Lessons learnt from education data mapping in Africa: Workshop summary and synthesis

Abstract

An output of the EdTech Hub, https://edtechhub.org

Guidance Note on Education Data Mapping in Sub-Saharan Africa: Moving from theory to practice

“…advanced analysis beyond descriptive work that exists in the bulletins and reports released to the public. In-depth analysis of these datasets will bridge the gap in evidence around education and will help to better inform decision-making by the relevant ministries in the education sector (⇡Pambe et al, 2021).…”

“…This is because in Malawi, there is reluctance towards using secondary data, as handling the datasets in question and making them available for use (cleaning, harmonising the variables, and potentially compiling them with necessary variables from other datasets to complement the analysis) is quite a difficult process. This is why there is a higher preference for collecting primary data than using secondary data collected by the national statistics offices and relevant ministries (⇡Pambe et al, 2021).…”

“…https://sdgs.un.org/goals 2 For further reading on this initiative, see ⇡Adam et al, 2020; ⇡Lawson & Heady, 2021; ⇡McBurnie⇡Pambe et al, 2021; ⇡Unlocking Data, 2021. …”