Identification
Survey ID Number
MUS_2011_ASS_v01_M
Title
Annual Survey in School 2011
Country
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Mauritius | MUS |
Study type
Other Household Survey [hh/oth]
Series Information
Statistics Mauritius conducts a school census in March every year in the Republic of Mauritius.
Abstract
The main objective of the survey, which is undertaken in March every year in all pre-primary, primary, secondary and specialized schools, is to have a set of reliable data on the education sector for the Republic of Mauritius. The questionnaires have been designed to collect information at school level on:
(1) infrastructure and facilities available
(2) enrolment
(3) examination results
(4) ICT
(5) teaching and non-teaching personnel.
(1) infrastructure and facilities available
(2) enrolment
(3) examination results
(4) ICT
(5) teaching and non-teaching personnel.
Kind of Data
Census/enumeration data [cen]
Unit of Analysis
Educational institutions
Scope
Notes
The 2011 Mauritius Annual Survey in Schools includes the following topics:
- Infrastructure and facilities
- Enrolment
- Examination results
- Teaching and non-teaching personnel
- Infrastructure and facilities
- Enrolment
- Examination results
- Teaching and non-teaching personnel
Coverage
Geographic Coverage
National coverage
Universe
The survey covered all public and private (including fee-paying) schools in the Republic of Mauritius.
Producers and sponsors
Primary investigators
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Statistics Mauritius | Ministry of Finance and Economis Development |
Producers
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Central Information System Division | Ministry of Information Technology | Technical assistance in data processing |
Funding Agency/Sponsor
| Name | Abbreviation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Ministry of Finance and Economic Development | MOFED | Funded the study |
Data Collection
Dates of Data Collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2011-03-01 | 2011-07-15 |
Data Collection Mode
Mail Questionnaire [mail]
Data Collection Notes
The questionnaires and instructions were sent by a team of five Statistical Officers by mail to all schools. A deadline was given to the schools to send the completed questionnaires back by mail.
Each Statistical Officer was responsible for one or two districts in such a way that the workload for the survey was equally distributed.
A close monitoring was done by two Senior Statistical Officers on a weekly basis on the number of questionnaires received from schools, the number of questionnaires edited and coded by the Statistical Officers.
Reminders were sent to all schools who did not respond by the given deadline.
Fieldwork were done by Statistical Officers for a few cases who did not respond even after phone calls and reminders.
Each Statistical Officer was responsible for one or two districts in such a way that the workload for the survey was equally distributed.
A close monitoring was done by two Senior Statistical Officers on a weekly basis on the number of questionnaires received from schools, the number of questionnaires edited and coded by the Statistical Officers.
Reminders were sent to all schools who did not respond by the given deadline.
Fieldwork were done by Statistical Officers for a few cases who did not respond even after phone calls and reminders.
Data Collectors
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Statistics Mauritius | SM | Ministry of Finance and Economic Development |
Data Processing
Data Editing
Data editing took place at various stages throughout the processing, including:
(a) Office editing and coding
Each completed questionnaire was thoroughly scrutinized for missing and inconsistent data by a team of five Statistical Officers posted at Ministry of Education. The data was also checked against the previous year's figures to locate major changes. Following this, query was cross-checked with each school through phone and necessary corrections made. The questionnaires were then coded for data entry.
(b) During data entry
Coded questionnaires, in batches, were then sent to Statistics Mauritius head office where a team of four Data Entry Operators form CISD (Central Information Systems Division) did the data capture. Questionnaires were entered twice using the software IMPS (Integrated Microcomputer Processing System) by two different persons to ensure that there was no input error.
(c) Structure checking
The data files were sent back to the Statistics Unit at the Ministry of Education where automated data consistency checks were run on the data using the software IMPS again. Errors identified were then corrected by the team of five Statistical Officers. Data were validated using IMPS until there was no error.
(a) Office editing and coding
Each completed questionnaire was thoroughly scrutinized for missing and inconsistent data by a team of five Statistical Officers posted at Ministry of Education. The data was also checked against the previous year's figures to locate major changes. Following this, query was cross-checked with each school through phone and necessary corrections made. The questionnaires were then coded for data entry.
(b) During data entry
Coded questionnaires, in batches, were then sent to Statistics Mauritius head office where a team of four Data Entry Operators form CISD (Central Information Systems Division) did the data capture. Questionnaires were entered twice using the software IMPS (Integrated Microcomputer Processing System) by two different persons to ensure that there was no input error.
(c) Structure checking
The data files were sent back to the Statistics Unit at the Ministry of Education where automated data consistency checks were run on the data using the software IMPS again. Errors identified were then corrected by the team of five Statistical Officers. Data were validated using IMPS until there was no error.
Other Processing
After the cleaning process was completed, data sets were merged to produce a series of tabulations using IMPS.
Access policy
Access authority
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Statistics Mauritius | statsmauritius@mail.gov.mu | http://statsmauritius.gov.mu |
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dharsing POTHEGADOO | Statistics Mauritius | dpothegadoo@mail.gov.mu | http://statsmauritius.gov.mu |
Access conditions
Public use files, accessible to all
Citation requirements
"Statistics Mauritius, Annual Survey in Schools 2011, Version 1.2 of the public use dataset (October 2011), provided by the Statistics Mauritius.
http://statsmauritius.gov.mu"
http://statsmauritius.gov.mu"
Disclaimer and copyrights
Disclaimer
The user of the data acknowledges that Statistics Mauritius bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
Copyright
(c) 2011, Statistics Mauritius
Metadata production
DDI Document ID
DDI_MUS_2011_ASS_v01_M
Producers
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Statistics Mauritius | SM | Ministry of Finance and Economic Development | Documentation of the study |
Date of Metadata Production
2012-04-30
DDI Document version
Version 02 (April 2019). The original documentation was downloaded from the Mauritius Microdata Catalog website (http://nada.statsmauritius.govmu.org/index.php/home).