Survey of COVID-19 Impact on National Education Planning Units
The UNESCO Institute for Statistics conducted a survey of COVID-19 pandemic impacts on national education planning units. The questionnaire is designed for statistical planning units in charge of national education statistics.
The survey covers a variety of topics to capture the latest impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the operation of education statistics planning units, their responses, and their needs for financial and technical support. It contains four sections: general information on the status of national planning units, statistical operations for school census, monitoring data on schools during the COVID-19 pandemic, frequency of collection, support needs, national COVID-19 pandemic responses, and additional information.
The questionnaire was carried out on 15 July 2020 and was completed on 1 October 2020. The survey data covers 129 countries across 9 regions:
- 2 countries from Northern Africa,
- 34 countries from sub-Saharan Africa,
- 10 countries from Central and Southern Asia,
- 11 countries from Eastern and South-eastern Asia,
- 13 countries from Western Asia, 15 countries from Europe,
- 32 countries from Latin America and the Caribbean,
- 1 country from North America and
- 11 countries from Oceania.
25% are from high income countries, 30% are from upper-middle income countries, 29% are from lower-middle income countries and 16% are from low income countries.
For detail and download, go to: http://uis.unesco.org/sites/default/files/documents/ip66-survey_of_covid19_pandemic_impacts-final_0.pdf