World Bank report on the progress of education reforms in the MENA countries (Middle East and North Africa), as of 2008.
This web site is a resource of the Center for Global Education. The site provides web links to colleges and universities in the Middle East. Along with links to the home language home pages, the site also provides direct links to an English Language Home Page and the Website of the International Relations Office. Through connection to resources like the International Association of Universities (IAU)/ UNESCO World Higher Education Database (WHED) and other websites, it also provides a background on the system of higher education for each country.
Country information for applicants for a study abroad in a Asia. In order to view them one has to select the respective country. There is an address of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), country information of the German Foreign Office, information about the education system and higher education, a specific link list, information about scholarship programmes and events.
The PEER portal is obviously the successor to the earlier Unesco Country Dossiers (see the Internet Archive). In contrast to these, the PEER portal focuses more strongly on the Global Education Monitoring Report (GEM) and on achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4) „Quality Education“. The country profiles contain the following topics: Overview, Inclusion, Financing for equity, Climate change communication and education, Non-state actors in education, Comprehensive Sexuality Education, Technology. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]
This page provides a country list with fact sheets on the Human Development Index (HDI). The index focuses on three measurable dimensions of human development: health, education and standard of living. The fact sheets are enriched by statistical comparable data on life expectancy, school enrolment, literacy, illiteracy rate, income and promotion of women and thereby allows a view on socioeconomic development in the country.
