Technical Assistance for Strengthening the Statistical Capacity of Ministry of National Education

Project Title 33

Technical Assistance for Strengthening the Statistical Capacity of Ministry of National Education

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BYS Grup

Türkiye

SOGETI (Lux.) &

KMO information Systems

EU

COMPLETED

September 2011 – April 2012

BYS Grup

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The purpose of the contract was to upgrade the data collection system of the Ministry of National Education (MoNE) according to the EU, especially to the Eurostat standards in the area of education by developing a system. The system enables all beneficiaries to get reliable, coherent data on finance, personnel, student enrolment, graduations and dropouts align with national and international definitions and acts as the main source in the decision-making process. 

This Project was designed in a way to meet priorities as defined under the 9th Development Plan and EU Regulations. Statistical data to be obtained within the scope of this Project had to be compliant with EU standards and definitions. The scope included producing data in compliance with UOE (UNESCO-UIS/OECD/EUROSTAT) database; meeting and fulfilling the statistical deficiencies as per EU negotiations; developing necessary indicators to constitute a basis for decision making processes. Additionally, required analysis and synthesizes on e-projects were conducted within the scope of this Project. 

The technical assistance team identified data dissemination procedures, reviewed the current data collection system, prepared guidelines, conducted IT and training need analysis, organised trainings, seminars, workshops and study-tours in order to strengthen the statistical capacity of the MoNE and undertook activities to increase the awareness and publicity of the project. 

  • Assessment of needs and comparison 
  • Assessment of Data collection and dissemination system of MoNE; comparison with best practices in EU countries 
  • Assessment of IT/ICT infrastructure and software portfolio of MoNE and comparison with best practices in EU countries.  
  • Identification of Training needs 
  • Explaining and promoting EUROSTAT educational statistics methodology within MoNE 
  • Adaptation and upgrading 
  • Adaptation of EUROSTAT educational statistics methodology to MoNE specificities 
  • Improvement of technical and managerial capacity of policy-makers, decision makers and technical staff 
  • Upgrading MoNE databases to be aligned with EU standards and for reliable, coherent and analysable data which are compatible with EUROSTAT norms/standards