1. Peer Group Presentation: Statisticians

2. To facilitate the Statisticians in preparation of EFAMDA reports;
Objectives:
To facilitate the Statisticians in preparation of EFAMDA reports;
DevInfo (EFAInfo)
data compilation
organization of data
data analysis especially in addressing issues on disparity and un-reached groups
exchange and share experience

3. Day 1 DevInfo (Template creation) (Devinfo Admin Module)
Creation of New templates as required for the country
Editing the existing template
Create new Indicator or Edit Existing Indicator
Input/Edit units or Indicators
Input/Edit sexes
Input/Edit Location with the country context
Input/Edit Age group
Input/Edit other groups
Creation of new sub-groups with the inputted groups
Creation of Indication-Unit-Subgroup (I-U-S)
Input/Edit Area ID and Area Name (Area ID is previously assign by UNESCO/UNICEF)
Creation/Import of area map

4. Day 2 DevInfo (Data entry and retrieval) Creation of New MDB
Should use a existing template and create the database
Create New Goal
Create new Indicators under the goal
Create time unit in different formats
Create new area (Area ID is specified by UNESCO/UNICEF)
Create data source (Publisher, Title, year)
Data Entry
Open a existing database
Select Goal Indicator Year Area Data Source
Data Entry Screen will show
Data can be export to xls file and also can imported

5. Day 2 cont.
Summarizing DevInfo, Use of data from household survey data, and UPE/UBE
Introduction the core UBE/UPE indicators
Quality and gender-related indicators
Additional UBE/UPE indicators
Some good examples of presentation of data (graphs and charts) from Global Monitoring Report.
Orientation on the Excel Templates for EFAMDA

6. Day 3: How to export data from DevInfo and import data into DevInfo
(Data Import from and export to excel files)
Summarizing DevInfo, Use of data from household survey data, and UPE/UBE
Introduction the core UBE/UPE indicators
Quality and gender-related indicators on UBE/UPE
Additional UBE/UPE indicators and also some good examples of presentation of data (graphs and charts) from Global Monitoring Report.
Orientation on the Excel Templates
and Use of data from household survey and UBE/UPE

7. Day 4: Visual presentation and analysis and Literacy and Life Skills
Introduction to the core and additional Literacy and Life Skills indicators, quality and gender-related indicators on them and also some good examples of presentation of data (graphs and charts) from Global Monitoring Report.
Examples of calculating Internal Efficiency
Explanation of the difference between Survival Rate to Grade 5 and Retention Rate.
Household Survey-based Literacy Module
Visual presentation and analysis

8. Follow-up activities Prepare Workplan and time schedule
Country EFAInfo
New updates (template) on EFAInfo (Support from Regional Team) – Beginning of Jan 2007
Draw a support from local partners (UNICEF, NSO, country Dev Info focal point, Dept of planning)
Customization of excel templates
Adapt and customize templates to fit with local contexts
Fill the available data
Data collection and compilation
Set up a EFA data team to collect, compile and analyze input to the EFA MDA report
Identify the sources of data relevant to EFA
EMIS, censuses, surveys, studies
Compile and collate the information to be included in the reports
Prepare appropriate analysis

9. Issues Unavailability of data
Need to explore more on which data will be available especially data from surveys and studies
Require in-depth analysis of data from surveys which required strong expertise in statistical package and data analysis
Inadequate human resources to collect all information required
Some cases, requires additional and new surveys and studies
Requires more training and support for
the preparation of EFAInfo
Data analysis especially from surveys
Modify the excel program to calculate IE to cover beyond Grade 5