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Education in Asia - english information

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This full text from the magazine "TIME Asia" informs at three pages on current problems of education in Asian countries. After years of bureaucratic stagnation particularly parents demand more flexibility of their political decision makers in the education system. Despite that, students from Asia have achieved the best results in the international achievement tests in the fields of mathematics and science (TIMSS). However, regarding education expenditure Asian states are far behind in comparison to other nations. Two interesting graphs provide a comparative overview on the average number of students per class and the expenditure in the field of education.

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educational reform; innovation; parents; education system; achievement measurement; school success; expenditures; financing; full text information; overview; periodical; statistical data;