Indicator 5.1

Explanatory notes on data sources and collection methods (as reported by governments)

Armenia (data refer to early intervention for children with disabilities, launched in 2007, by Salvation NGO); Cambodia (data refer to students with disabilities at Early Childhood Education Level, 2015–2016; Early Childhood Education Department); China (administrative records of China Disabled Persons’ Federation, 2013–2015); Georgia (administrative records of the Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs, and Social Service Agency); Indonesia (data refer to children with disabilities aged 0–6 years attending pre-school in 2012; Susenas, 2012, Module Social Cultural and Education); Japan (from Federation of National Health Insurance Organizations; Aug. 2016; Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare); Macao, China (aggregation was made from three sources: (i) Service statistics by Education and Youth Affairs Bureau, (ii) Service user statistics of early intervention service organizations by Social Welfare Bureau and (iii) Service statistics of Health Bureau, as of Dec. 2016); Malaysia (Special Education Service Center Student Data; 31 Oct. 2016; Ministry of Education); Micronesia, Federated States of (National Special Education; 1993–2017; FSM Department of Education); Mongolia (Report of National Agency for Family, Children, Youth Development, 2015 and 2017); Nauru (Disability Monograph; Analysis of the 2011 Nauru Population and Housing Census; Government Bureau of Statistics); Pakistan (data were not available; the Government provides early detection and intervention facilities to a limited number of children); Palau (Special Education Programme recipients; 2015 Census of Population, Housing and Agriculture); Republic of Korea (data were not available; early childhood intervention services are provided by local governments; in the process of collection by Ministry of Health and Welfare); Singapore (administrative data by Ministry of Social and Family Development); Thailand (data refer to (i) children with disabilities receiving early childhood intervention from Oct. 2013 to Sep. 2016, by Ministry of Public Health and (ii) children with disabilities receiving early childhood intervention as of Dec. 2016, by Bureau of Special Education, Ministry of Education); Timor-Leste (Inclusive Education Department, Ministry of Education; 2016); Turkey (data refer to total number of children in nursery classes in special education schools and inclusive schools; National Education Statistics, Formal Education, 2015–2016; Ministry of National Education, General Directorate of Special Education, Guidance and Counselling Services); Vanuatu (data refer only to Port Vila; 2011–2016; Vanuatu Society for People with Disabilities).