e-MaHE - OECD publishes “Education at a glance 2010″

The Organization for economic co-operation and development, and its Directorate for Education devotes a major effort to the development and analysis of the quantitative, internationally comparable indicators that it publishes annually in Education at a Glance. These indicators enable educational policy makers and practitioners alike to see their education systems in the light of other countries’ performances and, together with OECD’s country policy reviews, are designed to support and review the efforts that governments are making towards policy reform.
In the “Education at a glance 2010″ published today Sept 7th, the organizations remarks the fact that “public resources invested in education ultimately pay off in even greater tax revenues. On average across OECD countries, a man with a tertiary level of education will generate an additional USD 119 000 in income taxes and social contributions over his working life compared to someone with just an upper secondary level of education. Even after subtracting the public revenue that has financed the degree, an average of USD 86 000 remain, almost three times the amount of public investment per student in tertiary education. The returns to society are even larger because many benefits of education are not directly reflected in tax income.”
Following the economic perspective on higher education, between 13-15 September 2010 in Paris , the OECD will held the conference “Higher Education in a World Changed Utterly: Doing More with Less”. .

You can download “Education at a glance 2010” from this link. . You can also visit the directorate website.