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National capacity building workshop on education data and indicators PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 07 December 2006 07:50

Following the recommendation of the diagnostic study, this activity was piloted in Dhaka with 35 government officials from national, division and district levels. The objective of this activity was to build capacity of government officials on education statistics and data. All participants were oriented on how to calculate basic education indicators and analyze them though discussion and with using computers. This activity will be continuously carried out at divisional levels from 2006 to 2007. A trainer team will be formed with several resource persons from BANBEIS and DPE.

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Conducting a diagnostic study on education statistics in Bangladesh PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 07 December 2006 06:09

The national technical committee (NTC) of education statistics was formed in 2004 under the project “ Statistical Capacity Building “funded by EC. The research team consisted of 4 members from UNESCO Institute of Statistics, BANBEIS, Directorate of Primary Education, and UNESCO Dhaka. The team visited various education institutions at national, divisional, district, sub-district and village levels and looked into data collection, management and dissemination. The report was finalized in April in 2005. The report describes current routine data collection systems with its strengths and challenges and makes recommendations for further improvement. Based on the findings of the report, a national workshop was held in Dhaka , with government officials at the national level. UNESCO EMIS software, which facilitate data process and dissemination, was introduced.