Taking Stock of Education in MENA: Insights from the Arab World Learning Barometer

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Taking Stock of Education in MENA: Insights from the Arab World Learning Barometer

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On February 12, the Center for Universal Education at Brookings launched the Arab World Learning Barometer, a new report and online interactive that shows how the challenges in providing good-quality education the Middle East and North Africa threaten to undermine the region’s economic growth and political stability. You can read the report and view the interactive at http://www.brookings.edu/ArabLearning

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The Good News: Children Are Going to School

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The Good News: Children Are Going to School

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The Bad News: Children Aren’t Learning

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Youth Lack the Skills to Work

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Diverging Paths: Boys and Girls

LEARNING EMPLOYMENT SECONDARYPRIMARY

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Lower Learning Despite Similar Income

SINGAPORE

MIDDLE INCOME UPPER INCOME

MOROCCO

ARMENIA

36 % Learning

76 % Learning

QATAR

54 % Learning

99 % Learning

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Ways Forward For Education in the Arab World

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www.brookings.edu/ArabLearning