Economic Transformation Strategy

CHAPTER 2 / BROAD STRATEGY FOR DEVELOPMENT However, there are concerns over both the quality and equity of educational outcomes in Seychelles. The following graph depicts how the education system delivers very few high-scoring graduates. National secondary-school leaving (P6) exam results by subject and grade - 2015 Number of Candidates 1000 900 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 English French Maths Science Social Creole Science Subject Source: CCATS Database, December 2015 A-C D-G Ungraded Moreover, benchmarking cross-regional comparisons of PISA + results suggests that Seychelles may score lower than upper middle income comparators such as Malaysia, Costa Rica, and Chile. This indicates that education quality lags behind upper middle-income countries (MICs), and certainly below that of its high income economy peers. Overall, there are high returns from attaining an education, although this is mostly for those who study to degree level. This, together with a shift in labour demand towards higher skilled jobs, are evidenced in the graphs below. Relative change in employment (by occupation), 2011 and 2014 51 .064 238 80% Average incremental (total) return over primary level 8 70% 675 60% 6 50% ا ان .14 2 0 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Secondary Vocational Polytechnic Degree Post-graduate Managers Professionals Technicians Clerical support Source: World Bank staff calculations based on household budget survey and labour force survey data. .103 .125 Service & Sales Skilled Agricultural 273 Craft/Trade Workers -012 -053 Elementary Plant operators

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