Have schools, universities and/or other educational facilities been attacked?
This indicator includes targeted and indiscriminate attacks on schools and universities.
Out-of-school children rate
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)
Percentage of trained teachers
Teacher training is crucial for ensuring the acceptability of education and fostering quality education. The Recommendations of the United Nations Secretary–General’s High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession emphasise that ‘Teacher training should prepare teachers to provide a learner-centred quality education that is holistic, transformative, inclusive, effective and relevant, including through mother-language based education, where appropriate.
Reported incidents of racism or xenophobia or any type of discrimination or related intolerance against students from specific groups in school
This indicator measures the number of reported incidents of racism or xenophobia or any type of discrimination or related intolerance in school/educational institutions against students from specific groups during the last 12 months.
If the number of reported incidents is high, you should check whether it is because of a lack of appropriate legislation forbidding such incidents or whether it is because of the lack of enforcement of relevant legislation.
Specific groups include:
Children from Indigenous Peoples and Minority families.
Existence of laws and/or policies that set standards for the qualifications, training and recruitment of teachers
This indicator provides information about the existence of standards for the qualification, training and recruitment of teachers at a given level of education which provide indications regarding the quality of education.
Recognition and coverage of the right to education in domestic law
States have the obligation to implement the right to education into their domestic legal order, particularly through the adoption of laws. This indicator examines the various provisions in domestic law that protect the right to education.
Education expenditure ratio
General government expenditure on education (current, capital, and transfers) is expressed as a percentage of GDP. It includes expenditure funded by transfers from international sources to government. General government usually refers to local, regional and central governments (Source: UIS).
Percentage of private enrolment
Private enrolment refers to pupils or students enrolled at a given level of education in institutions that are not operated by a public authority but controlled and managed, whether for profit or not, by a private body, such as a non-governmental organisation, religious body, special interest group, foundation or business enterprise.
Gross enrolment ratio (GER) (%)
GER is the ratio of total enrolment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that corresponds to the same level of education. GER can exceed 100% due to the inclusion of over-aged and under-aged students, because of early or late school entrance, and grade repetition. For the tertiary level, the population used is the 5-year age group starting from the official secondary school graduation age (Source: UIS, Education Indicators - Technical Guidelines: p.9)
Percentage of students at the lowest level of science proficiency
Percentage of students at the lowest level of science proficiency is the percentage of students at the lowest level of proficiency on the science scale in national or international assessments