In a nutshell
- The quality of education in the MENA region, as measured by the performance of students in international evaluations, is very low.
- Despite the massive expansion of education and all the attempts to democratize it over the past decades, MENA countries still face significant socioeconomic inequalities.
- There is a significant turnaround in gender differences, whereby boys have become educationally disadvantaged.
- Policy reform has to target the reduction of inequality in educational achievement along with raising overall performance.
![The Quality of Educational Performance of Students in The Middle East And North Africa: Much Remains to Be Done](https://erf.org.eg/app/uploads/2015/12/1629627267_979_81367_nl_doniasmaalibouhlila-150x150.png)
Research Associates
Donia Smaali Bouhlila
Associate Professor, Faculté des Sciences Economiques et...