Educational seminar by UNESCO
An international Seminar on Higher Education Statistics and Public Information was held at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi on 3rd July, 2014. The seminar was inaugurated by T. C. A. Anant, the Chief Statistician of India (CSI) and Secretary at Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. The Seminar was jointly organized by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Planning Commission and UNESCO New Delhi.
The inaugural session was addressed by P. Aggarwal, the advisor of Planning Commission and Shigeru Aoyagi, director and UNESCO Representative to Bhutan, India, Maldives and Sri Lanka along with Rob Kynes, the director of British Council of India. Shigeru Aoyagi pointed out, “It is important to focus on good quality of education and equipping India with a mass of human capital who can be gainfully employed and can innovate for the development of the country”. The advisor of the Planning Commission in his address briefly outlined the vision and importance of the seminar.
CSI in his speech highlighted the importance of education statistics and appreciated the efforts made by MHRD in creating comprehensive data-base and taking steps to remove the time-lag. During the inaugural session the following three reports were released:
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• University Compendium (published by Government of India, MHRD)
• Indian Standard Classification of Education (published by Government of India, MHRD)
• Higher Education in Asia: Expanding Out and Expanding Up– The rise of graduate education and university research (published by UNESCO Institute of Statistics)
Some of the prominent statisticians and policymakers from the country and abroad were present at the workshop to present on Administrative survey (AISHE), household surveys, student portal and classification of education programmes and classification of education institutions. These presentations and experiences will focus on the importance of standardization of the concept, definition and target age groups by providing real examples of current issues. The workshop will examine the difference or similarity between household surveys (e. g. NSSO 2007-08) and administrative surveys (e .g AISHE) and will identify the ways to harmonize between two types of surveys by using Indian Standard Classification of Education.
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The main objectives of the seminar are:
• Share the importance of standardization of concept and definition of education statistics.
• Share and learn from international experiences of quality, coverage and use of education statistics, managing student portal and classification of higher education institutes
• Identify the key issues on the concept, definition between administrative and household surveys on education statistics and identify the next steps to harmonize it.
• To create consensus among the different actors working or using education statistics on the concept, definition and other methodological issues.
The expected outcomes of the workshop are to identify next steps, roles and responsibilities for all stakeholders to harmonize the concept, definition, strength, limitations and other methodological aspects of calculating education indicators to make it nationally and internationally comparable.
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