UIS Support to countries in SSA UIS Support to Countries in SSA UIS Regional Workshop for Anglophone Africa Addis Ababa, Ethiopia November 4-8, 2012

UIS Support to countries in SSA UIS Support to Countries UIS Field presence in SSA Capacity Building activities – Data Plans – Education Finance – DQAF – Support to EMIS – Training materials 2

UIS Support to countries in SSA UIS field presence (before UNESCO Reform) Dakar Bamako Yaoundé Nairobi Dar es Salaam Windhoek Not systematically covered Botswana Ethiopia Eritrea Gambia Ghana Kenya Lesotho Liberia Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Nigeria Seychelles Sierra leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe 3

UIS Support to countries in SSA UIS field presence in SSA Anglophone countries coverage Dakar Mélanie Smuga Gambia Liberia Sierra leone Yacine Fall Ghana Nigeria NairobiInge Vervloesem Erithrea Ethiopia Kenya Mauritius Seychelles Somalia Tanzania Uganda South Sudan ?Monica Githaiga Botswana Lesotho Malawi Mozambique Namibia South Africa Swaziland Zambia Zimbabwe 4

UIS Support to countries in SSA UIS field presence in SSA The NESIS (1991) – ADEA WGEMPS SCB Programme (2002 – 2006) UIS presence has grown significantly since 2009 with the creation of statistical advisory posts – Support through UNESCO Offices – Repositioning modelled on the UNESCO Reform – End of projects direct implementation – Funding by UIS / UNESCO (CapEFA and regular program) / Other partners – Responsibility by country for support to international reporting – Support from the whole team for capacity building 5

UIS Support to countries in SSA UIS Capacity Building activities Support to international reporting –S–Site visits to support UIS questionnaires reporting (56 missions conducted by UIS field staff in 2012) –D–Data plans –F–Financial data –I–ISCED –R–Regional module Diagnoses using DQAF Development of Action Plans Support to EMIS Support Education Sector Analysis (with Pole de Dakar) Support to UNESCO’s programs (Teachers Diagnostics, Cap EFA) Development of training materials 6

UIS Support to countries in SSA Data Plan: UIS capacity building on international reporting Training session (1-2 weeks) in situ for a team of staff concerned with UIS reporting Objectives: – Improve the understanding and Facilitate the completion of questionnaires – Generate buy-in and support of the Ministry staff – Contribute to the improvement of education data collection at the national level – Focusing on sustainability as it provides a country specific documentation 7

UIS Support to countries in SSA Data Plans conducted Burkina Faso Mali Senegal Benin Togo CAR Cameroon Tchad Gambia Nigeria Namibia South Africa Botswana Tanzania 8

UIS Support to countries in SSA Support to Education Finance data 9 Mali Burkina Faso Togo CAR Gambia Rwanda Malawi Ghana

UIS Support to countries in SSA DQAF: History & Context Initially (2002) developed by the IMF to assess the quality of macro- economic statistical series In 2004, the World Bank and UIS modified it for use in the evaluation of education data For several years, UIS has engaged in diagnostic assessments of national education statistics systems using the DQAF methodology - in Latin American and in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) between 2005 and 2006 Between 2008 and 2011, within the UNESCO support to the AU Second Decade of Education action plan, SADC and other RECs, 17 DQAF were conducted in SSA Inconsistencies in the structure of the instrument and in the relevance of some items as well as the need for standard scoring guide lines and other methodological issues have been identified After stabilisation and development of documentation, the DQAF is now a UIS Official Instrument 10

UIS Support to countries in SSA DQAF: Six data quality dimensions 0. Prerequisites for quality 1. Integrity 2. Methodological Soundness 3. Accurate & reliable 4. Serviceable5. Accessible 11

UIS Support to countries in SSA DQAF: 21 sub dimensions 0. Prerequisites 0.1 Legal and Institutional Environment 0.2 Resources 0.3 Relevance 0.3 Quality Awareness 1. Integrity.1 Professionalism.2 Transparency.3 Ethical Standards 2. Sound methodology.1 Concepts and Definitions.2 Scope.3 Classification.4 Basis for recording 12

UIS Support to countries in SSA DQAF: 21 sub dimensions Reliable.1 Source data available.2 Source data regularly assessed.3 Statistical techniques.4 Regular assessment of intermediate data.5 Revision studies 4. Serviceable.1 Data disseminated are timely and at regular intervals.2 Statistics are consistent 5. Accessible.1 Statistics are presented in a clear manner.2 Accessible & pertinent metadata.3 User assistance

UIS Support to countries in SSA DQAF: Elements of scoring The scoring is done for each data producing unit part of the exercise and for each of the 140 practices of the framework – Practice not observed (scored 1) – Practice largely not observed (scored 2) – Practice largely observed (scored 3) – Practice observed (scored 4) – Not applicable During The fact finding mission, the group of experts will discuss each of the 140 practices of the DQAF and will score it using the dedicated Matrix Whenever is possible, recommendations will be provided to suggest possible improvements 14

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UIS Support to countries in SSA DQAF Conducted 17

UIS Support to countries in SSA EMIS Action Plans 18 CountryDQAFAction Plan Botswana2011Validated Eritrea Ethiopia2004ValidatedImplemented Gambia Ghana2004ValidatedImplemented Kenya2010ValidatedOn progress Lesotho2009 Liberia Malawi2011ValidatedDone Mauritius2011 Mozambique2009ValidatedPostponed Namibia2011ValidatedPostponed Nigeria2003ValidatedProposal Seychelles Sierra leone Somalia South Africa2009ValidatedRecom. South Sudan Swaziland2009Validated Tanzania2010ValidatedESMIS Uganda2004ValidatedImplemented Zambia2009 In country Zimbabwe2010 In country

UIS Support to countries in SSA Support to EMIS: Operational mode Data analysis – Through consultants or other UNESCO teams Data quality (EMIS) – Increasing number of requests from countries for UIS EMIS tools – We work with a group of consultants that we know and have trained Customization statistical reports design and automation Trainings in use and administration Deployment Maintenance – UIS keeps the scientific direction and ensures quality process Development of Action Plans Support to data needs definition Provide free software Monitoring of the system evolution Data Analysis and Use Data Quality 19

UIS Support to countries in SSA Countries using UIS EMIS tools 20

UIS Support to countries in SSA Development of training modules DQAF SADC – Education finance statistics – Data Analysis – Methodology for data reconciliation of different data sources – Methodology for data cleaning – Education data quality assessment – Publication release and dissemination strategy – School records management system – Data collection processes Partnerships with Regional training Institutions – ENSEA & EASTC – Editorial committee – Trainings 21

UIS Support to countries in SSA Thank you Marc Bernal, UIS Regional Advisor UNESCO Dakar