How Can We Measure SDG Progress on Science, Technology and Innovation?

Submitted by a.otchet on March 6, 2018 - 4:48pm

The UN Statistical Commission is meeting in New York this week (6-9 March) to discuss a range of data related to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). While the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) is clearly recognized as the official data source for SDG 4 on education, the Commission will also be reviewing the role of the UIS in helping to monitor progress towards SDG 9 on innovation.

International Women’s Day – Explore the Latest UIS Data with the eAtlas of Gender Inequality in Education

To mark International Women’s Day  (March 8) the UIS is releasing a new edition of the UNESCO eAtlas of Gender Inequality in Education.

The eAtlas provides a wide range of sex-disaggregated data produced by the UIS for all levels of education. Maps, charts, and detailed background information highlight the persistent barriers girls and women must overcome to get an education.

Data show progress, but also persistent barriers

Advocating for Girls’ Education: Why We Need Data

Submitted by a.otchet on March 2, 2018 - 5:01pm

International Women’s Day on March 8 is a time for reflection on the successes that women and girls around the world have made in pursuit of gender equality. But as the theme of the day, ‘Press for Progress’, suggests, we must also consider the challenges ahead.

Past progress does not in itself imply a better future – we have to guard against complacency and continue to press forward for change.

In global education, that means all children should be in school, learning, and developing the skills they need to boost incomes and contribute to their communities.

Time to Get Serious about Education for All, with Progress at a Standstill

Submitted by a.otchet on February 27, 2018 - 11:34am

The latest figures on out-of-school-children are sobering, to say the least. According to new data from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), progress remains at a standstill. We still have about 263 million – or one out of five – children, adolescents and youth worldwide out of school and this number has barely changed over the past five years.

Education Data Release: One in Every Five Children, Adolescents and Youth is Out of School

UIS releases data for reference year 2016

New figures on the number of children out of school worldwide reveal that, despite decades of efforts to get every child into the classroom, progress has come to a standstill. According to data from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), about 263 million children, adolescents and youth worldwide (or one in every five) are out school – a figure that has barely changed over the past five years.

SDG4-Education 2030 Steering Committee: Time for a Concerted Push to Help Countries Produce the Best Possible Data

Submitted by a.otchet on February 23, 2018 - 10:56am

With so many threads coming together.. the task now is to weave them into one coherent whole as we push for the best possible data on education to monitor progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4). And the Fourth SDG-Education 2030 Steering Committee Meeting in Paris this week is an opportunity to do just that.

Progress is being made in defining SDG 4 indicators

Calling All Assessment Experts! Online Consultation on Global Framework of Reference for Mathematics

Submitted by a.otchet on February 9, 2018 - 3:04pm

The Global Alliance to Monitor Learning (GAML) is making steady progress in defining the learning outcomes indicators of the SDG 4 monitoring framework. The first step for all of these indicators – whether they refer to adult numeracy, digital literacy or global citizenship skills - is to develop a framework that by listing all of the content and skills can serve as reference to teach, develop and assess children, youth and adults.