Do domestic laws forbid discrimination in access to education?
This indicator examines whether discrimination, both direct and indirect, are legally prohibited
Is there a monitoring mechanism charged with determining whether teachers have a good command of the language in which they teach?
Do the guidelines for the approval of textbooks that can be used in schools include the prohibition of any kind of promotion or depiction of discriminatory views?
Are there any specific measures to ensure that previously out-of-school children remain in school?
An example of such a measure is a programme that adapts education to students' specific circumstances to prevent further drop-outs
Are there established mechanisms to enable parents, children and community leaders to contribute to the formulation and / or implementation of strategies to identify out-of-school children, to encourage school attendance and to reduce drop-out rates?
Mechanisms by which stakeholders can contribute to the formulation and / or implementation of strategies to identify out-of-school children include: perception surveys, focus groups and public campaigns.
Is the State taking steps to identify out-of-school children, to encourage school attendance and to reduce drop-out rates?
Out-of-school children are all those excluded from education at a given level of education
Can children of seasonal migrants enrol in schools?
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
Do children have to present a birth certificate to enrol in school?
The requirement to present a birth certificate in order to enrol in school may be prescribed by local, regional or national law
Repetition rate
Repetition rate is the proportion of pupils from a cohort enrolled in a given grade at a given school year of primary or secondary education who study in the same grade in the following school year (Source: UIS)
Adult literacy rate (%)
Percentage of population aged 15 years and over who can, with understanding, both read and write, a short simple statement on his / her everyday life. Generally, ‘literacy’ also encompasses ‘numeracy’, the ability to make simple arithmetic calculations (Source: UIS: p.3)