Education Education An approach to some basic Indicators for ...

Catalog of Indicators Education 45 Challenges: Discrepancies between enrolment and population data coming from different sources may not give the exact magnitude of out-­‐of-­‐school children. Linked to policy: Other comments: The higher the number of out-­‐of-­‐school children, the greater the need to focus on achieving universal primary education. Some children of primary school-­‐age who have never been in school may or may not eventually enrol as late entrants. Other children may have initially enrolled but dropped out before reaching the ‘official’ age of primary completion. When disaggregated by geographical location, this indicator can identify areas needing the greatest efforts. Policies can also focus efforts on priority population groups or a particular gender. Data can be disaggregated by sex, age, and Location (urban/rural).