27-April-2016
English
The Survey of Adult Skills finds that adults aged 55 to 65 are less proficient in literacy and numeracy than adults aged 25 to 34. But differences in skills proficiency that are related to age vary widely across countries, implying that skills policies can affect the evolution of proficiency over a lifetime.
27-April-2016
English
Increased life expectancy represents one of the great achievements of modern societies: living longer and better has been a dream of past generations. At the same time, it implies changes to many aspects of life.
22-avril-2016
Français
Le secteur de l’éducation se positionne bien en matière de compétences en technologies de l’information et de la communication (TIC) et en résolution de problèmes, même s’il reste en deçà du secteur des activités spécialisées, scientifiques et techniques.
14-avril-2016
Français
Selon l'évaluation des compétences des adultes, même les adultes ayant le plus faible niveau de compétences en littératie possèdent certaines compétences de base en lecture, bien que le niveau de ces dernières varie considérablement entre les pays.
9-March-2016
English
One in ten students at the master’s or equivalent level is an international student in OECD countries, rising to one in four at the doctoral level.
9-March-2016
English
This website provides you with the latest data and analysis on education in Latvia. You will find an overview of the Latvian education system (Education at a Glance 2015), an analysis of the student performance (PISA 2012) and a review of the teachers and teaching conditions (TALIS 2013).
16-February-2016
English
The number and length of school holidays differs significantly across OECD countries, meaning the number of instructional days in primary and secondary education ranges from 162 days a year in France to more than 200 days in Israel and Japan.
12-January-2016
English
In 2012, 15-year-old students spent over two hours on line each day, on average across OECD countries. The most common online activities among 15-year-olds were browsing the Internet for fun and participating in social networks, with over 70% of students doing one of these every day or almost every day.
8-January-2016
English
Graduation rates for bachelor’s and master’s degrees have dramatically increased over the past two decades, with 6 million bachelor’s degrees and 3 million master’s degrees awarded in OECD countries in 2013. Although women represent over half of the graduates at the bachelor’s and master’s level, they are still strikingly under-represented in the fields of sciences and engineering.
10-December-2015
English
Across OECD countries, 5% of students expect to work as teachers: 3% of boys and 6% of girls. The academic profile of students who expect to work as teachers varies, but in many OECD countries, students who expect to work as teachers have poorer mathematics and reading skills than other ambitious students who expect to work as professionals but not as teachers.