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2021 2025 Human Capability Development Program Delivery Plan En · Table (p.35)

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The following Figure (11) illustrates the most important K-12 education challenges and strategic imperatives.
K-12 Education ChallengesStrategic Imperatives
Low and late enrollment in pre-primary education
Increase pre-primary early enrollment
with only 21% enrollment rate vs. >80% in EU15to ensure early skills development
Limited specialization options in general and
Restructure the K-12 pathways to
vocational secondary schools
provide more options and flexibility
Push for a balance in the curriculum
• Outdated teaching methods focused on rote
towards more STEM and introduce
memorization
innovative and practicallearning
Limited focus on STEM (29%) and foreign languages
methods to further strengthen values
(11%) vs. religion (26%)
and the sense of national belonging
Limited focus on extra-curricular activities (15%
among students and provide them
participation of K-12 students)16
with language enrichment
Adopt an inclusive approach to serve
Limited identification and programs for gifted
all gifted students and students with
students and students with disabilities
disabilities
Limited requirements for teacher qualifications
Increase the quality and accountability
linked to the quality of performance outputsof teachers and school leaders
Increase quality and accountability
• Complex system governance with multiple
of the system
regulators
Lower parent engagement vs. benchmarks with
Involve parents in student learning to
only 39% of students whose parents discuss theircontribute to improve outcomes
children progress with the teacher
Limited guidance of career coaching ,which leads
Provide guidance to studentsto
to secondary school graduates going into higher
improve careerdecision-making
education vs. vocational education
Apply codes of conduct to reduce
Lack of code of conduct application in educational
school tardiness and absenteeism
institutions
and decrease bullying rate among
students
Figure 11: K-12 education challenges and strategic imperatives
15 World Bank, 2019.
16 OECD - Education Overview - 2016.
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