Net Enrolment Ratio (NER)

Net Enrolment Ratio (NER)

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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#w_definition"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Definition</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#w_purpose"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Purpose</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#w_references"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#w_see-also"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">See Also</span></a></li>
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<h2 id="w_definition">Definition</h2>
The Net Enrolment Ratio (NER) is defined by the "United as enrolment of the official age-group for a given level of education expressed as a percentage of the corresponding population.<ref name="UIS">UNESCO Institute for Statistics. UIS Indicator Definitions: Education Indicators, Techical Guidelines. UNESCO. UNESCO.</ref> For example, in 2005, "Djibouti had the worst measured NER in primary education in the world at 34.4%.  Thus, out of every 100 children within the official age-group for primary education, only 34 were enrolled in school.<ref name="WB">The World Bank Group. (2010). School Enrolment, Primary (net %). Retrieved August 17, 2010, from The World Bank Data: http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.PRM.NENR?display=default</ref>
<h2 id="w_purpose">Purpose</h2>
The purpose of NER is to show the extent of participation in a given level of education of children and youths belonging to the official age-group corresponding to the given level of education.<ref name="UIS"></ref>

This is a very important indicator in measuring rates of "Access, when considering gender inequality issues, as well as regional or rural/urban inequalities. It is of particular interest to the measure of "Civil of women/girls in a given country or region.
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<li>"Millennium</li>
<li>"Education</li>
<li>"Primary</li>
<li>"Primary</li>
<li>"Secondary</li>
<li>[Statistics:School Enrolment]</li>
<li>[Statistics:Education]</li>
<li>"United</li>
<li>"United</li>
<li> "Gender, </li>
<li>"Maternal</li>
<li>"HIV/AIDS/AIDS</li>
<li>"Adolescent</li>
<li>"Under-Five</li>
<li>"Information</li>
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