Figures

Below are some key figures from the Learning Generation report featured on this website. Download the full report for context and more details.

A global learning crisis

Education is the smartest investment

Estimated benefits

Proven practices

Workforce diversification

Progressive universalism

Costing and Pathway

Trends in sectoral ODA

Investment mechanism for education

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  A global learning crisis

  The expected learning outcomes of the cohort of children and youth who are

  The learning benchmark for primary students is reaching at least level 1 on a PIRLS Grade 4 reading assessment or equivalent. This is used as an available metric, recognizing that actual learning is a much broader and more complex process. The learning benchmark for secondary students is reaching least "low" level on a PISA assessment or equivalent. Again, this is used as a proxy for learning in the absence of more comprehensive assessments.

  The calculations are based on the assumption that all children and youth in primary and secondary school in 2030 will have the same learning outcomes (i.e., the primary school pupils, when they reach adolescence, will have the same secondary school outcomes as their older peers did in 2030). The idea is similar to how the total fertility rate is computed for population projections. One takes the learning outcomes of different ages in year X, and calculates what the learning outcomes would be if everyone of school-age completed their schooling with those learning outcomes. For further information, see the Commission team's Analytical Background Paper.
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  Education is the smartest investment

  Benefit-cost ratios are high

  Jamison, Dean and Marco Schäferhoff. 2016. "Estimating the Economic Returns of Education from a Health Perspective." Background Paper for the Education Commission. SEEK Development (SEEK).
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  Estimated benefits

  Some benefits of the Learning Generation pathway

  Estimating what the Learning Generation would mean for the young people who directly benefit from receiving a better quality education illustrates the true potential impacts.
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  Proven practices

  Proven practices can transform learning at low cost

  Source: Education Commission analysis (2016).
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  Workforce diversification

  The education workforce is much less diversified than the health workforce

  Source: OECD-TALIS data (2013); WHO data (2015).

  Note: estimate for health support staff is conservative. It does not include pharmaceutical assistants, lab assistants, or environmental workers. Teaching support staff includes teaching aides and all support professionals who provide instruction or support teachers in providing instruction, including education media specialists, psychologists, and nurses. Both estimates exclude management, administrative, and building maintenance personnel.
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  Progressive universalism

  Progressive universalism in education – a stylized example. Source: Education Commission (2016).
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  Costing and Pathway

  Costing and illustrative financing pathway for the Learning Generation

  Source: Education Commission Analysis (2016).
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  Trends in sectoral ODA

  Source: Education Commission analysis based on OECD-DAC (2016).V24 Note:

  Includes only sector-allocable direct aid, with no sectoral attribution of budget support.
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  Investment mechanism for education

  Investment mechanism for education — MDBs and donor partners working as a global system for improved education financing

  The MDB mechanism could have a dramatic impact on overall education financing.