1. UNESCO INSTITUTE for STATISTICS UIS Education Survey: Assessing data reporting and quality Juan Cruz Perusia 26-28 February 2008, Hastings

2. UNESCO INSTITUTE for STATISTICS Overview n Response rates per questionnaire and timeliness n Quality of the data provided in terms of producing key indicators n A note on population data n Internal consistency of reported data in questionnaire A n Discussion

3. UNESCO INSTITUTE for STATISTICS The UIS Education Survey n Questionnaire A - Pre-primary, primary, secondary and post- secondary non-tertiary education n Questionnaire B - Educational finance and expenditure n Questionnaire C - Tertiary education n Questionnaire on national education programmes

4. UNESCO INSTITUTE for STATISTICS Data reporting to the UIS

5. UNESCO INSTITUTE for STATISTICS Timeliness in the data submission

6. UNESCO INSTITUTE for STATISTICS Coverage in terms of countries with some data n Caribbean region: 22 countries and territories n Data availability for 2005 or 2006 è Enrolment for primary education: 19 countries è Total public expenditure on education: 12 countries è Enrolment for tertiary education: 8 countries

7. UNESCO INSTITUTE for STATISTICS Monitoring coverage of the education systems n Partial data (public institutions only) and no data for specific ISCED level (e.g. ISCED 0) n Distribution by age not reported n Reported data inconsistent with population estimates

8. UNESCO INSTITUTE for STATISTICS Monitoring access to primary education n Countries did not reply to UIS Survey n Distribution by age not reported n Reported data inconsistent with population estimates

9. UNESCO INSTITUTE for STATISTICS Monitoring primary completion n Age distribution for last year of primary not provided n Graduates not provided or with mistakes (new concept introduced in questionnaire 2007, but it was in former questionnaire S)

10. UNESCO INSTITUTE for STATISTICS Population estimates n Background data for producing most of the indicators n UNPD: official source for the UIS, except for countries with less than 80,000 inhabitants è Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Turks and Caicos Islands

11. UNESCO INSTITUTE for STATISTICS Questionnaire A – Internal consistency problems

12. UNESCO INSTITUTE for STATISTICS Questionnaire A – Links between tables

13. UNESCO INSTITUTE for STATISTICS Potential reasons for lack in coverage and data quality problems n Lack of national data, specially in some sectors (e.g. private education) n National data exists, but can not be converted into international comparable data (e.g. finance data) n Inadequate time to provide data to UNESCO n … …