Measuring and monitoring the Sustainable Development Goals,

education and teachers Albert Motivans

UNESCO Institute for StatisticsTeachers Task Force Forum, Mexico City

15 March 2016

The Sustainable Development Goals and the new education agenda

Goal 4. By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and effective learning.

• 7 targets - life-long learning approach from young child to adult• Quality - especially outputs and outcomes• Equity - disaggregation across all possible indicators

• 3 means of implementation - how to achieve outcomes• Teachers• Schools and classrooms• Financing /scholarships

Proposed levels of monitoring

*UN Secretary General’s Synthesis Report, December 2014

National Link to national plan; consult national stakeholders; recognize context to address inclusion and broader learning goals

Global Focused set of globally comparable indicators based on clear criteria (11 indicators)

Thematic Broader set of indicators covers the range of sectoral priorities (43+ indicators)

Regional Indicators to monitor frameworks validated by regional groupings (AU 2063, EU2020)

Indicator proposals were generated in two parallel but strongly linked processes:

• Global indicators • 28 Member States led the Inter-Agency and Expert Group (IAEG-

SDGs); intl. organizations participated as observers.• Two meetings and implementation of broad global consultations

• Thematic indicators • Policy issues framed by education community (EFA Steering

Committee), indicators proposed by TAG with Member States and CSOs; pending global definition

Global and thematic indicators How were the indicators chosen?

Global and thematic indicators How many indicators?

• Global indicators• Currently, 229 indicators for the entire global

development framework of 169 targets• 11 indicators – 1 for each education targethttp://unstats.un.org/unsd/statcom/47th-session/documents/2016-2-IAEG-SDGs-E-Revised.pdf

• Thematic indicators• Technical Advisory Group proposal has 43+ indicators

that include the 11 global indicators• Seven indicators related to teachers

Global and thematic indicators Finalising the frameworks

• Global indicators• 47th Session of UNSC consider IAEG report (8 March) • 3rd meeting of the IAEG-SDGs (March) that will continue at least

one year more for implementation (until 2017) • Adoption of set of Global Indicator framework by ECOSOC (July)

• Thematic indicators• Technical Advisory Group chaired by UIS• Finalization of thematic indicators (April)• Endorsement by Education 2030 Steering Committee (May)• New Technical Coordination Group to monitor implementation

(from May)

Teachers in the global SDG indicator framework

Target/means of implementation Global indicators

Teachers in the thematic framework: qualified teachers

Equity Sex U/R SES Available Coverage Notes

Source: Education 2030 Framework for Action

Teachers in the thematic framework: trained teachers

Global indicator

Equity Sex U/R SES Available Coverage Notes

Source: Education 2030 Framework for Action

Proportion of ‘trained’ primary teachers, 2013

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics database

Annual percentage growth of primary teaching force by minimum standards, 2013

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics database

Teachers in the thematic framework: motivated and supported teachers

Equity Sex U/R SES Available Coverage Notes

Source: Education 2030 Framework for Action

Challenges in production and use of data on teachers at the national level

• Reliability and accuracy of teacher counts across education levels, especially disaggregating lower and upper secondary

• Coverage by types of institutions can be problematic – missing teachers working in private and non-formal providers

• Indicators on training and qualifications often not comparable across or within countries due to different standards

• Missing data on types of education expenditure related to teachers

• Teacher-related data remain under-exploited though available (e.g., individual characteristics, etc.)

Two monitoring roles

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UIS…the UIS will remain the official source of cross-nationally comparable data on education. It will continue to produce international monitoring indicators based on its annual education survey and on other data sources that guarantee international comparability for more than 200 countries and territories. In addition to collecting data, the UIS will work with partners to develop new indicators, statistical approaches and monitoring tools to better assess progress across the targets related to UNESCO’s mandate

GEM…the Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report…prepared by an independent team and hosted and published by UNESCO…the mechanism for monitoring and reporting on SDG 4 and on education in the other SDGs, …will also report on the implementation of national and Education 2030 international strategies to help hold all relevant partners to account for their commitments…

GEMRPolicy analysis and monitoring

UISData and Indicators

Source: Education 2030 Framework for Action

Next steps for UIS with countries, the Technical Advisory Group and other partners

• Mapping the data landscape• Map indicators and data sources at the country level • Understand data quality through assessment

• Speaking the same language• Document common standards and definitions for indicators (e.g., metadata)

• Developing the right tools for the job• Construct taxonomies of qualifications and training• Measurement tools, metric, background data collection instruments

• Assessing national capacity needs• Map national technical expertise for the collection and use of data

• Mobilising partners and stakeholders• Advocate for improved data• Share good practices in measurement

• Ensuring impact on policy – data that make a difference

Thank you!

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