EduCensus & Climate Resilience
Aligned with UNESCO's Climate Smart Education Systems Initiative
The field data layer CSESI needs
The UNESCO Climate Smart Education Systems Initiative seeks to help countries integrate climate change adaptation into education sector plans and EMIS systems. EduCensus addresses the implementation gap CSESI has consistently identified — climate indicators cannot be integrated into EMIS systems that lack verified, GPS-anchored, infrastructure-level school records to begin with. EduCensus is proposing a formal technical partnership with UNESCO IIEP to serve as the field data collection infrastructure for CSESI country implementation across all 35 partner countries.
35 countries in CSESI target universe
8+ country overlap with EduCensus partnership focus
10 CSESI indicator categories fully covered by EduCensus variables
EduCensus Climate Resilience Module
EduCensus includes a dedicated Climate Resilience Module — a fifth step in the field data collection wizard that captures climate-specific school data in a single field visit alongside the standard school census.
Building Profile
Material, roof type, construction year, overall condition.
Geographic Exposure
Coastal proximity and elevation auto-computed from GPS coordinates.
Hazard History
Climate damage events, school days lost, emergency shelter use.
Preparedness
Emergency plans, evacuation routes, climate-proofing features.
Resilience Gap Index
Automatically computed composite score 0 to 100 for CSESI-aligned prioritization of infrastructure investment.
How EduCensus maps to CSESI indicators
| CSESI Component | EduCensus Variable Codes |
|---|---|
| School location GPS | SCH_GPS_LAT · SCH_GPS_LON · SCH_GPS_ACCFull |
| Infrastructure documentation | INF_* (14 variables)Full |
| Building physical vulnerability | CLM_BLD_MAT · CLM_BLD_ROOF · CLM_BLD_CONDNew Module |
| Climate exposure mapping | CLM_COAST_KM · CLM_ELEV_M · CLM_FLOOD_RISKNew Module |
| Hazard history and damage | CLM_HAZ_HIST · CLM_DAYS_LOST · CLM_SHELTERNew Module |
| Preparedness and resilience | CLM_EMER_PLAN · CLM_EVAC · CLM_PROOFNew Module |
| Enrollment and gender data | ENR_TOTAL · ENR_F · ENR_MFull |
| Teacher data | TCH_TOTAL · TCH_CERT · TCH_FFull |
| Community vulnerability | COM_VULN_IDX · COM_ACCESSFull |
| Climate composite index | CLM_RES_GAP_IDX (0–100)New Module |
If your country is part of CSESI we want to connect
EduCensus is proposing a formal technical partnership with UNESCO IIEP to serve as the preferred field data collection solution for CSESI's EMIS strengthening component across all 35 partner countries. If you work with UNESCO IIEP, the Global Partnership for Education, Save the Children, or a national ministry of education participating in CSESI, we invite you to reach out.