S. VenkatramanUIS-UNESCO

• International Bureau of Education (country dossier)

• http://www.ibe.unesco.org/en/access-by-country.html

UNESCO Institute for Statistics http://stats.uis.unesco.orgData Centre: Country profiles, Classifications

and Manuals, current surveys (by core themes- Educ, Lit, CI. Clt and S&T)

Education Sector, http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=48712&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

IIEP (Educational Planning and Management)

http://www.iiep.unesco.org/

• Education Section, Human Development Dept, World Bank

• bridging the digital divide, tertiary education • science, mathematics and technology, • global education reform , secondary education • economics of education, examination systems• http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TO

PICS/EXTEDUCATION/0,,menuPK:282391~pagePK:149018~piPK:149093~theSitePK:282386,00.html

• Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD ) – Educationhttp://www.oecd.org/topic/0,2686,en_2649_37455_1_1_1_1_37455,00.html

• OECD - Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)http://www.pisa.oecd.org/

• UNICEFhttp://unicef.org/ , http://www.childinfo.org/ ,

• http://www.childinfo.org/mics.html (MICS)

UNSD (UN Statistical Division) http://unstats.un.org/unsd/default.htm MDG Indicators (data seies) http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/Data.aspx Statistics Canada http://www.statcan.ca/menu-en.htm

Other National Stats Websites:

UK, Australia, Sweden

India- (DISE District Information system for Education) http://www.dise.in//