February 15, 2008
World Bank Urges Sweeping Changes in Higher Education Across the Arab World
The educational systems of many countries in the Middle East and North Africa need a complete overhaul, warns a World Bank report released last week.
Despite strides in the region over the past 40 years, the report, "The Road Not Traveled: Education Reform in the Middle East and North Africa," warns that "the relationship between education and economic growth has remained weak, the divide between education and employment has not been bridged, and the quality of education continues to
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