Worldwide Education Statistics Enhancing UNESCO's Role (1995) / Chapter Skim
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2 The Evolution of Statistics at UNESCO
2 The Evolution of Statistics at UNESCO
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The purposes and functions of UNESCO, as defined in Article I of its constitution, make no specific mention of data gathering, but rather emphasize collaboration among nations to advance mutual knowledge and understanding through mass communication; to promote popular education and the spread of culture; and to maintain, increase, and diffuse knowledge. It is in Article VIII on "reports by member states" that the constitution calls for each member state to "report periodically to the Organization, in a manner to be determined by the General Conference, on its laws, regulations and statistics relating to educational, scientific and cultural life and institutions 9
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In 1974, at the direct urging of member states, the formal responsibilities of UNESCO's statistical office were categorized in the Director General's annual report as follows: to collect, compile, analyze, and disseminate education statistics; to maintain the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) ; to improve and expand data collection on science and technology; to expand collection and improve the quality of data on culture and communication and to standardize statistics on radio and television; to expand the educational data bank and publications (with an emphasis on financing and higher education)
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, and for some countries covers more than a 20-year time span. In addition to its data base and related publications, UNESCO's statistical office made important early contributions to the development of global education statistical systems by articulating standards for data collection and classification.
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The division prepares statistical information for the regional meetings of education ministers sponsored by the Education Sector and responds to requests for data from international agencies such as the World Bank, the UN and its various agencies, and OECD, from education and other nongovernmental organizations, and from the press, researchers, market research organizations, and others. ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY UNESCO carries out its educational statistics activities through its Division of Statistics, which has formal responsibility for scientific and cultural statistics as well.
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ST/DAT includes a chief of section, a secretary, 5 professional staff, and 10 general services staff.3 The division is overseen by a director, who is assisted by an administrative officer and a secretary.4 In addition to regular program budgets authorized by UNESCO's bien 3The disproportionate share of the clerical work of the division falls on ST/DAT, and this explains the relative allocation of professional and general services staff. 4This paragraph describes the authorized posts for the division.
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The table also indicates that funding levels took a steep dip in the 1986-1987 biennium and only in 1992-1993 began to surpass their 1984-1985 levels in current dollars, without adjusting for inflation. Table 2 shows that this situation mirrors that in UNESCO as a whole, TABLE 1 Number of Posts and Approved Regular Program Budgets: Division of Statistics: 1984-1997 ($US thousands not adjusted for inflation)
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The 35 percent decline in staff in the division between the 1984-1985 and 1994-1995 biennia exceeded the decline in UNESCO as a whole, where posts funded through the regular program budget fell by 20 percent over the same period. A1 though the steepest drops occurred immediately after the United States, Great Britain, and Singapore withdrew, authorized staffing levels continue to fall and are projected to drop by one position (in the Division of Statistics)
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About 65 percent of the total page count of the Statistical Yearbook is allocated to tables dealing specifically with issues of education and literacy.
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