Updated education indicators now available
Reference education data for the school year ending in 2011 can now be accessed in the UIS Data Centre.
View ArticleNew data on feature film diversity
To mark UNESCO’s World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development, the UIS has published a new fact sheet on Feature Film Diversity, based on the latest data from 52 countries.
View ArticleSchooling for millions of children jeopardised by reductions in aid
Progress in reducing the number of children out of school has come to a virtual standstill just as international aid to basic education falls for the first time since 2002, according to a new paper by...
View ArticleNew literacy data available for 2011
Explore the new data through an interactive map featuring adult and youth literacy rates disaggregated by sex for regions and countries around the world.
View ArticleOut-of-school children in Sri Lanka
Despite tremendous progress towards achieving universal primary education, many children in Sri Lanka remain excluded from school due to the effects of poverty, according to a new country-level report...
View ArticleTask force calls for global action on learning
A new report from the Learning Metrics Task Force lays out a framework to put learning on the post-2015 global agenda and to track learning in order to achieve education quality for all.
View ArticleNew cinema data reveal exponential growth in China
According to the latest UIS data, the consumer film market in China has seen spectacular growth since 2005, providing further evidence of the strength of cultural industries.
View ArticleNew R&D data are now available
The UIS has released new data on the human and financial resources devoted to research and experimental development (R&D) for 152 countries and territories.
View ArticleSub-Saharan Africa and Arab States worst hit by teacher shortage
New data indicates that if current trends continue, the global shortage of teachers at the primary and lower secondary levels of education will persist to 2030 and beyond.
View ArticleNever too late to complete school in Latin America and the Caribbean
According to new data, 12 million adults in the region are enrolled in some form of adult education programme. Many of them are youth, making up for lost opportunities.
View ArticleEducation data for the school year ending in 2012 now available
The release includes 2012 data on enrolment, teachers and related indicators for pre-primary, primary, secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education. At the tertiary level, 2012 data are...
View ArticleUIS launches pilot survey on cultural employment statistics
The survey marks a first step towards the creation of new indicators to measure the contribution of culture to economic and social development.
View ArticleNew UIS indicator to measure adult years of schooling
The UIS has added a new indicator, mean years of schooling, to measure the average level of education among a country's adult population.
View ArticleA staggering 27 million children are out of school in South Asia
A new study released by the UIS and UNICEF finds that 27 million children between the ages of 5-13 are out of school in four countries of South Asia, including 17 million children of primary school age.
View ArticleGlobal Monitoring Report 2013/14
The 11th Education for All Global Monitoring Report, "Teaching and Learning: Achieving Quality for All", warns that without attracting and adequately training enough teachers the learning crisis will...
View ArticleICT in Education in Asia
The results of the latest survey of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Education are now available for 30 countries across Asia.
View ArticleEducation data release includes latest finance indicators
New education data for the school year ending in 2012 are now available in the UIS Data Centre, along with updated education finance indicators.
View ArticleIs the education sector ready for a data revolution?
In the first of six posts, Luis Crouch of RTI International and Albert Motivans of the UIS, explore how the global education community can respond to the call for more and better education statistics...
View ArticleWomen in science
While the number of women studying science has risen, relatively few go on to pursue careers in research. Our new data tool illustrates the extent to which the scientific community is losing a talented...
View ArticlePost-2015 education agenda
The UIS is forming a technical advisory group that will review and recommend a range of indicators that could be used to monitor the post-2015 goals identified by the international education community.
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