ISCED 2011 joint operational manual: Update

ISCED 2011 joint operational manual: Update Draft chapters of all ISCED levels to be finalised by June 2014 Draft version of all ISCED levels sent to countries for review, June 2014 ISCED 0, 3, 4 draft chapters reviewed at INES-WP meeting in Paris, March 2014 ISCED 3 draft chapter reviewed at LSO meeting in Bratislava, February 2014 ISCED 0 and Tertiary draft chapters reviewed at INES meeting in London, October 2013 Draft table of contents agreed upon by the three agencies in August 2013

ISCED 2011 joint operational manual: Contents Chapter Organisational responsibility Introduction UIS ISCED 0: Early childhood education OECD (ECWG) ISCED 1: Primary education OECD ISCED 2: Lower secondary education ISCED 3: Upper secondary education ISCED 4: Post-secondary non-tertiary education Tertiary education introduction ISCED 5: Short-cycle tertiary Eurostat ISCED 6: Bachelor or equivalent ISCED 7: Master or equivalent ISCED 8: Doctorate or equivalent

Structure of the table of contents: for each of the levels of education Definition Classification criteria Complementary dimensions Correspondence between ISCED 2011 and ISCED 1997 Guidelines for classifying programmes and their related recognised qualifications Educational attainment Examples of programmes and qualifications

Exit from education system / Tertiary education: Examples (included in the OM) cover all the ISCED “blocks” Exit from education system / labour market entry 544/554 665 666 667 766 767 864 768 ISCED level 3 or 4 completion with direct access to first tertiary education programmes at ISCED level 5, 6 or 7

ISCED operational manual: some annexes Summary table of ISCED 2011 criteria A figure of possible pathways between the 3-digit ISCED-P codes A quick reference between ISCED-P and ISCED-A codes. An Introduction will be included in the final version of the document

Next steps Publication of the ISCED operational manual, December 2014 Slight improvements of the OM still possible (examples, editing) by November 2014 Send-out of UOE-2014 instruments (including draft version of ISCED OM),  Beginning of July 2014 Comments for this draft possible by 1st July 2014 First draft version of all ISCED levels sent to countries for review, 17th June 2014

The ETS Working Group is invited to: DISCUSS the timeline for the ISCED 2011 joint operational manual SUGGEST further problematic classifications issues that may need to be considered for the ISCED 2011 joint operational manual