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CURRENT EXPENDITURE ON ICT IN EDUCATION
Questionnaire item:
B.5.1.1.1, B.5.2.1, B.5.3.1
Method of collection:
Extract data from financial statements or
budget documents.
CURRICULUM
Questionnaire item:
A.6, A.7, A.8
Method of collection:
Extract information from official documents
on primary and secondary school curricula.
DISTANCE EDUCATION IN TERTIARY
Questionnaire item:
A.5
Method of collection:
Administrative data collection through annual
school census (or extract data from school
records)
Definition:
Current expenditure on ICT in education is expenditure on goods and services
for operating ICT-assisted instruction which are consumed within the current
year and which may need to be renewed for subsequent year(s).
Source: Adapted from the UIS Instruction Manual for Completing the Questionnaires on
Statistics of Education
Data source:
Budget or accounts of the finance department of the Ministry of Education or,
alternatively, the national statistical office or Finance Ministry.
Definition:
Curriculum refers to the design, planning and sequencing of teaching and
learning processes. It includes a statement of purpose, contents, activities and
learning practices, as well as the modalities for assessing learners’
achievements.
Data source:
Department agency under the Ministry of Education in charge of policy and/or
primary and secondary school curricula.
Definition:
Distance education in tertiary refers to ICT-enabled distance education
programmes offered at ISCED levels 5 and 6. (See also definition for ICTenabled
distance education programme.)
Data source:
EDUCATIONAL AND RESEARCH DIGITAL RESOURCES
Questionnaire item:
C.1.13
Method of collection:
Administrative data collection through annual
school census or surveys of educational
institutions (or extract data from school
records)
Statistical unit of the Ministry of Education or, alternatively, national statistical
office.
Definition:
Educational and research digital resources refer to electronic collections of
pedagogical material (e.g. e-books, scientific journals, databases, virtual
laboratories and educational software) to which educational institutions have
subscribed (free of charge or paid) or collections of the institution's own
digitized pedagogical resources which are hosted in their electronic
repositories. (See definitions for scientific digital libraries and virtual
experiment laboratories.)
Data source:
Statistical unit of the Ministry of Education or, alternatively, national statistical
office.
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