Equity in learning:
Leaving no one behind in the SDG 4 monitoring agenda
Professor Pauline Rose
Research for Equitable Access and Learning (REAL) Centre,
University of Cambridge
Questions to be addressed
1. Why do we need to measure equity?
2. Do we know how to measure equity?
3. Do we have the data to measure equity?
4. What else needs to be considered to achieve equity?
5. Where do we go from here?
Why measure equity?
Why measure equity?
Do we know how to measure equity? - No
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 2016
Do we know how to measure equity? – Yes (but)
0 20 40 60 80 100
2015 2020 2025 2030
Percentage who have learned the basics
Rural India
0 20 40 60 80 100
2015 2020 2025 2030
Percentage who have learned the basics
Rural Pakistan
0 20 40 60 80 100
age who have learned the basics
Uganda
0 20 40 60 80 100
age who have learned the basics
Tanzania
0 20 40 60 80 100
age who have learned the basics
Kenya
Do we know how to measure equity? – Yes (but)
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45
7 8 9 10 11
Per cen tag e w h o can d o th e b asi cs (d iv isi o n an d r ead in g a sto ry )
Age
Rich girl, both parents attended school Rich boy, both parents attended school Poor boy, neither parent attended school Poor girl, neither parent attended school
Source: Authors’ calculations based on ASER, India
By age 11 only around 7% of poor girls have
achieved the
basics
Do we have data to measure equity? - No
Source: Paper prepared for the International Commission on Financing Global Education Authors’ calculations based on ASER Pakistan, 2015
Do we have data to measure equity? – Yes (but)
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What else needs to be considered to achieve equity?
Mali Burkina Faso Niger Mozambique Ethopia Senegal Cote d'Ivoire Tanzania Malawi Benin Rwanda Madagascar Cameroon Ghana Nepal Congo Kenya Lesotho Bangladesh India Zimbabwe Swaziland Namibia
Pro-poor Pro-rich
Ethopia Cote d'Ivoire Niger Burkina Faso Madagascar Tanzania Guinea Malawi Cameroon Mali Rwanda Lesotho Congo Benin Senegal Swaziland Zimbabwe Bangladesh Kenya India Ghana Namibia Nepal
Pro-rich
Zimbabwe Cote d'Ivoire Madagascar Burkina Faso Malawi Mozambique Benin Ethopia Namibia Tanzania Guinea Congo Mali Lesotho Senegal Swaziland Kenya Ghana India Bangladesh Niger Rwanda Nepal
