PolicyMaking for Education Reform in Developing Countries aims at helping policymakers in developing countries better understand the processes and strategies for education reform and the policy options available to them. This text focuses on the content of reformoptions and strategies for achieving educational improvement at different levels of the system e.g. primary secondary tertiary for different subsectors e.g. management teachers and for different purposes with which education systems are tasked e.g. reaching peripheral groups of students linking youth and employment.A holistic approach is increasingly recognized as essential to realizing the promises of education for the development of social and human capitalinnovation in a global economy sustained economic growth social harmony and greater civic participation decreased achievement gaps and increased equity.