Egypt : Inequality of Opportunity in Education

The paper examines the levels and trends in access to education and educational outcomes across generations of Egyptian youth. Examination of four cohorts of individuals aged 25–29 shows that, although basic education has democratized, some inequities in access to general secondary and college educa...

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Main Authors:	Ersado, Lire, Gignoux, Jérémie
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2017
Subjects:	EDUCATIONAL INEQUALITY EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY TRACKING PRIVATE TUTORING
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26640

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spelling	okr-10986-266402021-05-25T10:54:37Z Egypt : Inequality of Opportunity in Education Ersado, Lire Gignoux, Jérémie EDUCATIONAL INEQUALITY EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY TRACKING PRIVATE TUTORING The paper examines the levels and trends in access to education and educational outcomes across generations of Egyptian youth. Examination of four cohorts of individuals aged 25–29 shows that, although basic education has democratized, some inequities in access to general secondary and college education have persisted over the past 25 years. The analysis of test scores from TIMSS and national examinations in the late 2000s shows that more than a quarter of learning outcome inequality is attributable to circumstances beyond the control of a student, such as parental education, socioeconomic background, and birthplace. The high level of overall achievement inequality observed makes inequities in learning opportunities between Egyptian youth high compared to other countries in absolute levels. Moreover, learning gaps among pupils from different backgrounds appear at early grades. High and unequal levels of household expenditures in private tutoring and tracking into vocational and general secondary schools that depend on high stakes examination substantially contribute to unequal learning outcomes. 2017-05-16T16:55:34Z 2017-05-16T16:55:34Z 2017-03-17 Journal Article Middle East Development Journal 1793-8120 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26640 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Africa Egypt, Arab Republic of
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description	The paper examines the levels and trends in access to education and educational outcomes across generations of Egyptian youth. Examination of four cohorts of individuals aged 25–29 shows that, although basic education has democratized, some inequities in access to general secondary and college education have persisted over the past 25 years. The analysis of test scores from TIMSS and national examinations in the late 2000s shows that more than a quarter of learning outcome inequality is attributable to circumstances beyond the control of a student, such as parental education, socioeconomic background, and birthplace. The high level of overall achievement inequality observed makes inequities in learning opportunities between Egyptian youth high compared to other countries in absolute levels. Moreover, learning gaps among pupils from different backgrounds appear at early grades. High and unequal levels of household expenditures in private tutoring and tracking into vocational and general secondary schools that depend on high stakes examination substantially contribute to unequal learning outcomes.
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author	Ersado, Lire Gignoux, Jérémie
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title	Egypt : Inequality of Opportunity in Education
title_short	Egypt : Inequality of Opportunity in Education
title_full	Egypt : Inequality of Opportunity in Education
title_fullStr	Egypt : Inequality of Opportunity in Education
title_full_unstemmed	Egypt : Inequality of Opportunity in Education
title_sort	egypt : inequality of opportunity in education
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Egypt : Inequality of Opportunity in Education

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