Many countries need to do more to offer education and training for people of all ages. So says a new report from the Organizatio

Many countries need to do more to offer education and training for people of all ages. So says a new report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, in Paris. "Education at a Glance 2005" looks at the thirty(26)member countries.
    The report says the number of people being educated(27)continues to increase. But it says there is still a(28)shortage of training for adults who need it the most.
    The O. E. C. D. report notes great(29)improvement in school performance in some countries. For example, ninety-seven percent of South Koreans born in the 1970s have(30)completed upper secondary education. This(31)compares to thirty-two percent of those born in the 1940s.
    In O.E.C.D. countries, fifty-seven(32)percent of the university(33)graduates now are women. But the report says the share of women among mathematicians, computer scientists or engineers is thirty percent or less. And university-educated women in many countries earn(34)less than similarly qualified men.
    The report says O.E.C.D. countries spend an average of 7,000 dollars per student per year. Switzerland and the United States spend the most on education, more than 11,000 dollars. They also are among the countries that pay their teachers the(35)most. But higher spending is no guarantee of a higher quality education.
    The report says Austria, Belgium, Finland, Japan, the Netherlands and New Zealand spend moderately. Yet their fifteen-year-olds are among the top students of(36)any of the countries compared in the report.