1377.0 - Measures of a knowledge-based economy and society, Australia, 2003
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CHARACTERISTIC: STOCK OF SKILLED PEOPLE PROPORTION OF ALL PERSONS AGED 15-64 WITH A NON-SCHOOL QUALIFICATION(a)(b)
(b) Persons in a particular age group with a non-school qualification as a percentage of the total population in that age group. (c) Includes persons whose highest non-school qualification was at a level not determined. Break in series, 1997 computer assisted coding; 2001 ASCED. Source: ABS Education and Work, Australia, (cat. no. 6227.0). LEVEL OF HIGHEST NON-SCHOOL QUALIFICATION, BY SEX, PERSONS AGED 15-64 YEARS Break in series, 1997 computer assisted coding; 2001 ASCED. Source: ABS Survey of Education and Work. STATISTICAL NOTES Australian Standard Classification of Education The Australian Standard Classification of Education (ASCED) (cat. no. 1272.0) is a national standard classification which can be applied to all sectors of the Australian education system including schools, vocational education and training and higher education. Changes to the Survey of Education and Work The ABS Survey of Education and Work, which is published in Education and Work, Australia (cat. no. 6227.0) was previously known as the Transition from Education to Work Survey. Data are collected in May of each year as a supplement to the ABS Labour Force Survey (LFS). Since 1994, there are two series breaks in the data collected on Level of Highest Non-school Qualification. Computer assisted coding was introduced in 1997; and in 2001, ASCED replaced the ABSCQ. Please see the Explanatory Notes for ABS cat. no. 6227.0 for information regarding concepts, sources and methods, classifications and comparability issues of the time series. Level of Highest Non-school Qualification Non-school qualifications are awarded for educational attainments other than those of pre-primary, primary or secondary education. They include qualifications at the Postgraduate Degree level, Master Degree level, Graduate Diploma and Graduate Certificate level, Bachelor Degree level, Advanced Diploma and Diploma level, and Certificates I, II, III and IV levels. Non-school qualifications may be attained concurrently with school qualifications. INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS SELECTED OECD COUNTRIES, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF THE POPULATION, BY AGE (2002)
(a) Excluding ISCED 3C short programmes. (b) Not all ISCED 3 programmes meet minimum requirements for long ISCED 3C programmes. Source: OECD, Education at a glance: OECD indicators, 2004http://www.oecd.org/document/11/0,2340,en_2649_34515_33712011_1_1_1_1,00.html. STATISTICAL NOTES International Standard Classification of Education The International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) was developed by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) to facilitate comparisons of education statistics and indicators within and between countries. It was originally endorsed at the General Conference of UNESCO in 1978. The current version (ISCED 1997) was officially adopted in November 1997. The 1997 International Standard Classification of Education ( ISCED-97) introduced a mult-dimensional classification framework, allowing for the alignment of the educational content of programmes from different countries using multiple classification criteria. These dimensions include the type of subsequent education or destination to which the programme leads, the programme orientation (whether it be general or pre-vocational education, or vocational education) and the programme duration. For detailed notes see the OECD publication Classifying Educational Programmes, Manual for ISCED 97 Implementation in OECD countries, Edition 1999. The ABS has designed ASCED to be as consistent with ISCED as possible. However, the needs of users and producers of statistics on education in Australia, and other factors unique to the Australian education system, have meant that total consistency has not been possible. Like ASCED, ISCED has separate dimensions of Level of Education and Field of Education. Correspondence tables providing comprehensive information on the relationship between ASCED and ISCED 1997 are available on the ABS web site; ABS Australian Standard Classification of Education (cat. no. 1272.0) Notes on specific countries United Kingdom attainment data at upper secondary level (ISCED 3) include a sizeable proportion of persons (about 7 per cent of the population) whose highest level of attainment will in general have been reached at age 16. Although the programmes which they have completed do not formally satisfy the duration criterion for the completion of ISCED level 3, they can lead to a qualification that the United Kingdom considers to be the same attainment level as that conferred by completion of a number of programmes which do satisfy the ISCED criterion.
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