1. Upper secondary school completion and LFS
ETS WG, January 2004
Agenda Item 9
document ETS09.02

2. Upper secondary school completion The Survey on ISCED 3C
Main objectives:
To improve ISCED implementation in LFS
To improve dissemination of data on educational attainment
Doc ETS

3. Current dissemination of education attainment level
LOW
MEDIUM
HIGH
No educ
ISCED 3A/B
ISCED 5
ISCED 1
ISCED 3C >= 3 years
ISCED 6
ISCED 2
ISCED 3C < 3 years
ISCED 4

4. Proposed dissemination of education attainment level
LOW
INTERMEDIATE
HIGH
No educ
ISCED 3A/B
ISCED 5
ISCED 1
ISCED 3C >= 3 years
ISCED 6
ISCED 2
ISCED 3C
< 3 years
ISCED 4

5. Short mapping programme name ISCED level/ orientation Entrance
Requirem
Certific.
awarded
LFS
coding
starting
age
duration ….
…..

6. The Survey on ISCED 3C The survey was launched in October 2003
The request was addressed to LFS-Education Subgroup
23 countries replayed, 5 did not
Main results
The 3-year boundary is not appropriate for:
France
The Netherlands
Poland
Slovenia
United Kingdom
Most countries do not give a code to qualifications awarded in ISCED 3C programmes shorter than 2 years

7. % of 25-64 years old having attained an ISCED 3C qualification 2002

8. Proposed dissemination of Attainment level
LOW
INTERMEDIATE
HIGH
No educ
ISCED 3A/B
ISCED 5
ISCED 1
ISCED 3C >= 2 years
ISCED 6
ISCED 2
ISCED 3C
< 2 years
ISCED 4

9. Intermediate level _Option A
Not leading to tertiary
ISCED 3C > = 2 years
Leading to tertiary
(incl. post.-secondary)
ISCED 3A/B + ISCED 4 A/B/C
Intermediate level _Option B
Not leading to tertiary
ISCED 3C > = 2 years +
ISCED 4C
Leading to tertiary
ISCED 3A/B + ISCED 4A/B

10. Proposals summary
To change ISCED 3C boundary for “short and long“ from 3 years to 2 years;
For dissemination:
To combine ISCED 3C < 2 years with ISCED 1 / 2 in the category LOW
and
To replace the category MEDIUM (ISCED3A/B/C + ISCED4) with INTERMEDIATE (ISCED 3A/B/C >= 2 years + ISCED4)
To subclassify INTERMEDIATE in:
a. not leading to tertiary and leading to tertiary + post-secondary
b. not leading to tertiary and leading to tertiary

11. Decision process ETS WG is asked to comment on the proposals
The proposals and the comments by the ETS WG will be reported to the LFS-Education Subgroup (April 2004)
LFS-Education Subgroup will make recommendations to Employment Statistics WG
Employment statistics WG will take the final decision (October 2004)

13. Countries for which the 3 years boundary is not appropriate
France
The Netherlands
Poland
Slovenia
United Kingdom

14. % of 25-64 year old that has completed ISCED 3/4

15. % of 25-64 years old having attained an ISCED 3C qualification 2002

16. % of 25-64 year old that has completed ISCED 3/4