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This is why educational attainment is one of the indicators to measure progress towards Sustainable Development Goal Target 4.4: “By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship”. High educational attainment is also associated with better health, increased ...
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Definition. The highest ISCED level of education an individual has successfully completed. This is usually measured with respect to the highest educational programme successfully completed which is typically certified by a recognized qualification. Recognized intermediate qualifications are classified at a lower level than the programme itself.
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Educational attainment refers to the highest level of education that a person has successfully completed. Successful completion of a level of education refers to the achievement of the learning objectives of that level, typically validated through the assessment of acquired knowledge, skills and competencies. At the primary and high school level, e...
Educational attainment is usually measured with respect to the highest education program successfully completed, which is typically certified by a recognized qualification. At the primary and high school levels, educational attainment can be used to present data in terms of the highest grade category completed in the Classification of highest educa...
Educational attainment can be collected or derived from any of the following: (1) a single question referring specifically to the highest certificate, diploma or degree obtained by the person; (2) a single question which asks for all certificates, diplomas or degrees the person has obtained; (3) responses to a set of questions, each of which ask wh...
This standard is consistent with the definition of educational attainment provided in the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 2011, published by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics (2012, p. 20, paragraph 81): "The educational attainment of an individual is de...
Educational attainment of personMay 26, 2021 to currentThe wording of the definition of educational attainment has been slightly modified in English, but the meaning is unchanged. Some of the categ...Educational attainmentJuly 15, 1998 to June 19, 2011Education is the key that will allow many other Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be achieved. When people are able to get quality education they can break from the cycle of poverty ...
Key insights on Global Education. The world has made substantial progress in increasing basic levels of education. Despite being in school, many children learn very little. Children across the world receive very different amounts of quality learning. Hundreds of millions of children worldwide do not go to school.
BEGINS WITH EDUCATION United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Education is a fundamental right and the basis for progress in every country. Parents need information about health and nutrition if they are to give their children the start in life they deserve. Prosperous countries depend on skilled and educated workers.
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Educational attainment is a measure of the stock of education in a population (Duncan 1968). It is useful to distinguish educational attainment from various measures of the flow of education through a population. The most common measures of flow are school enrollment and educational progression. Educational attainment also differs from ...
