TIRANA, Sept 18 /ATA/- Albania ranks among ten top countries making fastest gains, improvement and progress on education, according to the latest World Bank’s report.
The Minister of Education, Sports and Youth, Evis Kushi, said the WB report is very encouraging not only to take education policies forward, but also to speed up reforms launched earlier.
“Very happy to see the latest World Bank’s report that provides a detailed thorough analysis about 174 countries all over the world and ranks Albania amid ten top global improvers in progress made on education. The report is not only encouraging to press ahead with education policies, but it is also challenging to speed up education reforms already launched by my two colleagues serving as education ministers,” Kushi said.
According to the report, child stunting rates have also dropped considerably, most notably in Albania, Azerbaijan, North Macedonia and Turkey.
The child stunting rate in Albania was 23 children per 100 in 2010 and this rate has dropped to 11 in 2020.
Over the past decade, Albania has made significant improvements in education quality. The harmonized test scores increased from 397 in 2010 to 434 in 2020
Maryam Salim, World Bank Country Manager for Albania, has said that “these improvements are related to intensive reform efforts over the last decade in Albania which include improved teacher recruitment and compensation policies; enhanced curriculum focused on competencies; increased access to all levels of education, and a stronger focus on inclusive education by targeting the most disadvantaged students.”
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