Total primary (or secondary) school age children who are not enrolled (because they never enrolled or because they dropped-out) in primary or secondary education expressed as a percentage of the official school-age population corresponding to the primary (or secondary) level in a given school-year. Children enrolled in pre-primary education are excluded and considered out-of-school (Source: UIS)
This indicator measures the proportion of teachers who are not in school although they were expected to be teaching when visited by a survey team, out of all teachers who were expected to be teaching
Seasonal migrants are persons employed in a State other than their own for part of the year because the work they perform depends on seasonal conditions
The requirement to present a birth certificate in order to enrol in school may be prescribed by local, regional or national law
Pupil / textbook ratio is the average number of pupils for every textbook in schools
Percentage of household expenditure on education is the total average cost per month per family for a student in a school as a percentage of total household expenditure. Examples of educational expenses include: enrolment fees, tuition fees, uniforms, school supplies and educational materials, school meals and school transport and other payments necessary to effectively access education, such as payment for water, security etc.
The percentage of students for whom the actual (rather than straight line) distance they are required to travel in order to get to school from their house exceeds 5km
Total number of teachers who have received the minimum organised teacher-training (pre-service or in-service) required for teaching at the relevant level of education in a given country, expressed as a percentage of the total number of teachers at the same level of education (Source: UIS)
Number of required years of education for qualified teachers is the number of years of higher education required in a country to be a teacher at a given level of education