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Literacy Rates Continue to Rise from One Generation to the Next
(UNESCO, 2017-09)
Although literacy has been high on the development agenda over the past decades, UIS data show that 750 million adults – two-thirds of whom are women – still lack basic reading and writing skills, according to the latest ...
Sustainable Development Goal for Education cannot advance without more Teachers
(UNESCO, 2015)
New projections, released on World Teachers’ Day by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), show that massive teacher shortages will continue to deny millions of children the right to primary education without renewed ...
Hacia un aprendizaje universal: un marco internacional para medir el aprendizaje: resumen ejecutivo
(UNESCO. UIS, 2013)
La UNESCO, a través de su
Instituto de Estadística (UIS, por su sigla en inglés) y el Centro
de Educación Universal (CUE, por su sigla en inglés) de la
Institución Brookings han convocado en conjunto al proyecto de
la ...
Reducing global poverty through universal primary and secondary education
(UNESCO, 2017-06)
The eradication of poverty and the provision of equitable and inclusive quality education for all are two intricately linked Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As this year’s High Level Political Forum focuses on ...
Who pays for what in education? : the real costs revealed through national education accounts
(UNESCO, 2016)
How much do countries spend on education? Where does the funding come from, and how is it spent? We have trouble answering these questions, simply because many countries lack sustainable systems for collecting, disseminating
and ...
Exploring Commonalities and Differences in Regional and International Assessments
(UNESCO, 2017-11)
The global leaders of our world set 17 Sustainable Development Goals to improve the quality of people’s lives everywhere by 2030. In the context of the knowledge society, achieving the Sustainable Development Goal in ...
The data revolution in education
(UNESCO, 2017-03)
This paper recommends a data revolution in education built on the foundation of national statistical systems, supported by international organizations in a global compact for monitoring the education SDG. In this compact, ...
A place to learn : lessons from research on learning environments
(UNESCO. UIS, 2012)
This report was originally drafted as part of an activity undertaken by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics for the purpose of informing the international education community on new pathways for assessing and improving the ...
Women in Science
(UNESCO, 2017-03)
Overall, women account for a minority of the world’s researchers. Despite the growing demand for cross-nationally-comparable statistics on women in science, national data and their use in policymaking often remain limited. ...
Education and Disability : Analysis of Data from 49 Countries
(UNESCO, 2018-03)
This paper examines educational disparities linked to disability based on data from 49 countries and territories for five education indicators: Proportion of 15- to 29-year-olds who ever attended school, Out-of-school ...