NSCB Resolution No. 15
Series of 2006

APPROVING AND ADOPTING SIX FORMULAS ON THE OFFICIAL CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS FOR STATISTICAL PURPOSES FOR THE EDUCATION SECTOR

WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 121 mandated the NSCB to prescribe standard concepts and definitions to ensure harmonization and comparability in the generation of official statistics in the country for national and sub-national development planning;

WHEREAS, the prescription of standard concepts and definitions for statistical purposes would allow for comparability of statistics across national and international boundaries;

WHEREAS, the various NSCB interagency/technical committees on statistics are working towards the formulation of official concepts and definitions for statistical purposes based on the following criteria:  (1) the term is basically statistical and those referring to statistical indicators;  (2) used in major surveys and administrative records based on Executive Order 352 and those that come out in the Philippine Statistical System publications; and  (3) based on official United Nations standard concepts and definitions but adapted to the Philippine situation, and existing legal documents;

WHEREAS, the Board approved the official concepts and definitions for statistical purposes of 28 terms for the education sector (NSCB Board Resolution No. 14, S. 2006), for adoption by all concerned government agencies;

WHEREAS, the Board instructed the Inter-Agency Committee on Education Statistics (IAC) to continue to work on the refinement of the formulas corresponding to the definitions of the following indicators for submission to the Board in its next meeting: coefficient of efficiency, cohort survival rate, completion rate, dropout rate, promotion rate and repetition rate;

WHEREAS, the IAC worked on the refinement of the formulas of these six indicators, and is recommending same for approval of the Board;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AS IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the Board approve the formulas corresponding to the definitions of the said indicators (Annex-BR-15-2006-01), for adoption by all concerned government agencies.

Approved this 16th day of August 2006, in Pasig City.

Attested by:

ROMULO A. VIROLA
Secretary General