries across Central and East Asia, Europe, and the Americas. In some nations, it represents the final phase of compulsory education. However, mandatory lower secondary education is less common in Arab states, sub-Saharan Africa, and South and West Asia. [41]
Due to the rising problems related to alcoholism, drug abuse and health problems in educational institutions, the organisation took up the initiative of creating awareness and building community education, identification, referral, counselling and de-addiction, treatment and rehabilitation of drug addicts and developing medical assistance to the weaker societies.