Realizing the importance of education in developing a country, many governments had begun to pay more attention in improving the education quality in their country. However whether the desired level of education quality is equally distributed is still debated on. On top of that, current literature on which level of education, either basic or tertiary education, brings greater return to the soci...

In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in the development of Liberia’s educational system. Although the educational system was designed to accommodate everyone, Liberia’s illiteracy rate is still estimated at fifty-three percent (53%) as of 2015 [1]. With a current population of approximately 4.6 million [2], 33.2% of Liberians have had no education, 31.1% have had only primary ...

School Quality, Educational Attainment and Aggregation Bias Data from 31 countries participating in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is used to estimate education production functions for reading literacy. The analysis suggests that the probability of finding statistically significant and correctly signed class size effects increases the higher the level of aggregation ...

background: students' view is an important factor in assessing the quality of universities. servqual pattern is regarded as the most prominent for services quality measurement. this study aimed to review systematically studies that investigated the quality of educational services. methods: a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies evaluating students’ viewpoint about quality of education...

BACKGROUND Recently, focusing on higher education quality has got increasingly critical. The novel managerial attitudes have defined the customer-demanded quality. Based on this, recognizing the receivers' perception of the quality of the services offered and evaluating the quality of the service is considered of the basic measures taken in order to develop quality promotion programs. Therefore...

We study the performance of national education systems along two important dimensions: The degree to which they help individuals develop capabilities necessary for their successful social integration (educational quality) and the degree to which they confer equal opportunities for social advancement (educational equality). To investigate how educational quality and equality relate to each other...

BACKGROUND Globalisation is having profound impacts on health and healthcare. We solicited the views of a wide range of stakeholders in order to develop core global health competencies for postgraduate doctors. METHODS Published literature and existing curricula informed writing of seven global health competencies for consultation. A modified policy Delphi involved an online survey and face-t...

General overview of changes in the structure and contents of education in Russia Education in Russia and trends in global development New social and economic requirements to the Russian system of education Observance of the state guarantees of accessibility of quality education Creation of conditions for the improvement in the quality of general education Creation of conditions for the improvem...