Outcome
Process
Structural
Table 6
Accessibility to secondary and
higher education
Curricula and educational resources
Educational opportunity and freedom
• Time frame and coverage of national policy on education for all, including provision for temporary and special measures for target groups
(e.g., working and street children)
• Time frame and coverage of national policy on vocational and technical education
• Date of entry into force and coverage of regulatory framework including standardized curricula for education at all levels
• Proportion of education institutions at all levels teaching human rights / number of hours in curricula on human rights education
• Proportion of education institutions with mechanisms (student council) for students to participate in matters affecting them
• Ratio of girls to boys in secondary or higher
education* by grade
• Proportion of children completing secondary
education (secondary completion rate)
• Number of graduates (first-level university
degree) per 1000 population
• Ratio of girls to boys in primary
education* by grade for target groups
• Proportion of pupils starting grade
1 who reach grade 5 (primary
completion rate)*
• Proportion of school-age children not
attending primary school
• (Improvement in) Density of primary,
secondary and higher education facilities
in the reporting period
• Proportion of schools or institutions
conforming to national requirements on
academic and physical facilities
• Periodicity of curricula revision at all
levels
• Number of educational institutions by
level recognized or derecognized by
regulatory body during the reporting
period
• Average salary of schoolteachers as
percentage of regulated minimum wage
• Proportion of teachers at all levels
completing mandatory in-service training
during reporting period
• Ratio of pupils to teachers, in primary,
secondary, public and private education
• Proportion of women and targeted
population with professional or university
qualification
• Proportion of education institutions
engaged in “active learning”
• Proportion of adult population covered
by basic education programmes
• Proportion of students, by level, enrolled
in distance and continuing education
programmes
• Number of institutions of ethnic, linguistic
minority and religious population groups
recognized or given public support
• Proportion of labour force retraining or
enhancing skills at public or subsidized
institutions
• Proportion of higher learning institutions
enjoying managerial and academic
autonomy
• Personal computers in use per
100 population*
* MDG-related indicators
All indicators should be disaggregated by prohibited grounds of discrimination, as applicable and reflected in metadata sheets
• Youth (15–24 years)* and adult (15+) literacy rates (i.e., reading, writing, arithmetic, problem-solving and other life skills)
• Transition rate to secondary education by
target group
• Gross enrolment ratio for secondary and
higher education by target group
• Dropout rate for secondary education by
grade for target groups
• Proportion of students enrolled in public
secondary and higher education
institutions
• Share of annual household expenditure on
education per child enrolled in public
secondary school or higher education
• Proportion of pupils (by target group) receiving public support or grant for secondary
education
• Proportion of secondary or higher education
teachers fully qualified and trained
• Proportion of students enrolled in vocational
education programmes at secondary and
post-secondary level
• Net primary enrolment ratio* by target
group, including children with disabilities
• Dropout rate for primary education by
grade for target groups
• Proportion of enrolled children in public
primary schools
• Proportion of pupils (by target group)
covered under publicly supported
programmes or incentives for primary
education
• Proportion of public schools with user
charges for services other than tuition
fees
• Proportion of primary education teachers
fully qualified and trained
• Proportion of children getting education
in their mother tongue
• Proportion of pupils in grade 1 who
attended preschool
• Proportion of received complaints on the right to education investigated and adjudicated by the national human rights institution, human rights ombudsperson or other mechanisms and
the proportion of these responded to effectively by the Government
• Public expenditure on primary, secondary and higher education as proportion of gross national income; net official development assistance for education received or provided as proportion
of public expenditure on education*
• Time frame and coverage of the plan
of action adopted by State party to
implement the principle of compulsory
primary education free of charge for all
• Stipulated duration of compulsory
education and minimum age for school
admission
• International human rights treaties relevant to the right to education ratified by the State
• Date of entry into force and coverage of the right to education in the constitution or other forms of superior law
• Date of entry into force and coverage of domestic laws for implementing the right to education, including prohibition of corporal punishment, discrimination in access to education, making
educational institutions barrier-free and inclusive education (e.g., children with disabilities, children in detention, migrant children, indigenous children)
• Date of entry into force and coverage of domestic law on the freedom of individuals and groups (including minorities) to establish and direct educational institutions
• Number of registered and/or active NGOs (per 100,000 persons) involved in the promotion and protection of the right to education
Universal primary education
Illustrative indicators on the right to education (Universal Declaration of Human Rights, art. 26)
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