SDG Indicator 4.7.2: Percentage of schools providing life skills-based HIV and sexuality education within the formal curriculum or as part of extra-curricular activities.
Administrative data from schools and other providers of education and training.
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
The number of schools at each level of education providing life skills-based HIV and sexuality education is expressed as a percentage of all schools at the given level of education.
Number of schools at each level of education providing life skills-based HIV and sexuality education and total number of schools at the same level.
A high value indicates that a large number of schools at the given level of education provide life skills-based HIV and sexuality education to students.
While the indicator potentially provides a good measure of coverage, considering which schools have provided life skills-based HIV and sexuality education, at the minimum required levels, due to the range of topics and the set minimum package of topics, this indicator is quite complex to calculate using the method of measurement suitable for school-based surveys. It does not capture how much time is actually spent on each of the topics. If only school head teachers report on this indicator, many may not know which topics are taught if life skills-based HIV and sexuality education is not a standalone and assessed subject.
To assess progress towards implementation of life skills-based HIV and sexuality education in all schools. This indicator tracks the proportion of schools that provide life skills-based HIV and sexuality education within the formal curriculum or as part of extra-curricular activities. This indicator reflects curriculum delivery in support of national HIV prevention programmes.
The indicator should be calculated based on data from accurate and comprehensive enumeration of educational or training institutions with and without formal curriculum or extra-curriculum which included life skills-based HIV and sexuality education courses or activities, whether these institutions are from public or private sector. The UIS maintains a global database used to produce this indicator.
By level of education.