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The chapter will discuss issues raised by the World Bank Report (2008) and previous UNDP Arab Human Development Reports of 2002–2006 regarding the state of education in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. These flagship reports agreed on some basic issues that were considered to be important in the future development of education in the region. Among them are: quality of teaching, learning and assessment, culture of learning, culture of quality, educational leadership and educational development and reform. The main question addressed in this chapter is: How much progress has taken place in leadership for learning since these reports? Present efforts to address these issues by the MENA countries are analyzed, and the work that remains to be done is identified. The chapter draws on the milestones as well challenges presented in chapter contributions of prominent educators from Egypt, Morocco, Jordan and Oman.
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Al-Barwani, T. (2011). Leadership for Learning in the Middle East: The Road Travelled Thus Far. In: Townsend, T., MacBeath, J. (eds) International Handbook of Leadership for Learning. Springer International Handbooks of Education, vol 25. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1350-5_8
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