Highlights from Education at a Glance 2008
Highlights from Education at a Glance 2008 is an introduction to OECD’s collection of internationally comparable data on education and learning. It includes data on enrolment and attainment, impacts on jobs and incomes, educational spending, class size and instruction time, and performance of education systems.
Each indicator is presented on a two-page spread. The left-hand page explains the significance of the indicator, discusses the main findings, examines key trends and provides readers with a roadmap for finding out more in the OECD education databases and in other OECD education publications. The right-hand page contains clearly presented charts and tables, accompanied by dynamic hyperlinks (StatLinks) that direct readers to the corresponding data in Excel™ format.
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What is the role of private spending?
Centre for Educational Research and Innovation
Private funding is increasingly seen as forming a part of investment in education, particularly for preprimary and tertiary education, where full or nearly full public funding is less common than for other levels of education. This indicator shows how the financing of educational institutions is shared between public and private entities, particularly at the tertiary level.
Also available in: French