1. Item 7: ISCED 2011 in TUS
Eurostat-F5
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2. Approved in November 2011 by General Conference of UNESCO
ISCED 2011
Approved in November 2011 by General Conference of UNESCO
Implementation of ISCED an opportunity to significantly improve the comparability of statistics on educational systems and outcomes of education
Main changes between ISCED97 and ISCED 2011:
4 levels in tertiary education (5-8 instead of 5-6)
coding at 3 digits (level, orientation, access to higher level)
ISCED as classification of educational attainment
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3. Implementation of ISCED 2011 in EU statistics
first year of implementation in all EU data collections
First dissemination of data in ISCED 2011: 2015 (or later, depending of the calendar of surveys)
Two regulations for the implementation of new ISCED:
- Commission Regulation no 317/2013 of 8 April 2013 amending the annexes to regulations on different surveys (EU-LFS, SILC, AES,..)
- Commission Regulation on UOE data collection (coming soon)
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4. Implementation of ISCED 2011 in EU surveys
Core social variable on Educational attainment level (highest level of education successfully completed) → recommendation for "diploma approach"
Importance of ISCED integrated mappings (information and coding in ISCED of programmes and qualifications/educational attainment)
Methodological guidelines (operational ISCED manual + manual for measurement of educational attainment in surveys) – end of May 2013 on Circabc
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5. ISCED 2011 coding 1-digit: or
ISCED 0 - early childhood education (or less than primary for ed. att.)
ISCED 1 - primary
ISCED 2 - lower secondary
ISCED 3 - upper secondary
ISCED 4 - post-secondary non-tertiary
ISCED 5 - short-cycle tertiary
ISCED 6 - bachelor or equivalent
ISCED 7 - master or equivalent
ISCED 8 - doctoral or equivalent or
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6. ISCED 2011 coding – as in the EU-LFS (and AES):
Code
Description
Educational attainment level*
000
No formal education or below ISCED 1
100
ISCED 1
200
ISCED 2 (incl. ISCED 3 programmes of duration less than 2 years)
302
ISCED 3 programme duration of 2 years and more, sequential (i.e. access to next ISCED 3 programme only)
303
ISCED 3 programme duration of 2 years and more, terminal or access to ISCED 4 only
304
ISCED 3 with access to ISCED 5, 6 or 7
300
ISCED 3 programme of duration of 2 years and more, without possible distinction of access to other ISCED levels
400
ISCED 4
500
ISCED 5
600
ISCED 6
700
ISCED 7
800
ISCED 8
999
Not applicable (child less than 15 years)
blank
No answer
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7. ISCED 2011 in TUS (for comments)
To be implemented from 2014, in the new wave
For some exceptions (surveys in current wave) - for comparability reasons – to code data in ISCED 97 (even if collected with the ISCED 2011 approach, e.g. for tertiary education)
Proposal for continuation of the "EU-LFS like" approach for the coding
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8. ISCED 2011 implementation - help
National coordinator for implementation of ISCED 2011 nominated in each country
Eurostat:
specific Circabc page, available end of May 2013
for any questions, please contact (in Education unit)
Thank you for your attention!
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