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Main Messages
- Schooling is not the same as learning.
- Schooling without learning is not just a wasted opportunity, but a great injustice.
- There is nothing inevitable about low learning in low- and middle-income countries.
The Three Dimensions of the Learning Crisis
The crisis has three main dimensions:
- The first dimension of the crisis is the poor learning outcomes themselves.
- The second dimension of the learning crisis is its immediate causes:
- Children arrive unprepared to learn.
- Teachers often lack the skills or motivation to teach effectively.
- Inputs often fail to reach classrooms or to affect learning.
- Poor management and governance often undermine schooling quality.
- Children arrive unprepared to learn.
- The third dimension of the crisis is its deeper systemic causes.
The Three Policy Actions to Address the Crisis
- Assess learning, to make it a serious goal.
- Act on evidence, to make schools work for learners.
- Align actors, to make the system work for learning.
