Quality and competitiveness of education in the Republic of Moldova in global indices

Abstract

In the age of digitalization, the relevance of studying the quality of education is increasing. The main task facing the education of the Republic of Moldova is to increase the competitiveness on the world market of educational services, because the degree of digitization increases comparatively faster than the level of knowledge, and increases the gap between knowledge and skills. The research object of this study is to evaluate the quality and competitiveness of education in global indices. Various research methods were used: statistical method, comparative analysis, methods to visualize statistical data, etc. The quality and competitiveness of education were analysed both for the Republic of Moldova and for the neighbouring partner countries. In this study, the analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of the Education Index (component of theHuman Development Index), the pillar “Education” of the Legatum Prosperity Index and the pillar “Skills” of the Global Competitiveness Index were performed.