by Andreas Schleicher
Director, OECD Directorate for Education and Skills
Does education really pay off? Has public spending on education been affected by the economic crisis? How are education and employment related?
You’ll find the answers to these and just about any other question you may have about the state of education in the world today in Education at a Glance 2015: OECD Indicators, published today. Did you know, for example, that
tertiary-educated adults earn about 60% more, on average, than adults with upper secondary as their highest level of educational attainment? Or that between 2010 and 2012, as countries’ GDP began to rise following the economic slowdown, public expenditure on education fell in more than one in three OECD countries?
This year’s edition of the annual compendium of education statistics includes more than 100 charts, 150 tables and links to another 150 tables on line. It also contains more detailed analyses of participation in early childhood and tertiary levels of education; data on the impact of skills on employment and earnings, gender differences in education and employment; educational and social mobility; adults’ ability and readiness to use information and communication technologies; how education is financed; and information on teachers, from their salaries and hours spent teaching to information on recess and breaks during the school day.
We invite you to take a good long look – and learn.
Links:
Press release
Education at a Glance 2015: OECD Indicators
Regards sur l’éducation 2015: Les indicateurs de l’OCDE
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