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A new database launched today by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) captures the severe educational challenges faced by people with disabilities. The database confirms that people with...
23/10/2019
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The 2020 Survey of Formal Education covers key data for the school year ending in 2019 required for the monitoring of international and national education goals. Following the adoption of the...
22/10/2019
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Without a rapid shift from “business as usual”, one in six children aged 6-17 will still be out of school in 2030 while just six in ten youth will be completing secondary education. Moreover, there...
05/11/2019
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The need for accurate, current and comparable data on education has never been more urgent, with the prospects of reaching Sustainable Development Goal 4 –  a quality education for all by 2030 – far...
13/11/2019
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The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) has just updated its global database with more recent country-level data to monitor progress towards the Sustainable Development Goal on education (SDG 4)....
26/02/2020
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The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) has just updated its global database on research and experimental development (R&D) with more recent country-level data to monitor progress towards...
26/02/2020
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As part of a UNESCO global initiative to track public access to information, the UNESCO Institute for Statistics is leading the methodological and data collection efforts to monitor SDG Indicator 16....
27/02/2020
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Following the Conference on Education Statistics the UIS has rolled out its 2024 Survey of Formal Education. The survey is sent to 163 UNESCO Member States and territories and comprises four...
01/03/2024