The Service Delivery Indicators (SDI) are a set of health and education indicators that examine the effort and ability of staff and the availability of key inputs and resources that contribute to a functioning school or health facility. The indicators are standardized allowing comparison between and within countries over time.
The Education SDIs include teacher effort, teacher knowledge and ability, and the availability of key inputs (for example, textbooks, basic teaching equipment, and infrastructure such as blackboards and toilets). The indicators provide a snapshot of the learning environment and the key resources necessary for students to learn.
Madagascar Service Delivery Indicators Education Survey was implemented from April 2016 (for enumerator training and pre-testing of the instruments) to May and June 2016 (for fieldwork and data collection) by CAETIC Development, a strong local think-tank and survey firm. The sampling strategy was done by INSTAT the national institute for statistics. Information was collected from 473 primary schools, 2,130 teachers (for skills assessment), 2,475 teachers (for absence rate), and 3,960 pupils across Madagascar. The survey also collected basic information on all the 3,049 teachers or staff that teach in the 473 primary schools visited or are non-teaching directors.