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ED3 Proportion of schools with a telephone communication facility (for ISCED levels 1-3)
Definition:
Number of schools with a telephone
communication facility expressed as a percentage
of the total number of schools in the country for
ISCED levels 1-3.
Data requirement:
(EIP) Number of educational institutions (public and
private) with a telephone communication facility for
ISCED levels 1-3.
(refer to questionnaire item C.1.2)
(EI) Number of educational institutions (public and
private) for ISCED levels 1-3.
(refer to questionnaire item C.1)
Formula :
3
h 1
3
h 1
Where:
EIP
EI
t
h
t
h
* 100
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Purpose:
To measure the availability of telephone in schools as
a pre-requisite condition for accessing the Internet.
Method of collection:
Administrative data collection through annual school
census (or extract data from school records).
Data source(s):
Statistical unit of the Ministry of Education or,
alternatively, the national statistical office.
EIP t
= Number of educational institutions with a telephone communication facility at level of education h in
h
school-year t
EI t
= Number of educational institutions at level of education h in school-year t
h
Analysis and interpretation:
A high percentage or value for this indicator shows
that a high proportion of schools have telephone
communication facilities as well as a potential for
implementing Internet-assisted instruction. Since
such values reflect only the potential for expanding
access to the Internet at school, they should be
analysed in conjunction with the proportion of
schools which already have access to the Internet,
so as to compare such potentials with existing
Internet access among schools. This will help
policymakers to determine how to expand Internet
access to other schools with telephone facilities.
Besides its use for international comparison, this
indicator can also be calculated and analysed by
ISCED levels, geographical regions, urban/rural
areas, and public/private institutions to identify gaps
and priorities requiring action.
Methodological and definition issues or
operational limitations:
This indicator refers to telephone facilities which are
directly owned by the school. Personal mobile
phones owned by individuals working or learning at
the school do not constitute a school telephone
communication facility.
In some schools, the telephone facilities may be
mainly used for administrative purposes. As far as
the telephone facilities at the school can enable
connection to the Internet for pedagogical purposes,
they should be included in the data.