11^th meeting of the EDSC

Education Data and Statistics Commission (EDS Commission) - Paris, 27-28 February 2025

Formerly known as the Technical Cooperation Group on SDG 4 indicators (TCG), the Education Data and Statistics Commission (EDS Commission)  is the primary body entrusted to take forward the recommendations of the Conference on Education Data and Statistics in-between sessions. It leads the development and implementation of the global and thematic indicator frameworks and plays a crucial role in establishing standards and developing methodologies, making recommendations on the necessary actions to improve data quality and availability.

The objectives of the 11th meeting of the EDS Commission include discussing the 2025 Comprehensive Review Process, the benchmarking process, progress in monitoring learning, literacy, school life expectancy, teachers’ indicators, model estimations for out-of-school and completion rates and out-of-school rates in protracted crises.

Global Alliance to Monitor Learning (GAML) - Paris, 25-26 February 2025

The Global Alliance to Monitor Learning (GAML) is the working group of the EDS Commission that focuses on learning data and aims at improving learning outcomes by supporting national strategies for learning assessments, and developing internationally-comparable indicators and methodological tools to measure progress towards key targets of Sustainable Development Goal 4.

The GAML 11th meeting will focus on measuring learning, mainly in early grades, updating participants on the progress including the work of the Technical Advisory Group established by the UIS to finalize the eligibility criteria for learning assessments; the proposal for a virtual fund and a vetting mechanism for assessments; and the buyer's guide aimed at promoting countries’ free and informed choice of learning assessments. The meeting will also discuss the measurement of literacy.