Is there public access to key public financial documents related to education?
Key public financial documents include national and regional budgets, periodic reports on execution of the budgets, reports on distribution of resources by province or department
Current public expenditure per pupil as a percentage of GDP per capita
Current public expenditure per pupil at each level of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP per capita
Education budget execution rate
The education budget execution rate is the percentage of the approved budget for the education in the last fiscal year that was actually executed
Does the State have effective administrative complaint mechanism(s) to file complaints on violations of the right to education?
Complaint mechanisms may be set up within the Education Ministry and / or within non-judicial oversight institutions such as a human rights commission, the supreme audit institution, or an anti-corruption agency
Do civil society organisations face obstacles set by the State when monitoring the right to education?
Common obstacles include, inter alia, not allowing civil society organisations to operate freely in the State, withholding information from civil society organisations that is necessary for monitoring the right to education and hindering access of these organisations to schools for monitoring purposes
Does the State regularly gather data on education?
Are there minimum educational standards applicable to private schools?
According to international human rights law, non-government schools must conform to minimum educational standards, as laid down or approved by the State. Minimum educational standards may relate to issues such as admission, curricula and the recognition of certificates
Is there a special funding system to ensure access to education for students from marginalised groups?
Marginalised groups are all those excluded from governmental policy and access to education including: women and girls, indigenous peoples and minorities, persons with disabilities, persons with HIV / AIDS, child labourers, persons in detention, migrants, refugees and IDPs, and persons living in poverty (Source: Audrey Chapman (2007) Development of Indicators for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: The Rights to Education, Participation in Cultural Life and Access to the Benefits of Science: p.145)
Percentage of schools with potable water
Percentage of schools with potable water is the share of schools at a given level of education with a drinking water facility or water delivery point that is designed to protect water from external contamination, particularly of fecal origin. Examples of potable drinking water facilities include: pipe-borne water, protected wells, boreholes, protected spring water and rainwater