How is the government ensuring a level playing field in the application and promotion processes within the public sector?
Interviews & Viewpoints | Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Shoaibi, Director-General, Institute of Public Administration (IPA): Interview from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2014.
Articles & Analysis | The right skills: Partnerships are key to training the next generation of employees from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2014.
Government agencies and private companies are working together to try to provide young Saudis with the skills that will allow them to work in the Kingdom’s nonoil private sector, which enjoyed growth of 5.5% in 2013, according to Jadwa Investment. In its current five-year plan the government has earmarked a total of SR23.14bn ($6.17bn) for...
El gobierno colombiano aprobó una inversión de 1 trillón de pesos colombianos (USD 400 millones) para distribuir computadoras de escritorio y tipo tableta entre escuelas públicas en su último esfuerzo por mejorar la calidad de la educación en el país, especialmente en áreas rurales.
Chapter | Education & Training from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2014.
Education is at the heart of an ambitious agenda to diversify Saudi Arabia away from reliance on hydrocarbons and transform it into a knowledge-based economy by 2025. With this in mind, the Kingdom has stepped up investment in the education sector and in the young people who will be expected to drive that new economy, but policymakers face the challenge of rapid population growth. However,...
Investment in education is high on the agenda in Indonesia, but the high number of difficult to access rural areas across the archipelago is hampering the reform process.
Articles & Analysis | The Philippine government is implementing widespread educational reforms to turn out better students from The Report: The Philippines 2015
Aimed at modernising an outdated system and providing students with an education that better equips them to participate in an increasingly competitive world, the K-12 programme is receiving full support from the government. Part of President Benigno Aquino III’s 10 Point Education Agenda, the K-12 programme turns the existing 10-year system...