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UIS data collection Instrument

Monica Githaiga

UNESCO Institute for Statistics

Addis Ababa

November 6, 2012

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The importance of higher education Higher education is a key drive for social and

economic development e.g. to train individuals who will be capable to implement

new technologies e.g. to provide qualified teachers for primary and

secondary schools Great expansion of tertiary enrolment in sub-

Saharan Africa

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Overview

Scope of the Questionnaire Questionnaire design Definitions Key indicators Major issues How can UIS help?

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Scope of the questionnaire This questionnaire covers:

All tertiary education institutions Full and part-time teaching staff Full and part-time students National and International students In campus and distance learning

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Respondent's information

These information are very These information are very important for further important for further

communications with the communications with the person who person who COMPLETED COMPLETED THIS QUESTIONNAIRETHIS QUESTIONNAIRE

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Table 1.a: Data reference period

Important Important informations for informations for

referencing referencing population datapopulation data

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Table 1.b: ISCED Mapping

Updates required:Updates required:-To keep the mapping To keep the mapping reflecting your most reflecting your most recent education recent education systemsystem-To prepare for the To prepare for the upcoming revision of upcoming revision of ISCEDISCED- Please use the Please use the revised ISCED Qre.revised ISCED Qre.

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Table 1.c: Published statistics

Important information for:Important information for:-consistency checkingconsistency checking-better understanding the better understanding the coverage of the data providedcoverage of the data provided-Finding out any missing dataFinding out any missing data

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Technical notes NO cell to be left empty. In case of missing data, one

of the following symbols has to be used: a= not applicable n= nil or negligible x= data included with another cell m= missing data

In case of estimation, the symbol (*) has to be placed to the right side of the estimated value (123*).

EForms allow the EForms allow the reference of reference of

destination cellsdestination cells

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Table 2: Teaching staff

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Teaching staff Teachers or teaching staff:

Employed for the purpose of guiding and directing the learning experience of students

This definition excludes: educational personnel who have no active teaching duties (e.g.

headmasters, principals who do not teach) or Those who work occasionally or in a voluntary capacity in

educational institutions (e.g. parents).

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Full-time vs. part-time teaching staff

Full-time teaching personnel : educational staff employed for at least 90% of the normal or statutory number of hours of work over a complete academic year.

Part-time employment refers to individuals who have been employed to perform less than full-time teaching personnel.

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Full-time equivalent FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT NUMBERS of teaching staff

=the number of full-timers

+ [(the number of part-timers) / (the FTE conversion factor)]

FTE conversion factor is the number of part-timers which equate to one full-timer.

For example, if part-time teachers work on average for one-third (1/3) of the statutory hours of a full-timer, then 3 part-timers are equivalent to one full-timer and the FTE conversion factor is 3.

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Table 3: Enrolment by level

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Public vs. private institutions Public: Controlled and managed by a government

agency. Private: Controlled and managed by a private

authority Government dependent: receives more than 50 percent of

its core funding from government agencies OR if their teaching personnel are paid by a government agency.

Independent: receives less than 50 percent of its core funding from government agencies.

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Table 4: Enrolment by age

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Table 5: Enrolment by field

9 Fields 9 Fields 25 sub-fields25 sub-fields

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Table 5: Enrolment by field (Cont’d)

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Table 6: Graduates by field

Essential for the Essential for the calculationcalculation

of graduation ratioof graduation ratio

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Table 6: Graduates by field (Cont’d)

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Table 7: International students

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Mobile students

A mobile (international) student is a student who crossed a border for education purpose and is now enrolled outside his or her country of permanent or usual residence.

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Key indicators

Table Statistics Indicator

3 Enrolled students

Gross enrolment ratio in tertiary education

Gender parity index

Distribution of students by ISCED level

Distribution of female students by ISCED level

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Key indicators (Cont’d)

Table Statistics Indicator

4 students by age School life expectancy

5 Students by field of study

% of students by field of study

6 Graduates by field of study

% female graduates

% of graduates by field of study

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Key indicators (Cont’d)

Table Statistics Indicator

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Mobile students by country of origin

Inbound mobility rate

Outbound mobility ratio

Net flow of mobile students

Gross outbound enrolment ratio

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Major issues Low response rate

Communication (Questionnaire is sent to a wrong destination). Lack of HE-MIS Capacity at national level

• ScopeScope– Only statistics covering public institutions are reported by some Only statistics covering public institutions are reported by some countries (South Africa, Mauritius)countries (South Africa, Mauritius)

• ConceptualConceptual–Misinterpretation of ISCED Misinterpretation of ISCED

–Misinterpretation of concepts and definitionsMisinterpretation of concepts and definitions

Response rate over the last four UIS surveys

2007 2008 2009 2010

50% (11/22) 23% (5/22) 36% (8/22) 32% (7/22)

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What is the tertiary education participation rate in Sub-Saharan Africa? Tertiary gross enrolment ratio (GER) in domestic tertiary institutions, 2010

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What is the tertiary education participation rate in Sub-Saharan Africa? Tertiary gross enrolment ratio (GER) and outbound GER, 2010

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Participation rate has increased significantly in some countries over the last decade

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Gross enrolment ratio for domestic tertiary education by country, 2000 and 2010

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Cross-border mobility of tertiary studentsEmerging and conventional popular destinations for degree mobile students, 2010

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Where do mobile students from sub-Saharan Africa study abroad?

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The distribution of mobile students from SSA countries by destination, 2010 (total outbound students: over 253,000)

Missing information from Nigeria, ...

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How does UIS estimate “the number of students from my country study abroad”? Host countries send data to the UIS on how many

mobile students study in their countries and where these students come from. The UIS uses this information to estimate students from a given country who study abroad.

Thus, it is very importantly that host countries report data on international students and their country of origin to UIS.

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Final remarks Opportunity to submit UIS Questionnaire C on

academic year 2012 UIS technical assistance

Help mapping national programmes to ISCED; Make sure to meet all those people who fill the questionnaire; Make sure that NatComs send this questionnaire to proper

destinations. Other assistance

Data plans Thematic workshops Technical assistance

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