As a newcomer, I cannot understand why the Arabs are do disinterested in education. Even Robert Zoellick is felt compelled to press this point with them.
Don't they appreciate that they will often get a bad deal in many commercial transactions simply because not enough of their people are adequately educated?
In Singapore we are always making our government better because of our rising levels of education. Look at how the quality of the letters to the Forum in the ST have improved over the years.
Full text of speech at http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:22037728~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html
Excerpt,
This has to be linked to education. The quality of education in the Arab World has simply not kept up with the needs of the modern economy. Education systems do not equip students with the skills that they need. Illiteracy remains twice as high as in East Asia or Latin America.
The Arab World must provide meaningful employment to a growing workforce – and these jobs have to come from the private sector. But private sector growth in the region is impeded by barriers to entry and lack of competition, caused by unequal, discretionary, and often preferential arrangements. Improved public sector and corporate governance can help open the door to greater opportunity for more people who want to work and build.
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