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What
is the EFA 2000 Assessment? |
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 The
EFA 2000 Assessment is the most in-depth evaluation of basic
education ever undertaken. Conducted in more than 180 countries,
the Assessment takes stock of the current status of basic education
in each country and evaluates the progress that has been achieved
during the 1990s since the World Conference on Education for
All (Jomtien, Thailand, March 1990). Its goal? To generate vital
information on all types of programmes, activities and services
that aim to meet the basic learning needs of children, youth
and adults. At the country level, it enables governments and
their partners to consider a comprehensive picture of their
progress towards EFA goals and identify effective strategies
for progress. At the international level, it provides the basis
for dialogue and cooperation for years to come. |
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The
EFA 2000 Assessment draws mainly on national assessment reports
on how they are meeting the basic learning needs of their people.
However, the worldwide review include also a dozen thematic
studies on educational issues of global concern and some twenty
country case studies on literacy and educational attainment
of young people and adults. The thematic studies describe best
educational practices, as well as successful and unsuccessful
experiments in policy implementation. Each study is sponsored
by a development agency or a major NGO. Case studies are carried
out by interested countries. |
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Finally,
sample surveys on learning achievement and the conditions of
teaching and learning in primary schools were launched in more
than thirty developing countries, mostly in Africa. These surveys
give precise information about the working conditions of teachers,
the school environment and the quality of learning. |
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"The
EFA 2000 Assessment is a qualitative as well as a quantitative
assessment," says Svein Osttveit, Executive Secretary of the
International Consultative Forum on Education for All, the body
set up after the Jomtien conference to monitor and advise on
progress and to keep education for all on development agendas.
Denise Lievesley, Director of UNESCO's Institute for Statistics,
sees it as "a vital benchmark to enable us to assess progress
in the future and to ensure that any targets we make are realistic
and are accompanied by appropriate resources." |
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The
Assessment has involved thousands of people around the globe.
An unprecedented worldwide EFA network was set up, involving
ten regional technical advisory
groups run by staff in regional offices of the EFA Forum's
convening agencies (UNDP, UNESCO, UNFPA, UNICEF and the World
Bank). At country level, national
co-ordinators, usually appointed from countries' education
ministries, have been in charge of the Assessment and produced
country
reports on Education for All. |
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Country
reports will be examined at six regional
meetings, which will make recommendations the
World Education Forum. |
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To know more : Information note on
the EFA 2000 Assessment
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