Seven Out of 10 Top School Systems Are in East Asia Pacific But More Needs to be Done, World Bank Says

Seven Out of 10 Top School Systems Are in East Asia Pacific But More Needs to be Done, World Bank Says

Updated : 2018/03/16

The East Asia and Pacific region has seven of the top ten performing education systems in the world, with schools in China and Vietnam showing significant progress, according to a new World Bank report released today. This is a major accomplishment that offers important lessons to countries around the world. In the rest of the region, however, up to 60 percent of students are in under-performing schools that fail to equip them with the skills necessary for success.