DefinitionStudent who is enrolled in an education programme whose intended study load amounts to at least 75% of the normal full-time annual study load.Source definitionUNESCO Institute for Statistics
DefinitionTeaching staff are employed for at least 90% of the normal or statutory working hours of teaching staff at the given level of education.Source definitionUNESCO Institute for Statistics
DefinitionRefers to the capacity of a person to engage in all those activities in which literacy is required for effective function of his or her group and community and also for enabling him or her...
DefinitionRoles and responsibilities of men and women that are created in our families, our societies and our cultures. Gender roles and expectations are learned. They can change over time and they...
DefinitionCollection and analysis of sex-disaggregated information. Men and women both perform different roles. This leads to women and men having different experience, knowledge, talents and needs....
DefinitionProcess of being fair to men and women. To ensure fairness, measures must often be put in place to compensate for the historical and social disadvantages that prevent women and men from...
DefinitionPurely a numerical concept. Reaching gender parity in education implies that the same proportion of boys and girls - relative to their respective age groups - would enter the education...
DefinitionPrivate institution that receives at least 50% of its core funding from government agencies. Institutions should also be classified as government dependent if their teaching personnel are...
