Education sector analysis and data literacy

Course

Self-paced e-learning

UN Partner

United Nations Children’s Fund

Length: 7 hours
Effort: 45 minutes per lesson
Level: Advanced
Language: English
Venue: Online
Certificate: Yes
Price: Free

In nine modules, take a journey in understanding and utilizing basic concepts in education sector analysis and data literacy.

Sustainable Development Goals: Quality education
Statistics: Education; Data processing and analysis
Subject: Education
Keywords: education; children; data literacy; planning; programming

About this course

In nine modules, take a journey in understanding and utilizing basic concepts in education sector analysis and data literacy.

Structure

This e-Course is composed of nine modules:

Basic Concepts
Education Sector analysis, planning and programming
Equity in Education
Enrolment, internal efficiency, and out-of-school children
Learning and its Assessment
External Efficiency
Cost and Financing
Out-of-School children initiative
Using evidence for education programming and policy

Length

It will take you about 5-7 hours to complete this self-paced e-Course. Each lesson covers a different topic and takes about 30-45 minutes hour to complete.

Target audience

All staff, in particular staff working in programmatic areas such as Education. The course is also suitable to M&E staff, and external actors working in education.

Learning objectives

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

Understand and utilise basic concepts such as measurement and indicator
Recognise and understand major analytical and planning tools in education
Explain what is meant by equity in education and how it can be analysed
Differentiate approaches to analysing enrolment, internal efficiency, and out-of-school children
Recall the concept of learning and different ways to assess it
Identify approaches to analysing the economic and social impacts of education as well as approaches to analysing the cost and financing of education
Have knowledge about the UNICEF-UIS Out-of-school children Initiative and how it can be implemented at country level
Demonstrate how to assess the strength of evidence used to inform education programming and policy choices, including understanding different types of evidence, principles of high quality evidence, and more.