The Primary Completion Rate (PCR) is the total number of pupils in the final grade of primary, net of repeaters, as a percentage of the population of official primary graduation age (page 78).
IIEP-UNESCO Dakar; UNICEF; World Bank; GPE. 2014. Education Sector Analysis Methodological Guidelines. Vol. 1: Sector-Wide Analysis, with Emphasis on Primary and Secondary Education. Dakar: UNESCO. IIPE Pôle de Dakar.
[...], the access rate to the last grade of primary (or primary completion rate – PCR) is the best measure of primary completion at a given point in time that planners have at their disposal. It is the most appropriate to measure the goal of universal primary completion, which is “That all children access the primary cycle and complete it.” The primary completion rate is also important because the duration of the primary cycle (five to seven years, generally) has been determined by several empirical studies to be the minimal amount of schooling required to achieve sustainable literacy (page 78).
IIEP-UNESCO Dakar; UNICEF; World Bank; GPE. 2014. Education Sector Analysis Methodological Guidelines. Vol. 1: Sector-Wide Analysis, with Emphasis on Primary and Secondary Education. Dakar: UNESCO. IIPE Pôle de Dakar.