By Mehmet Enes Beşer Thai education, once foreseen to be the engine of social mobility and modernization of its economy, now stands in danger of stagnating in the long term. In spite of two decades of a sequence of reforms—be it curriculum reform, decentralization, or incorporation of information technologies—the outcomes of student learning, equity, and institutional performance continue to be ...
The fatal shooting of a school principal in Istanbul, attacks on teachers in Şanlıurfa and Kahramanmaraş, and a growing number of incidents involving threats, physical violence and intimidation in educational institutions have reignited a national debate in Türkiye: Why is violence increasingly reaching schools, institutions traditionally regarded as among the safest places in society? The Ministry of National Education has ...
By Mehmet Enes Beşer Vietnam is at a crossroads in its development trajectory. With almost 70% of its population within the under-40 cohort, Vietnam has a demographic window that other countries would be jealous of. Its young, energetic, and rapidly urbanizing working population has catapulted Vietnam to become one of Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing economies. But to maintain that rate of ...