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institutions work to reinforce poverty related issues in ways that tend to weaken or strengthen
the effectiveness of existing interventions to improve education quality.
Set up a Centre of Excellence to coordinate research and development in the field of
education across OIC countries. Unlike the OECD’s The Centre for Educational Research and
Innovation (CERI), the OIC countries do not have a prominent multi-government body offering
extensive research work CERI covers learning at all ages, from birth to old age, and coordinates
production of major research studies that informmember governments. CERI often has a longer
timeframe than most work, typically aiming to set an agenda for the future, with a goal to ensure
that the work is thoroughly integrated with empirical analysis and innovation awareness.
Specific emphasis is put on accumulating statistical evidence to the value of its research work.
This will help strengthen cooperation among member countries to facilitate dialogue and
exchange of good practices. Initiatives such as this can help develop an OIC-wide learning metric
to track progress in student achievement as a group of countries. In addition, the OIC should
revitalize regional organizations such as ALECSO and ISESCO and leverage the existing
institutional set up to develop a wider research programs in partnerships with member country
governments.