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.

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)

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