Lessons learnt from education data mapping in Africa: workshop summary and synthesis

The purpose of the Unlocking Data initiative is to build a community of practice that connects individuals and organisations for the purpose of learning and sharing experiences on the topic of accessing and using education data in sub-Saharan Africa. The community of practice includes African scholars, NGOs, national statistics offices and policymakers who are working to improve access to and use of education data, largely at the country level, to inform education policy. The intended outcome is to increase the effectiveness of members in their efforts to ‘unlock’ education data, increasing its availability and use for analysis that will improve education for young people. The aim of the workshop on 30 June 2021 was to showcase experiences of mapping education data and discuss lessons learnt.