Report of the Expert Group on Unified System of School Education Statistics

Abstract

An Expert Group was constituted by MHRD to prepare a roadmap for evolving a unified system of school education statistics. It is well known multiple agencies collect data on school education. One often finds that the numbers as simple as total number of schools, enrolment, teachers, etc., produced by these agencies, are irreconcilable, leading to confusion among policy makers and researchers. Further, schools are burdened with frequent filling of DCFs, canvassed by multiple agencies. It is often found that the collection of data by different levels of education creates problems. The need to evolve a single mechanism to collect school education statistics has long been felt. In fact, the Review Committee on Educational Statistics has recommended adoption of a unified system of collection and dissemination of educational statistics to overcome difficulties arising from multiple sources of data on education. Sharing these views, the Expert Group has suggested a roadmap to create unified system of school education statistics.