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The reform, strengthening and upgrading of secondary education is one of increasing world-wide concern. This is particularly the case for least developed and developing countries, those going through a period of rapid transition and countries in a post-conflict situation. Nowhere is this concern greater than in the vast and diverse Asia-Pacific region which is home to approximately 60 per cent of the world’s population of six billion people, and 71 per cent of the world’s total number of illiterates.
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Maclean, R. (2003). Secondary Education Reform in the Asia-Pacific Region. In: Keeves, J.P., et al. International Handbook of Educational Research in the Asia-Pacific Region. Springer International Handbooks of Education, vol 11. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3368-7_6
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