Education and Training Statistics Working Group Meeting 5/6 June 2012 Item 4.3 Classification of Learning Activities Sylvain Jouhette 5/6 June 2012 1

Classification of Learning Activities Towards a revision of CLA To support implementation of ISCED 2011 Formal education Issues and proposal to implement ISCED 2011 Non-formal education Issues and proposal Next steps Technical discussions, Adoption in 2014 The ETS WG delegates are invited to comment on: Proposals to better define formal and non-formal education and training Timetable for further work on the revision and implementation of CLA Item 4.3 - CLA

Towards a revision of CLA ISCED and CLA has 4 main types of learning: Formal, Non-formal, Informal, Random learning ISCED criteria for Formal and Non-formal are not precise enough for implementation CLA is needed to explain the implementation aspects of ISCED Revision of the current (2006) version of the CLA to ensure consistency with ISCED 2011 AES 2011 (proposals made for the survey & results) Impact on both UOE and AES data collections Item 4.3 CLA

Learning activities – CLA 2006 Allocation of learning activities according to the 3 main categories Item 4.3 - CLA

ISSUES: formal education Ct Criteria (based on 2011 AES) ISCED 2011 Comments on the column criteria 1 Main characteristic of the programme Institutionalized, intentional, planned Inherent to CLA although no clearly stated in AES. To be added anyhow 2 “Hierarchy-level” criterion Inherent to ISCED 2011 as it. should “make up the formal education system of a country” ISCED 2011 references to be added (definition) “consists mostly of initial education”...“ ISCED 2011 references to be added (examples) 3 Admission requirements None To be discussed 4 Registration requirements None, apart from a reference to providers 'public organizations and recognized private bodies' 5 Duration requirements 6 Recognition requirements: “recognized as such by the relevant national educational authorities or equivalent, e.g. any other institution in co-operation with the national or sub-national educational authorities” 2011 AES and ISCED text to be consolidated in a coherent manner “Qualifications from formal education are by definition recognized” ISCED 2011 references to qualifications to be added, clarifications on the use of EQF to be inserted.

PROPOSAL for CLA – Formal education Clarifications to be added on: Admission and registration requirements Duration of formal educational programmes (6 months is proposed) Modular programmes aiming at acuiring a formal qualification European credit transfer systems (ECTS, at least 30) Other programmes to be considered non-formal at EU level To be further clarified through examples: Relationship with European & National Qualification Frameworks Diversity of providers of formal education Item 4.3 - CLA

PROPOSAL for CLA – Non formal education and training Clarifications to be added on: Defining non-formal education and training. ISCED 2011 restricts it’s scope to non-formal education (NFE). In CLA and AES data collection, NFE scope includes private lessons, courses, seminars and guided on the job training Guided on the job training is an important aspect of NFE Criteria for guided on the job training It is work-based (localised at the workplace) Planned periods of training Presence of a tutor or instructor Organised (or initiated) by the employer It is an individual based and practical activity Item 4.3 - CLA

NEXT STEPS for the revision of CLA Item 4.3 - CLA

Revision of the Classification of learning activities Discussion points The ISCED workshop delegates are invited to comment on: Implementation of the concepts of forms of learning in current data collections Proposals of criteria to better define Formal education (duration, relationship with EQF/NQF) Non-formal education and training Timetable for further work on the revision and implementation of CLA (DSS of September 2013) Item 4.3 - CLA 9

Annex 1: Non- formal education and training Ct AES criteria (see annex A) ISCED 2011 Comments 1 Main characteristic of the programme: institutionalized, intentional and planned ISCED adds “by an education provider”. The ISCED 2011 terminology "education provider" might be too restrictive for CLA which aims at covering all training activities does not necessarily apply a continuous pathway-structure This precision could be added within criterion 1 2 One central or main part of the programme (Single Learning Activity as defined by 2006 CLA) must be institutionalised and taught The fact that a central or main part of the programme is taught (e.g. existence of a ‘coach’) is an important criterion to differentiate non-formal education and training from informal learning 3 Consist mainly of private lessons, courses, workshops, seminars, guided on-the-job training ISCED states “typically provided in the form of short courses, workshops or seminars” There is no reference to guided on-the-job training in ISCED. Clarifications needs to be provided in CLA for ‘long courses’ as well as courses aiming at completing a a formal education programme (e.g. private courses) addition, alternative and/or a complement to formal education This precision could be added as an example 4 Non-formal education mostly leads to qualifications that are not recognized as formal or equivalent to formal qualifications by the relevant national or sub-national educational authorities or to no qualifications at all. This precision could be added within a new criterion 4 on qualifications Nevertheless, formal recognized qualifications may be obtained through exclusive participation in specific non-formal educational programmes