ISCED
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) was designed by UNESCO in the early 1970s to serve ‘as an instrument suitable for assembling, compiling and presenting statistics of education both within individual countries and internationally’. It was approved by the International Conference on Education (Geneva, 1975), and was subsequently endorsed by UNESCO’s General Conference.
The present classification, now known as ISCED 1997, was approved by the UNESCO General Conference at its 29th session in November 1997.
[edit] ISCED defined levels of education
| Level | Description |
|---|---|
| Level 0 | Pre-Primary Education |
| Level 1 | Primary Education or First Stage of Basic Education |
| Level 2 | Lower Secondary or Second Stage of Basic Education |
| Level 3 | (Upper) Secondary Education |
| Level 4 | Post-Secondary Non-Tertiary Education |
| Level 5 | First Stage of Tertiary Education (Not leading directly to an advanced research qualification) |
| Level 6 | Second Stage of Tertiary Education (Leading to an advanced research qualification) |
[edit] Links
1. Link to the complete text of ISCED 1997 document
 |
This United Nations-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
