This interactive dashboard supports donor and recipient countries to identify trends, gaps and overlaps in their tertiary education scholarship investments in the Pacific.
It also shows a new approach for monitoring and reporting on United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target Goal 4.b: Expand higher education scholarships for developing countries.
About the interactive pilot dashboard
Part of a pilot study, the dashboard focuses on Pacific Island countries and shows an improved monitoring approach using thematic indicator SDG 4.b.2 - Number of higher education scholarships awarded by beneficiary country. This approach demonstrates the feasibility and benefits of coordinated data sharing for scholarship donors and recipient countries.
The dashboard is indicative of scholarship provision in the Pacific. While comprehensive data has been provided by a number of stakeholders throughout the region, it is not complete. The aim is to work towards a more comprehensive collection and display.
Read about the methodology and outcomes in Sustainable Development Goal 4.b in the Pacific – A pilot study for monitoring tertiary education scholarships for development.
Dashboard guide
Use the filters to view tertiary education scholarships across year, donor country/location and recipient country. Click on the graph segments to see more targeted information and view as a table. Use the 'expand' button in the bottom right to view the dashboard in full-screen mode.
Contributors
This GEM Centre project was jointly funded by ACER and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The data displayed in this dashboard was provided by numerous donor and recipient countries. Data was requested and compiled by ACER in the second half of 2023. The bodies that have contributed data to this report include:
- Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Association of Commonwealth Universities (UK)
- Fiji Tertiary Scholarships and Loans Service
- Human Resource Development & Training Unit, Secretariat, Niue Public Service Commission
- Human Resource Development, Samoa Public Service Commission
- Solomon Islands Tertiary Education and Skills Authority (SITESA)
- Scholarships Unit, Tonga Ministry of Education and Training
- Micronesia Conservation Trust
