Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.UNESCO is a major collector and disseminator of statistical data on education and related subjects. Its statistical activities are aimed at providing relevant, reliable and current information for development and policy-making purposes, both at the national and international levels, and the production of reliable statistical indicators for education. These indicators cover four main areas: educational population; access and participation; the efficiency and effectiveness of education; human and financial resources. The <i>UNESCO Education Database</i> covers a wide range of these areas, at four main educational levels: pre-primary, primary, secondary and tertiary, in accordance with the <i>International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED)</i> system. This system provides standard definitions for each of the four levels of education examined. UNESCO collects and collates education data according to these definitions from approximately 200 countries, and compiles them into the <i>Education Database</i> time series, which is published annually.
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Data are available in this collection for various topics related to secondary education - the second <i>ISCED</i> level (<i>ISCED</i> = <i>International Standard Classification of Education</i>). Entry to secondary education is generally around 11 years of age, and graduation around 16-18 years of age. Core education at the secondary level continues the basic programmes started at the primary level (see SN:3700), but usually with a more subject-oriented pattern. After three or four years of general academic education at this level, pupils may begin to specialize in vocational and technical subjects (which may or may not prepare them for employment or further technical study), or pursue a more academic programme designed to prepare them for university entrance. Topics covered here include: pupils in secondary education (total, by age and by grade), pupils repeating grades at secondary level (by grade), teachers and pupils at secondary level by institution, and numbers of teachers at secondary level. All data are further defined by gender.
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