Quality and Equity of Education in Serbia: Data to think and act!
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Aleksandar BaucalFaculty of Philosophy, Belgrade
It is not the most important where we are today, but how to be better tomorow
Before we start…A child that enrolled in elementary school in
september 2008 shall graduate from high school in 2020.
By then Serbia will be an EU member state even according to the most pessimistic estimates!How much can current education system prepare children for such a future?
Why is PISA important for Serbia?Children currently in school will be EU citizens and
that is the reason why it is important monitor the capability of the education system to prepare them for the future
It demonstrates the ability of the education system to support development of economy and society
PISA is an important instrument of measuring certain EU indicators related to the Lisbon Agenda implementationFor example, one benchmark for 2010 is to reduce the
percentage of functionally illiterate to 17%
It represents a reference report about the education quality in certain country.
Mathematic Literacy
Scientific Literacy
Reading Literacy
23,023,9
28,019,3
13,112,814,214,9
4,8
19,629,4
24,79,3
4,68,15,7
7,31,1
2,83,11,24,8
13,71110,610,4
24,4
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SerbiaBulgaria
RomaniaCroatia
SloveniaSlovakia
PolandNorwayFinland
% functionally illiterate (level 1 and below)
% on the highest levels (levels 5 and 6)
28,1
22,3
27,9
15,3
12,1
16,6
11,2
14,0
4,0
23,6
28,8
25,6
6,2
4,4
11,2
5,0
8,4
0,8
0,3
2,1
0,3
3,7
5,3
5,4
11,6
7,7
16,7
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SerbiaBulgaria
RomaniaCroatia
SloveniaSlovakia
PolandNorwayFinland
% functionally illiterate (level 1 and below)
%on the highest levels (levels 5 and 6)
A bit more about the functionally illiterate
PISA does not cover the whole population of youth older than 15 years => % of functionally illiterate is higher if student that drop out of the system after 8th grade are taken into account
Within the reading literacy, the % of the functionally illiterate has increased by 5% between 2003 and 2006 (in two other criteria it has remained at the same level)
StudentsMathematical
LiteracyReading Literacy
Scientific Literacy
20% of the poorest students
65.2%(2.5)
73.9%(2.6)
59%(2.3)
Total Population 42.6% 51.7% 38.5%
What is the height of each step? Height: _________ cm
The picture below shows stairs with 14 steps and height of 252 cm:
Total depth 400cm
Total Height 252cm
Quality lower, equity lower
Equity of education
Quality of education
Equity in Serbia is somewhat better than in OECD countries
Equity: there is one “but”The poorest students within the 20% most
successful students group are 3.7 times less likely to enroll to gymnasium
One possible explanation: poor student are “forced” to enroll into trade schools to reach employment as soon as possible -> both individual and society lose!
Possible win-win solution: providing stipends to these students!
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Pol
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Slo
Slovačka Hrv
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Fin
Nor
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436
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516
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3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5
% BDP za obrazovanje (2005. godina)
Postižu iznad očekivanja
Postižu ispod očekivanja
EU prosek: 5.03%
Naučna pismenost(PISA 2006)
500OECD prosek
Srb 2
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Pol
Rum
Slo
SlovačkaHrv
Srb
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ISA
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Average annual teacher salary as a share of GDP per capita
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ISA
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Average number of students per teacher in mandatory education system (2005)
PISA results in the wider context: possible conclusionResults could be better in current condition
=> Does that suggest that education system
lacks motive?Does that mean that significant
improvements in quality and equity could be achieved through “mobilization”?
National Perspective: Quality and equity of education in different parts of Serbia?
National TestingInstitute for quality evaluation in
educationYear 2004Elementary school 3rd gradeRepresentative sample, 4500 studentsMath and Serbian Language (knowledge
and skills from the national curriculum)
Math: achievements Math: quality
Math: Equity
Achieved
Expected
Thank you for your attention!