Glossary

Academic year

Administrative data

Adult education

Age specific enrolment rate

Attendance (school)

Basic education

Capital expenditure on education

Census

Central government

Classroom

Cohort

Competence

Compulsory education

Course

Current expenditure on education

Curriculum

Data collection instruments

Database

Degree

Education provider

Educational activity

Educational attainment of the population aged 25 years and above

Educational personnel

Educational programme

Field of education

Formal education

Full-time equivalent number of teachers

Full-time student

Full-time teaching staff

Functional literacy

Gender

Gender analysis

Gender equity

Gender parity

General education

Government dependent private institution

Grade

Gross graduation ratio from first degrees programme (ISCED 6 and 7) in tertiary education

Gross domestic product (GDP)

GDP per capita

Gross enrolment ratio

Household

Independent private institution

Initial education

International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED)

ISCED 0: Early childhood education (includes ISCED 01 and ISCED 02)

ISCED 1: Primary education

ISCED 2: Lower secondary education

ISCED 3: Upper secondary education

ISCED 4: Post-secondary non-tertiary education

Levels of education

Literacy

Local government

Non-formal education

Non-teaching staff

Organized educational activity

Learning outcomes

Participation rate

Part-time student

Part-time teaching staff

Distribution of graduates in tertiary education by field of education

Distribution of students in tertiary education by field of education

Distribution of enrolment in secondary education by orientation of education programme

Percentage of female teachers

Percentage of private enrolment

Distribution of students in tertiary education by ISCED level

Private educational institution

Public educational institution

Government expenditure on education as % of GDP

Expenditure on education as % of total government expenditure (all sectors)

Government expenditure per student as % of GDP per capita

Student

Purchasing power parity (PPP)

Qualification

Regional average

Regional government

School achievement

School life expectancy

Secondary education (ISCED 2 and 3)

Sex-disaggregated data

Sources of funds

Special needs education

Support personnel

Sustained

Vocational education

Government expenditure in educational institutions as % of GDP

Trained teacher

Training

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)

Weighted average

Welfare services

Capping

Percentage of vocational enrolment

Literacy rate

Inbound mobility rate

Outbound mobility ratio

Number of illiterates

Basic computer skills

Blog page

Capital expenditure on ICT on education

Drop data for CIV on MYS for 1988 and 1998 and update some other education datapoints

Glossary

Controls

List of glossary items