At 23%, graduation rates for academic (tertiary-type A) programmes are below the OECD average of 39%, while graduation rates from more technical (tertiary-type B) programmes, at 17%, are above the OECD average of 11%. In contrast to many OECD countries, males have a higher graduation rate in tertiary education than females. To improve tertiary education and students' competitiveness, the national qualifications framework aims to align higher education studies with the European Higher education area. According to the ''implementation.