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UNICEF has released the first datasets from the third round of Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS), conducted in 2005 and 2006. The first round of MICS surveys was carried out around 1995, followed by a second round of surveys around 2000. MICS surveys are nationally representative household surveys that were developed by UNICEF in collaboration with other organizations to collect data on the situation of children and women. The most recent round of surveys collected data on household characteristics, education, child labor, water and sanitation, child mortality, maternal and newborn health, knowledge of HIV and AIDS, contraceptive use, birth registration, and other areas. The data can be used to track progress toward the UN Millennium Development Goals and other goals. The MICS program is described in detail on the Childinfo website of UNICEF. In the area of education, the latest MICS surveys provide data for the following household member characteristics: highest level of ed...

Since January 2008, the survival rate to the last grade of primary school is an official indicator to track progress toward the second UN Millennium Development Goal (MDG), which calls for universal primary education by the year 2015. The survival rate to the last grade is the percentage of a cohort of students who enter the first grade of primary education and who are expected to reach the last grade, regardless of repetition. As an example, assume that primary school has four grades. Assume further that 100 children enter grade one and that 5 of these children drop out from school before they reach the last grade. The remaining 95 children reach grade four, with or without repeating one or more grades. In this case, the survival rate to the last grade is 95 / 100 = 95%. As a previous article on this site explains, the survival rate to grade five was used an official indicator for MDG 2 until 2007. The survival rate to the last grade is a better indicator because it can be calculat...

Progress toward the UN Millennium Development Goals is monitored with an official list of MDG indicators . These indicators are endorsed by the Inter-Agency and Expert Group (IAEG) on MDG Indicators, whose work is coordinated by the United Nations Statistics Division. At its last meeting in November 2007, the IAEG agreed on a revised set of MDG indicators that will be used for the next global assessment of progress in 2008. In the area of education, the following goals and indicators are now in effect. Millennium Development Goals and indicators related to education Goals and targets Indicators for monitoring progress Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education Target 2.A: Ensure that, by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling. 2.1 Net enrolment ratio in primary education. 2.2 Proportion of pupils starting grade 1 who reach last grade of primary. 2.3 Literacy rate of 15-24 year-olds, women and men. Goal 3: P...