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ED47 Proportion of learners (by gender) enrolled at the tertiary level in ICT-enabled distance education
programmes (for ISCED levels 5-6)
Definition:
Number of learners (by gender) enrolled in ICT-enabled
distance education programmes expressed as a
percentage of the total number of learners enrolled in
tertiary education for ISCED levels 5-6.
Data requirement:
(L) Number of learners (by gender) for ISCED levels 5-
6.
(refer to questionnaire item E.1)
(LD) Number of learners (by gender) enrolled in ICTenabled
distance education programmes for ISCED
levels 5-6.
(refer to questionnaire item E.1 under ‘Distance
education programmes’)
Formula:
6
LD
h
5
6
L
h
5
Where:
t
h
t
h
* 100
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Purpose:
To measure the extent to which learners (by gender)
participate in ICT-enabled distance education
programmes at tertiary education level.
Method of collection:
Administrative data collection through annual census
or survey of tertiary educational institutions (or extract
data from the records of tertiary educational
institutions).
Data source(s):
Statistical unit of the ministry/department/agency
responsible for tertiary education at ISCED levels 5
and 6, or, alternatively, the national statistical office.
LD t
= Number of learners (by gender) enrolled in distance education programmes D at education level h in
h
school-year t
L t
= Number of learners (by gender) enrolled at education level h in school-year t
h
Analysis and interpretation:
A high percentage or value for this indicator signals a
high proportion of learners in tertiary education
participating in ICT-enabled distance education
programmes, and widespread use of the distance mode
of learning.
When calculated and analysed by gender and by
disaggregated fields of study, this indicator may reflect
the availability of more diversified patterns of
participation in ICT-enabled distance education
opportunities.
Methodological and definition issues or
operational limitations:
Further operational mechanisms are required to
develop a reliable approach for recording foreign
individuals enrolled in ICT-enabled distance education
programmes who have no locally based institution that
serves as intermediary for registration of national
citizens in foreign distance education programmes.