Education statistics
Household surveys for education statistics
Bienio:
2026-2027
Coordinator
National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI) of Perú
Technical Secretariat
Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura (UNESCO)
Statistics Division of ECLAC
Members
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) of Boliva
Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE)
Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas (INE) of Chile
Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE) of Colombia
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC) of Costa Rica
Oficina Nacional de Estadística e Información (ONEI) of Cuba
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC) of Ecuador
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) of Honduras
Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN)
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censo (INEC) of Panama
Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE) of Dominican Republic
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) of Uruguay
Objectives
General objective
Develop recommendations to facilitate the harmonization and comparability of multipurpose household surveys or household employment surveys with a view to improving the region’s reporting capacity and its production of statistics on education.
Specific objectives
- Evaluate household survey items concerning school attendance in order to identify challenges and propose improvements to increase comparability across countries.
- Analyse the potential of population censuses for data collection and the production of comparable education statistics in Caribbean countries.
- Study the measurement of participation in TVET and non-formal education, including guidelines for optimizing the estimation of SDG indicator 4.3.1 and UNESCO indicator 4.3.3 in the region, on the basis of available surveys and censuses, and formulate recommendations thereon.
- Evaluate and propose improvements to classifications in household surveys with a view to increasing alignment with international classifications and standards, focusing in particular on harmonizing categories and definitions for the comparability and relevance of SDG indicator 4.3.1 and UNESCO indicator 4.3.3.