Gross enrolment ratio (GER) or gross enrolment index (GEI) is a
statistical measure
In statistics, as opposed to its general use in mathematics, a parameter is any quantity of a statistical population that summarizes or describes an aspect of the population, such as a mean or a standard deviation. If a population exactly follows ...
used in the
education
Education is the transmission of knowledge and skills and the development of character traits. Formal education occurs within a structured institutional framework, such as public schools, following a curriculum. Non-formal education als ...
sector, and formerly by the
UN in its
Education Index
The Education Index is a component of the Human Development Index (HDI) published every year by the United Nations Development Programme. Alongside the economical indicators (GDP) and Life Expectancy Index, it helps measure the educational attain ...
, 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. This is because 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 states ...
, from 1990 to 2009. Amongst other measures used in the calculation, the CGER was given one-third weight in assessing the
knowledge
Knowledge is an Declarative knowledge, awareness of facts, a Knowledge by acquaintance, familiarity with individuals and situations, or a Procedural knowledge, practical skill. Knowledge of facts, also called propositional knowledge, is oft ...
component, represented by gross enrolment, while the adult
literacy
Literacy is the ability to read and write, while illiteracy refers to an inability to read and write. Some researchers suggest that the study of "literacy" as a concept can be divided into two periods: the period before 1950, when literacy was ...
rate was given two-thirds weight.
[http://hdr.undp.org/hdr2006/pdfs/report/Techinical_notes.pdf page 2]
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External links
* http://www.worldbank.org/depweb/english/beyond/global/glossary.html {{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111016041829/http://www.worldbank.org/depweb/english/beyond/global/glossary.html , date=2011-10-16
* https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/gross-enrolment-ratio-in-higher-education-increases20190922001402/
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