Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) or Gross Enrolment Index (GEI) is a
statistical measure used in the
education
Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty ...
sector, and formerly by the
UN in its
Education Index, to determine the number of students enrolled in school at several different grade levels (like elementary, middle school and high school), and use it to show the ratio of the number of students who live in that country to those who qualify for the particular grade level. The
(UNESCO), describes "Gross Enrolment Ratio" as the total enrolment within a country "in a specific level of education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the population in the official age group corresponding to this level of education".
The GER can be over 100% as it includes students who may be older or younger than the official age group. For instance, in India it improved from 25.8 to 26.3, the GER includes students who are repeating a grade, those who enrolled late and are older than their classmates, or those who have advanced quickly and are younger than their classmates. This allows the total enrolment to exceed the population that corresponds to that level of education.
UN Human Development Index use
A combined gross enrolment ratio (CGER), incorporating all three levels of education, was used to calculate the
Human Development Index (HDI), an annual
gauge of well-being for
UN member states
A member state is a state that is a member of an international organization or of a federation or confederation.
Since the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) include some members that are not sovereign s ...
, from 1990 to 2009. Amongst other measures used in the calculation, the CGER was given one-third weight in assessing the
knowledge
Knowledge can be defined as awareness of facts or as practical skills, and may also refer to familiarity with objects or situations. Knowledge of facts, also called propositional knowledge, is often defined as true belief that is distin ...
component, represented by gross enrolment, while the adult
literacy
Literacy in its broadest sense describes "particular ways of thinking about and doing reading and writing" with the purpose of understanding or expressing thoughts or ideas in Writing, written form in some specific context of use. In other wo ...
rate was given two-thirds weight.
[http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/pdfs/report/Techinical_notes.pdf page 2]
References
External links
* http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/
* http://www.worldbank.org/depweb/english/beyond/global/glossary.html
* https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/gross-enrolment-ratio-in-higher-education-increases20190922001402/
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