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Likewise, though more than 33% of the working-age population in advanced countries has achieved some level of tertiary education, the proportion is just 12% in the developing world.
Furthermore, inadequate education at the secondary and tertiary levels, including technical and vocational education and training, is leaving students unequipped to meet the job market’s changing demands.
In 2009, I was on track to become only the sixth neurosurgeon in Uganda, working at Mulago National Referral Hospital, the country’s main tertiary institution.
Perhaps change in tertiary education is so glacial because the learning is deeply interpersonal, making human teachers essential.
In the US, tertiary education accounts for over 2.5% of GDP (roughly $500 billion), and yet much of this is spent quite inefficiently.
Spending per student on tertiary education is just over $9,000 in France, slightly under $11,000 in Germany, and almost $12,000 in the UK.
Tertiary education’s pivotal importance in emerging markets was emphasized at a recent symposium that I chaired at Green Templeton College, Oxford.
Second, at the national level, within their specific economic and demographic contexts, all emerging-market governments should define the strategic role of tertiary institutions in terms of national educational needs.
That means embedding primary, secondary, and tertiary education, as well as continuing education and vocational training, in a comprehensive strategy.
They should facilitate accelerated transfer between different types of institutions, in order to satisfy changing student preferences, while enforcing nationally applicable accreditation standards in all public and private tertiary institutions (taking international standards into account wherever possible).
And they should encourage tertiary institutions to develop internal assessment mechanisms, use transparent criteria for external assessment, and employ current information and communications technologies.
Finally, at the international level, the globalization of tertiary education has become evident in rising flows of students between high-income, emerging-market, and poorer countries; in ever-improving Internet-based access to knowledge; and in the proliferation of global institutional partnerships.
The desire for academic travel is driven by contrasts in the quality, & cost, and accessibility of tertiary education; by differences in admissions criteria, accreditation processes, and potential social and occupational networks; and by capacity constraints in emerging-market institutions that are not growing fast enough to meet growing demand.
Yet burdensome visa procedures and heavy-handed immigration procedures are having dire counterproductive effects on global tertiary education.
The transformation of tertiary education is a fundamental condition of sustainable growth in emerging markets.
The economic, social, and political health of emerging-market countries demands attention to tertiary education now if their potential role as global leaders is to be realized.
But more can be done to speed up the existing reform package, find ways to develop full coverage for catastrophic health events, and develop government-backed financing of tertiary education.
On average, young people spend an average of 15 years in school from primary through tertiary education.
Others call for radical transformation: state-led industrialization, free tertiary education, land redistribution without compensation.
More than one-third of immigrants to these countries have tertiary education, with Canada and Ireland at 45%.
In the more unsuccessful countries – Italy, Austria, Germany, France, Portugal, and the Netherlands – the proportion of immigrants with a tertiary education is below a quarter.
Of course, people with a decent tertiary education are also important for a country’s economy, and here the loss of some European countries is substantial.
While only 3% of Spanish and 4% of French people with tertiary education live abroad, 7% of Italians and 9% of Germans do.
Gross enrollment rates at the primary level have surpassed 100% since the 1990’s, while secondary and tertiary enrollment rates reached 87% and 24%, respectively, in 2012.
At the same time, it must expand opportunities for anyone with talent to acquire high-quality secondary and tertiary education, thereby reducing substantial disparities in the accessibility and quality of higher education across regions and social groups.
As it stands, China’s public investment in education, as a share of GDP, is below international standards across all levels, but especially in senior secondary and tertiary education.
Inadequate education is a major driver of rising unemployment among China’s senior secondary and tertiary graduates, not to mention their declining wage premium.
In terms of numbers – whether of scientific publications, researchers, or overall access to high-quality tertiary education – Europe compares favorably with its international partners (which are also competitors).
This effort is part of then Indian President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam’s ambitious pan-African e-Network project to link all 53 African capitals to tertiary care facilities across India.
They run and regulate health-care systems and primary, secondary, tertiary, and vocational education.
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