1. S. Venkatraman UIS-UNESCO

2. International Bureau of Education (country dossier) http://www.ibe.unesco.org/en/access-by- country.html http://www.ibe.unesco.org/en/access-by- country.html UNESCO Institute for Statistics http://stats.uis.unesco.org Data Centre: Country profiles, Classifications and Manuals, current surveys (by core themes- Educ, Lit, CI. Clt and S&T)

3.  Education Sector, http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php- URL_ID=48712&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION =201.html http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php- URL_ID=48712&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION =201.html  IIEP (Educational Planning and Management)  http://www.iiep.unesco.org/ http://www.iiep.unesco.org/

4. Education Section, Human Development Dept, World Bank bridging the digital divide, tertiary education science, mathematics and technology, global education reform, secondary education economics of education, examination systems http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TO PICS/EXTEDUCATION/0,,menuPK:282391~pageP K:149018~piPK:149093~theSitePK:282386,00.ht ml http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TO PICS/EXTEDUCATION/0,,menuPK:282391~pageP K:149018~piPK:149093~theSitePK:282386,00.ht ml

5. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD ) – Education http://www.oecd.org/topic/0,2686,en_2649_ 37455_1_1_1_1_37455,00.html http://www.oecd.org/topic/0,2686,en_2649_ 37455_1_1_1_1_37455,00.html OECD - Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) http://www.pisa.oecd.org/ http://www.pisa.oecd.org/ UNICEF http://unicef.org/, http://www.childinfo.org/, http://unicef.org/ http://www.childinfo.org/ http://www.childinfo.org/mics.html (MICS) http://www.childinfo.org/mics.html

6.  UNSD (UN Statistical Division)  http://unstats.un.org/unsd/default.htm http://unstats.un.org/unsd/default.htm  MDG Indicators (data seies)  http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/Data.aspx http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/Data.aspx  Statistics Canada  http://www.statcan.ca/menu-en.htm http://www.statcan.ca/menu-en.htm

7.  Other National Stats Websites:  UK, Australia, Sweden  India- (DISE District Information system for Education) http://www.dise.in//http://www.dise.in//