Quality Standards: The data on enrolment should cover both public and private institutions and programs. Since gross enrolment does not take the age factor into account, children below 3 years and above 5 years (or whatever the official age group may be) will also be included. Therefore, gross enrolment can exceed 100 percent. Only countries that require official registration of any ECCE provision are likely to have official data for this indicator. Countries that have data only for public or state-supervised pre-school educational program will need to supplement these data with information on enrolment in other types of ECCE programs, possibly through case studies and/or sample surveys.
Limitations: Enrolment data for ECCE programs can be affected by differences in reporting practices, namely by the extent to which childcare programs with little or no pedagogical component are included in the statistics. The distinction between ECCE programs and organized, custodial childcare can be difficult to define in an internationally consistent way, especially with regard to very young children, for whom the natural pace of development limits the pedagogical possibilities. Countries may also differ widely in their approaches to ECCE, with some focusing on experiential education while others stress skill development, academic development, the visual arts, etc.
Percentage of Trained Teachers
Definition: Number of teachers who have received the minimum organized teacher training (pre-service or in-service) required for teaching at the specified level of education in the given country, expressed as a percentage of the total number of teachers at the same level of education.
Purpose: To measure the proportion of teachers trained in pedagogical skills, according to national standards, to effectively teach and use the available instructional materials. It reveals also a country's commitment to invest in the development of its human capital involved in teaching activities.
Calculation Method: Divide the number of teachers of the specified level of education who have received the minimum required teacher training by the total number of teachers at the same level of education, and multiply the result by 100.
Data required: Number of teachers for the specific level of education by training status.
Data source: School registers, teacher records, school census or surveys for data on teaching staff.
Type of disaggregation: By level of education, type of institution (private/public) and geographical location (region, urban/rural).