The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted higher education institutions, staff and students around the world. Thequality of education and well-being of students and employees has deteriorated, and graduates increase labour market concerns about the importance of their skills in post-COVID-19 labour markets. As countries recover from the pandemic, they should seize the opportunity to make their higher education systems an engine for economic growth and social progress. Learning from international experience can help them in this endeavour.
In two new OECD reports, we address the strengths and challenges of the higher education systems in Hungary and the Slovak Republic, based on national consultations and international experience and support to the European Union’s Structural Reform Support Programme.
The document identified the following key points:
Improving higher education systems can increase economies and make societies more resilient.
Analysing lessons learned from other countries can help increase the effectiveness and efficiency of reforms.