World Bank2014-08-012014-08-012007-06-27https://hdl.handle.net/10986/19245This policy note examines this question as to whether Slovakia's education system will play a strong supporting role in maintaining the impressive record in economic growth. It begins by describing several features of the education system that constitute a potential threat to continued economic growth. Next it identifies some of the factors contributing to suboptimal education performance. It concludes with a number of reform options for policy actions to ensure that education plays a positive role in supporting strong economic growth in the future.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACADEMIC SUBJECTSACHIEVEMENT SCORESADDITIONADULT LITERACYADULTSAGE GROUPSAPTITUDESBASIC EDUCATIONBASIC SCHOOLINGCOMPULSORY EDUCATIONCORE CURRICULUMCURRICULACURRICULUMEDUCATION ATTAINMENTEDUCATION ENROLLMENTSEDUCATION POLICYEDUCATION PROGRAMSEDUCATION QUALITYEDUCATION REFORMEDUCATION SECTOREDUCATION SYSTEMEDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTEDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTSELEMENTARY SCHOOLENGINEERINGENROLLMENT INCREASESENROLLMENT RATIOSFACTUAL KNOWLEDGEFORMAL CURRICULUMFORMAL EDUCATIONFORMAL SCHOOLINGFUNCTIONAL LITERACYGENERAL EDUCATIONGENERAL SECONDARY EDUCATIONGENERIC SKILLSGLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS REPORTGRAMMARGROSS ENROLLMENTGROSS ENROLLMENT RATIOGROSS ENROLLMENT RATIOSHIGHER EDUCATIONHIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONHUMAN DEVELOPMENTINSTRUCTIONINTERVENTIONSLEADERSHIPLEARNINGLEARNING ACHIEVEMENTLEVEL OF EDUCATIONLIFELONG LEARNINGLIFELONG LEARNING OPPORTUNITIESLITERACY SKILLSLITERACY SURVEYLIVING CONDITIONSLOW EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTMATHEMATICSMOBILITYNEW ENTRANTSNUMBER OF STUDENTSOCCUPATIONSPAPERSPARITYPEDAGOGYPERFORMANCE OF STUDENTSPOPULATION GROWTHPRIMARY LEVELPRIMARY SCHOOLPROBLEM SOLVINGPUPILSQUALITY OF EDUCATIONREADINGSCHOOL ATTENDANCESCHOOL DROPOUTSCHOOL GRADUATESSCHOOL QUALITYSCHOOLINGSCIENCE ACHIEVEMENTSCIENCE EDUCATIONSCIENCE STUDYSECONDARY EDUCATIONSECONDARY SCHOOLSECONDARY SCHOOLSSECONDARY VOCATIONAL EDUCATIONSKILL TRAININGSOCIAL LEARNINGSTUDENT ACHIEVEMENTSTUDENT ASSESSMENTSTUDENT LEARNINGSTUDENT LEARNING ACHIEVEMENTSTUDENTSSUBJECT AREASTECHNICAL EDUCATIONTECHNOLOGICAL CHANGEUNEMPLOYMENT RATEUNEMPLOYMENT RATESUNIVERSITY EDUCATIONVOCATIONAL EDUCATIONVOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMSVOCATIONAL SCHOOLVOCATIONAL SCHOOLSVOCATIONAL STUDENTSVOCATIONAL TRAININGWORK EXPERIENCEYOUNG PEOPLEYOUTH10.1596/19245