About PRIE 

Since 2000, the Regional Education Indicators Project (PRIE) has been an important mechanism for monitoring countries' progress toward meeting the education goals of the Summit of the Americas. In doing so, it continues to strengthen national education information systems and contribute to greater dissemination and use of information in education. More

Indicators

The development of comparable indicators is a primary objective of the Project. This component aims at having a set of comparable indicators that would allow anyone to know in a global and comparative manner the state of education in the hemisphere.  More
 

 PRIE contributes to this initiative with the following goals

Become a space for relationship among different efforts, generate synergies between international organizations, countries and the project, and avoid becoming another parallel initiative.More

Construction of Indicators

In collaboration with UNESCO, PRIE provides support for countries in their data collection tasks according the questionnaires administered by UNESCO Institute of Statistics (UIS). The UIS then calculates the indicators considered by PRIEMore
 

      Activities needed for development and analysis of indicators

• Evaluate the relevance of the indicators developed on the first stage of the project in relation to the Summit goals in education. Carry out a study on the data sources used (feedback forms) to suggest modifications or improvements to improve their international comparability.More

 Financing

The Regional Education Indicators Project is a cooperative venture supported by the Public Education Secretariat (SEP) of Mexico , the U.S. Agency for International Development, and the Organization of American States.More

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