Coordinated Audit on Education Indicators - Executive Summary
Report ID: 370
The summary presents the findings of performance audits on generating education statistics, conducted by 11 Latin American Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) - Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama and the Dominican Republic. This audit was supported by the german technical cooperation through GIZ.
The audit deals with the production of education statistics and takes into account the need to monitor and follow objectives and targets set nationally as well as the international commitments taken on by United Nations member countries.
In terms of good practices it was concluded that of the twelve administrative units audited, two showed low adherence to practices recommended by the Statistical Office of the European Union (EUROSTAT), four showed medium adherence and six, high adherence.
The audit aimed to assess three issues:
1) The adoption of international good practices by the administrative units responsible for generating education statistics;
2) The capacity to produce statistics for monitoring the education system in each country, the delivery of data and indicators to international agencies, the timeliness of these activities, as well as the way in which these data and indicators are disseminated and disseminated;
3) The progress of countries in relation to target 2 of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and in relation to the goals of the Dakar Framework of the Education for All Programme (EFA) of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).
Source:https://portal.tcu.gov.br/biblioteca-digital/auditoria-coordenada-internacional-em-indicadores-educacionais.htm