PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

What is an Indicator ?
• A tool used to evaluate the performance of the education system.
• A tool used to report the status of the education system to the community, to the whole
country and to the global community.

What are the functions of an indicator?

• Measures how far or how close one is from an objective
• Identifies problematic or unacceptable situation
• Meets policy concern
• Compares its value to a reference value, to a standard or to itself

I. COHORT SURVIVAL RATE (CSR)

- computes the percentage of a cohort of pupils/students who are able to reach grade 6/year 4

- assesses the internal efficiency and “wastage” in education

- is vulnerable to migration and caution should be used in computing at the school level

Elementary Secondary:

G6 Enrolment (current SY) Y4 Enrolment (current SY)

x 100 x 100
G1 Enrolment (5 years ago) Y1 Enrolment (3 years ago)

II. PROMOTION RATE (PromR)

- assesses the extent of pupils/ students who are promoted to the next grade/year level

Promotees (current year)

x 100
Enrolment (previous year)

III. Graduation Rate (GR)

-The G6/G10 promotion rate is the graduation rate for the elementary/
secondary level.
G6 or G10 Graduates
x 100
G6 or G10 Enrolment
IV. Repetition Rate (RepR)
- determines the magnitude of pupils/students who repeat a grade/year level

Repeaters (current year)

x 100
Enrolment (previous year)

V. School Leaver Rate (SLR)

- covers both pupils/students who do not finish a particular grade/year level as well as
those who finish but fail to enroll in the next grade/year level the following school year
- should be computed for every grade/year except for G1 of the elementary level and Y1 of
the secondary level

Elementary:

G1 Enrolment (previous SY)-[G2 Enrolment-G2 Repeaters (current year)]

G2 SLR = x 100
Grade 1 Enrolment (previous SY)

Secondary:

Y1 Enrolment (previous SY)-[Y2 Enrolment-Y2 Repeaters (current year)]

Y2 SLR = x 100
Year 1 Enrolment (previous SY)

VI. Simple Dropout Rate (SDR)

- calculates the percentage of pupils/students who do not finish a particular grade/year
level
- does not capture pupils/students who finish a grade/year but do not enroll in the next
grade/year of the following school year
Dropouts (current year)
x 100
Enrolment (Current year)
VII. Transition Rate (TR)
- assesses the extent by which pupils are able to move to the next higher level of education
(i.e. primary to intermediate and elementary to secondary)
Primary to Intermediate:

G5 Enrolment (current year)

x 100
G4 Enrolment (previous year)

Intermediate to Secondary:

Y1 Enrolment (current year)

- x 100
G6 Enrolment (previous year)

VIII. Completion Rate (CR)

- measures the percentage of grade 1/year 1entrants who graduate in
elementary/ secondary education
- can be used interchangeably with survival rate and retention rate
Elementary: Secondary:

G6 Graduates (current year) Y4 Graduates (current year)

x 100 x 100
G1 Enrolment (5 years ago) Y1 Enrolment (3 years ago)

IX. Retention Rate (RR)

- determines the degree of pupils/students in a particular school year who continue
to be in school in succeeding year
- is also vulnerable to migration and is not advisable to compute at the school level
Elementary: Secondary:

G2-6 Enrolment (current year) Y2-4 Enrolment (current year)

x 100 x 100
G1-5 Enrolment (previous year) Y1-3 Enrolment (previous year)
X. Pupil/Student – Teacher Ratio
- is the average number of pupils/students per teacher in elementary/secondary
education in a given school year
Enrolment

Total Number of Teachers

XI. Pupil/Student-Classroom Ratio

- is the average number of pupils/students per classroom in elementary/secondary
education in a given school year
Enrolment

Total Number of Classrooms

XII. Pupil/Student-Armchair Ratio

- is the average number of pupils/students per armchair in elementary/secondary
education in a given school year
Enrolment

Total Number of Armchairs

XIII. Textbook-Pupil/Student Ratio

- is the average number of usable textbooks per pupil/student in
elementary/secondary level in a given subject in a given school year
Number of Usable Textbooks

Enrolment

XIV. Per Pupil/Student Cost

- is the ratio of the total education expenditures to the total enrolment in a given
year
Total Expenditures (PS + MOOE)

Total Enrolment