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What's New?

UIS launches eAtlas for Education 2030

The new eAtlas for Education 2030 brings together all available data to monitor the Sustainable Development Goal on education (SDG 4). Through a series of interactive maps, it presents the global and thematic indicators for each SDG 4 target as well as ‘placeholders’ for indicators not yet available.

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ACER and UNESCO join forces for cooperation in education

Following years of cooperative work in global education monitoring, the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) has been admitted to Partner status with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

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263 million children and youth are out of school

According to new UIS data, about 263 million children and youth are out of school. The total includes 61 million children of primary school age, 60 million of lower secondary school age, and includes the first ever estimate of those of upper secondary school age at 142 million.

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New literacy data available in the UIS Data Centre

New UIS data indicate there are 758 million adults 15 years and older who still cannot read or write a simple sentence. Roughly two-thirds of them are female.

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Measuring early childhood education and care

The inclusion of early childhood development in SDG 4, as Target 4.2, recognises the tremendous potential of early childhood to set the foundation for lifelong learning and well-being. But there are major challenges to meeting and measuring this target on a global scale.

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What it takes to get education data right

The demand for globally-comparable data is on the rise. Our new video illustrates how we produce data for education monitoring and the challenges ahead for measuring the Education 2030 agenda.

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Technical Cooperation Group to support the implementation of the Education 2030 indicator framework

Experts from governments, multilateral agencies and civil society are laying the groundwork to support the implementation of global and thematic indicators to monitor the Sustainable Development Goal for education.

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First meeting of the Global Alliance to Monitor Learning

Learning assessment experts, decisionmakers, donors and civil society organizations met in Washington, D.C. on 11 May to address the critical lack of comparable data needed to measure even the most basic reading and numeracy skills across countries.

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New indicators to help bridge the gender gap in STEM

The UIS is developing a series of new indicators about the dynamics that shape women’s decisions to pursue STEM careers – from their educational pathways to the social factors, such as starting a family and workplace environment.

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In Focus

Education 2030

As the global community looks ahead to 2030, an ambitious agenda for the future of education is taking shape.

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Blog

Data for Sustainable Development

Experts from within and beyond the UIS set out their vision for data that shine a light on what really works for human development.

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Publications

Higher Education in Asia

Asian universities on the rise: New findings on strategies designed to boost rankings and research.

ISCED 2011

The International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) facilitates comparisons of education statistics and indicators across countries on the basis of uniform and internationally agreed definitions.

Electronic Atlas

UNESCO eAtlas Series

Access UNESCO eAtlases, including the eAtlas of Out-of-School Children, which lets you explore and adapt maps, charts and ranking tables for indicators covering children of primary and lower secondary school age. Available in English, French and Spanish.

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Interactive Data Tools

Interactive Data

The UIS produces interactive data products to help you explore critical findings on global education.

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