UNESCO Institute for Statistics Updates on UIS Education Surveys UIS Education Workshop for Anglophone Africa Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), 5 November 2012 Olivier Labe Wendy Weng

UNESCO Institute for Statistics 2 Outline o The 3 education surveys o Important dates to remember o Timelines for UIS publications and data dissemination o Response rates o Key data gaps and issues

UNESCO Institute for Statistics 3 o Founded in 1999 in Paris, France o Relocated to Montreal, Canada in 2001 o Located on the campus of Université de Montréal o Has grown from 8 to 110 employees o Mandated to maintain international databases for:  Education  Science and technology  Culture  Communication and Information

UNESCO Institute for Statistics International education data, what for? o Internationally comparable data… o Allows to compare education systems  Share knowledge about good practices  Offer external view on national systems o Allows countries to monitor and benchmark their progress towards development goals (EFA and MDG) at international level  Inform the international community of neglected areas o Advocacy in order to mobilise support and resources o Developing, informing and amending appropriate policies, ensuring decisions are evidence-based

UNESCO Institute for Statistics Transforming national data into international data

UNESCO Institute for Statistics How to ensure international comparability? o Data comparability across countries is ensured by:  Adopting ISCED: International Standard Classification of Education  Using United Nations Population Division (UNPD) population estimates  Using World Bank and IMF economic data

UNESCO Institute for Statistics UIS Education Survey o Electronic PDF e-form Questionnaire o 3 files: Questionnaire A: ISCED 0 to 4 and Africa regional module Questionnaire B: education finance Questionnaire C: tertiary education (ISCED 5 to 6)

UNESCO Institute for Statistics SURVEY Collection (dates) Mail-out datesDeadline for returnReminder 1Reminder Survey (school year ending in 2011) 26-Jan-1230-Apr-1214-May-1227-Aug Survey (school year ending in 2012) 23-Jan-1330-Apr-1314-May-1325-Jun-13 UIS Survey Schedule

UNESCO Institute for Statistics Data processing and standards unit (DPSU) Singh Anuja Barton Andrew o o Mail-out and reminders o o Receive questionnaires from the countries o o Data processing o o Contact countries to solve data inconsistencies (data processing reports) o o Receive “clean data” from DPSU o o Review data and indicators o o Implement country review process o o Publish the data Education Indicators and Data Analysis section (EIDA) Kennedy Alison Labe Olivier Weng Wendy UIS field offices Bernal Marc, Monica, Inge, Melanie & Yacine (Montreal, UIS HQ) UIS and Anglophone Africa region Countries

Institut de statistique de l’UNESCO Data processing and validation at UIS Data correction Data check Calculation of Indicators Data entry Indicators review Publishing Country feedback Data Processing reports Questionnaires received UNESCO Institute for Statistics

Institut de statistique de l’UNESCO 11 Data processing report

UNESCO Institute for Statistics Data checking and your feedback: the importance of data reports o o Sent by Barton Andrew o o Important step to validate new data o o Improve UIS understanding of countries’ specificities o o Allows for feedback which ensures that the data are of the best possible quality

Institut de statistique de l’UNESCO Data processing and validation at UIS Data correction Data check Calculation of Indicators Data entry Indicators review Publishing Country feedback Data Processing report Country review Questionnaires received UNESCO Institute for Statistics

Institut de statistique de l’UNESCO 14 Education Indicators Country Review

Institut de statistique de l’UNESCO Outputs and data dissemination o o UIS website Online data centre E-atlas Data visualization

UNESCO Institute for Statistics Outputs and data dissemination – UIS Data Centre

UNESCO Institute for Statistics Outputs and data dissemination – UIS E-Atlas Two-thirds of countries show gender parity in primary education

UNESCO Institute for Statistics Outputs and data dissemination – UIS data visualization – UIS data visualization Where do students in South Africa come from? Where do South African students go study?

UNESCO Institute for Statistics Outputs and data dissemination – UIS publications o o UIS printed publications Global Education Digest Technical Notes

UNESCO Institute for Statistics o o UIS data are featured in other institutions products International reports Regional reports and publications Outputs and data dissemination

UNESCO Institute for Statistics 21 Timeline of UIS education data release World Bank, EFA, MDG, LDC, UNDP, UNFPA, ADEA JanuaryMay GED, World Bank, ADB, UNICEF, MCC, ADEA MCC, World Bank, ADEA October

UNESCO Institute for Statistics Response rate by region, Survey 2011

UNESCO Institute for Statistics Survey 2009Survey 2010Survey 2011Survey 2012 (provisional) Number of countries UIS QA Africa regional module UIS QB UIS QC Response rate for Anglophone Africa region, Survey 2009 to Survey 2012

UNESCO Institute for Statistics The importance of timely data o To meet the international demand for data and their respective deadlines o To influence policy changes within the country o Country level statistics may not be shown if deadlines are missed o UIS’ own outputs rely on the availability of reliable timely data o Last but not least, timely data allows for feedback which ensures that the data are of the best possible quality

UNESCO Institute for Statistics Timeliness and regularity for UIS Questionnaire A

UNESCO Institute for Statistics Key data gaps and issues o o Pre-primary education o o Enrolment by age/grade o o Technical and Vocational education (TVET) o o Post-secondary non-tertiary education o o Teaching staff disaggregated by ISCED level o o Graduates at primary and lower secondary education

UNESCO Institute for Statistics Timeliness and regularity for UIS Questionnaire B

UNESCO Institute for Statistics Key data gaps and issues o o Expenditure allocated by ISCED levels o o Expenditure by nature of spending o o Total government expenditure from all sectors

UNESCO Institute for Statistics Timeliness and regularity for UIS Questionnaire C

UNESCO Institute for Statistics Key data gaps and issues o o Enrolment by fields of study o o Graduates and graduates by fields of study (specially graduates with ISCED 5A first degree) o o International / mobile students

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