Monitoring global progress towards education goals

Issues for the future

Manos Antoninis Global EFA Meeting

Muscat, 12 May 2014

Progress

Independent monitoring mechanism (since 2002)

Increasing availability of data sources… (e.g. household surveys, learning achievement surveys, direct assessments of literacy etc.)… which allowed new indicators to be developed

Improved focus on reporting and accountability

Monitoring education goals since 2000

Challenges

Initial confusion over what should be measured Goal 2: enrolment rather than completion Goal 3: (lack of clarity) Goal 6: inputs rather than outcomes

Continuing lack of data on key indicators

Lack of emphasis on equity

Insufficient coordination between data producers, especially at the national level

Monitoring education goals since 2000

2015 GMR

Nuance measure of progress: updated projections to 2015 evidence of acceleration: 1990s vs. 2000s

Equity: as in previous reports, present progress for different population groups

Openness: use household surveys for selected countries that do not have regular DHS and MICS

Looking ahead

Post-2015 goals

Measurability: a shift to outcomes calls for clarity in concepts: early childhood development, learning,

literacy/numeracy, skills for work, skills for citizenship tools

Equity: what indicators for global monitoring?

Openness: is ‘data revolution’ all about coordination?

Looking ahead