UOE data collection
on formal education
Manual on concepts, definitions and classifications
VERSION OF 5 SEPTEMBER 2014
MONTREAL, PARIS, LUXEMBOURG 2014
UNESCO-UIS / OECD / EUROSTAT
Data Collection on formal education
Manual on concepts, definitions and classifications
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction 4
Chapter 1: Coverage 7
1.1. General information 7
1.2.Formal initial education 8
1.3.Formal adult education 8
1.4.Early childhood education programmes 9
1.5.Special needs education 12
1.6.Vocational or technical education 12
1.7. Geographical coverage 13
1.8.Educational expenditure 14
Framework for educational expenditure 14
Accounting principles 17
1.9.Alignment of data on students enrolled, educational finance, and educational personnel 17
Chapter 2: Cross-cutting concepts 18
2.1.Levels of education 18
2.2.Programme orientation 20
2.3.Fields of education 22
2.4.Type of educational institutions 24
2.5.Grade 28
2.6.Part-time/full-time classification and conversion to full-time equivalents 28
2.7.Age 33
2.8.International learning mobility (internationally mobile students, new entrants and graduates) 34
2.9.Region 36
2.10.Foreign languages 36
Chapter 3: Statistical units 36
3.1.Students enrolled 36
3.3.New entrants 38
3.4.Graduates and First-time graduates 39
3.5. Educational personnel 41
3.6.Class size 47
3.7.Expenditure 48
Introduction
This manual presents the concepts, definitions and classifications used for the UOE data collection. It constitutes the conceptual and methodological background of the UOE data collection
The objective of the joint UNESCO-UIS/OECD/EUROSTAT (UOE) data collection on education statistics is to provide internationally comparable data (mostly at national level, with some insights at the subnational level) on key aspects of formal education systems, specifically on the participation and completion of education programmes, as well as the cost and type of resources dedicated to education.
Countries participating in the UOE data collection co-operate to gather the information, to develop and apply common definitions and criteria for the quality control and verification of the data.
Countries are committed to making all reasonable efforts to report according to the definitions, classifications, and coverage specified in the current document. Where deviations from international standards, estimations, or data aggregations are necessary, it is essential that these be documented correspondingly. The documentation of data is an integral part of the data collection and is of crucial importance for the credibility of international education statistics. In addition to the metadata asked for in the different questionnaires, EU, EFTA and EU candidate countries provide standard data quality reports as requested by Commission Regulation (EU) No 912/2013.
The UOE data collection is administered jointly by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization Institute for Statistics (UNESCO-UIS), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and the Statistical Office of the European Union (EUROSTAT). These are referred to as the data requesters in this manual.
The UOE data collection tables are organised by topic and by the statistical units for which data are collected (students enrolled, new entrants, graduates, educational personnel, class size and expenditure).
The preparation of the data collection tables is guided by the search for a common denominator between UNESCO-UIS, OECD and EUROSTAT. This common denominator is reflected in the UOE tables on students, new entrants, graduates, educational personnel, finance, class size and the ISCED mappings. In addition there are OECD and EU specific tables introduced by the European Commission (EUROSTAT). These tables cover data on population, regional enrolment and on foreign language learning. These OECD and EU specific parts of the UOE data collection are managed by OECD and Eurostat respectively.
EU and candidate countries do not have to complete DEM-1: "Total population by sex and age-group" as the demographic data used for these countries will come from the Eurostat Demographic database at national and regional level.
UIS-UOE countries are also not expected to complete DEM1 as the demographic data used for these countries are sourced from the United Nations Population Division (UNPD).
Table 1. List of countries by EU and OECD relevance
OECD relevance
|
EU relevance
|
Which countries
|
Number
|
OECD Member
|
-
|
Australia, Canada, Chile, Israel, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, United States of America
|
9
|
OECD Member
|
EU Member
|
Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
|
21
|
-
|
EU Member
|
Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Lithuania, Latvia, Malta, Romania
|
7
|
OECD Member
|
EFTA1 country
|
Iceland, Norway, Switzerland
|
3
|
OECD Member
|
Candidate
|
Turkey
|
1
|
-
|
Candidate
|
FYR of Macedonia
|
1
|
-
|
EEA country
|
Liechtenstein
|
1
|
UIS-UOE countries
|
|
China, India, Indonesia, Jordan
|
4
|
Non-OECD member but INES participant
|
|
Brazil, Russian Federation
|
2
|
All data collection tools are available on the Eurostat Education, Training and Culture Statistics public web site at the address:
https://circabc.europa.eu/w/browse/a394a6a5-6255-4935-9032-7048a9dc8fea
Complementary to this manual, each questionnaire includes practical guidelines and the main relevant validation rules.
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