| Data: | Children out of school, primary, female | ||||||||
| Year: | 1960 - 2013 | ||||||||
| Country: | Indonesia | ||||||||
| Source: | World Bank (the information in this section is direct quotation from World Bank development data) | ||||||||
| Series Code: | SE.PRM.UNER.FE | ||||||||
| Topic: | Education: Participation | ||||||||
| Short Definition: | 0 | ||||||||
| Long Definition: | Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school. | ||||||||
| Unit of Measurement: | 0 | ||||||||
| Periodicity: | Annual | ||||||||
| Base Period: | 0 | ||||||||
| Reference Period: | 0 | ||||||||
| Aggregation method: | Sum | ||||||||
| Limitations and exceptions: | Due to different data sources for enrollment and population data, the number may not capture the actual number of children not attending in primary school. | ||||||||
| Notes from original source: | 0 | ||||||||
| General Comments: | Relevance to gender indicator: It has been well known that more girls are out of school than boys which has been shown to be nefarious to a country’s social and economic health. | ||||||||
| Original Source: | United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics. | ||||||||
| Statistical concept and methodology: | Data on
children out of school (primary school-age children not enrolled in primary
or secondary school - dropouts, children never enrolled, and children of
primary age enrolled in preprimary education) are compiled from
administrative data. It is calculated by subtracting the number of primary school-age children enrolled in primary or secondary school from the total population of the official primary school-age children. Aggregate data are estimates by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics (UIS). Population data are drawn from the United Nations Population Division. Using a single source for population data standardizes definitions, estimations, and interpolation methods, ensuring a consistent methodology across countries and minimizing potential enumeration problems in national censuses. Data on education are collected by the UIS from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data published by the UIS are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 (ISCED97). This classification system ensures the comparability of education programs at the international level. UNESCO developed the ISCED to facilitate comparisons of education statistics and indicators of different countries on the basis of uniform and internationally agreed definitions. First developed in the 1970s, the current version was formally adopted in November 1997. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example). |
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| Development relevance: | Large numbers of children out of school create pressure to enroll children and provide classrooms, teachers, and educational materials, a task made difficult in many countries by limited education budgets. However, getting children into school is a high priority for countries and crucial for achieving the Millennium Development Goal of universal primary education. | ||||||||
