Eurostat ETS Working Group - Luxembourg, 25-26 April 2013 Item 6.4 Guidelines on the measurement of educational attainment in household surveys Eurostat-F5 Eurostat ETS Working Group - Luxembourg, 25-26 April 2013

Eurostat ETS Working Group - Luxembourg, 25-26 April 2013 Item 6.4: Guidelines on the measurement of educational attainment in household surveys Guidelines for adoption, i.e.: for last ETS WG comments 2nd (enriched) version of the manual will be finalized in 1st quarter 2014 Following last remarks of the UIS some modifications proposed: p.7,8: credentials – to replace the term by "qualifications" p. 7: to replace definition of the "successful completion of a programme" by that from the glossary point 2.1: deleting example of EU indicators (ESL) … point 2.2: to precise criteria of duration for ISCED levels 6 and 7 Eurostat ETS Working Group - Luxembourg, 25-26 April 2013 2

Proposed "procedure " for approval of guidelines on EA: Last comments during the ETS WG meeting Slightly modified document (WG and UIS comments taken into account) – will be sent 30th April to ETS WG for any remaining minor remarks (by 15th May 2013) ----------------------------------------------- Continuation of work (for the 2nd version) on: Educational attainment from old programmes Foreign qualifications Diploma approach? Eurostat ETS Working Group - Luxembourg, 25-26 April 2013