1. Item 5 – Overview of 2017 and 2018 UOE data collections
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2. UOE17 data collection - background
Joint data collection UIS-OECD-Eurostat (UOE) on education from administrative data sources
Data collected by Eurostat for the scope, variables and characteristics defined in Commission Regulation 912/2013
5 common UOE questionnaires:
enrolment, entrants, personnel, graduates and finance
3 Eurostat specific questionnaires:
foreign languages, regional data NUTS2 and credit mobility – new in UOE17
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3. UOE17 data collection Overall good results in data quality
Improvement is needed in timeliness
Table 1. Share of country questionnaires submitted more than two weeks after the deadline in Commission Regulation 912/2013
ENRL
ENTR
PERS
LANG
REGIO
FIN
GRAD
CREDMOB
to be provided by 30 September 2017
by 30 November 2017
10/36
9/36
11/36
2/35
7/25
8/36
3/36
28%
25%
30% 6%
22% 8%
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4. UOE17 – Use of data
Timeliness is important in the context of use of data for policy needs at EU level:
- Education and Training Monitor
- UOE expenditure data for ESTAT PPP calculation
- UOE expenditure data ESF SCO (Standard Cost Options)
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5. UOE17- Quality reports
Quality reports: 13 not yet submited (BE, BG, CZ, DE, EE, IE, GR, LU, IS, ME, MK, RS, TR)
Updated ISCED mappings: 9 not yet submited (BE, BG, CZ, GR, IT, UK, IS, ME, RS)
Reminders will be sent out.
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6. UOE17 - Data transmission/processing
Use of eDAMIS (Eurostat standard transmission tool)
Countries are recommended:
To use eDAMIS for all questionnaires
To inform the UOE team of any change in their organisation having an impact on the data transmission
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7. Quick pre-check by Eurostat on the quality of data submission.
UOE17 – Data processing
Quick pre-check by Eurostat on the quality of data submission.
Minimum requirements:
NO mixing of flags in data value field.
Not too many empty data items (either value or flag)
ENRL and FIN questionnaires still most rejected at the pre-check level.
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8. UOE17 – Data validation
Validation of UOE questionnaires from October 2017 to June 2018:
for five common questionnaires (ENRL, ENTR, PERS, GRAD and FIN) carried out jointly by Eurostat and OECD for EU and OECD countries and separately by Eurostat for EU and candidate non-OECD countries
for three Eurostat-specific questionnaires (LANG, REGIO, CREDMOB) carried out by Eurostat
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9. UOE17 – Data dissemination
Reference year 2016 for non-finance and 2015 for expenditure data
Release of data in Eurostat online datasets immediately when validated, country by country
Close to complete datasets in the beginning of May 2018
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10. UOE17 - Compliance monitoring
Assessment of compliance for all data required by Implementing Regulation 912/2013:
Included in the validation messages
Summarised in the "End of validation" letters sent by HoU to UOE national coordinators highlighting where needed the areas for further improvement (UOE16)
Exercise to be repeated for UOE17 in July and August 2018
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11. UOE time series based on ISCED2011
Following ETS WG 2017:
As agreed ISCED2011 time series based on ad-hoc data collection with breakdown by orientation (for reference year 2005 and 2010) were published in Eurostat online tables by end of 2017,
As agreed, the on-request consultation of countries on aggregate ISCED2011 levels took place in July/August 2017,
The time series to be published by the end of 2018.
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12. Combined school and work-based programmes (CWSP) (1)
On the request of DG EMPL countries were contacted in 2017 to provide information:
Alignment of the national definition with UOE definition
Confirmation on whether all pupils reported in CSWP effectively spend the work-based component in enterprise,
If the pupils are paid for the work-based component.
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13. Combined school and work-based programmes (2)
Vocational education (UOE definition):
designed for learners to acquire the knowledge, skills and competencies specific to a particular occupation, trade, or class of occupations or trades
may have work-based components
successful completion of such programmes leads to labour market-relevant vocational qualifications acknowledged as occupationally-oriented by the relevant national authorities and/or the labour market.
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14. Combined school and work-based programmes (3)
CWSP (UOE definition):
Pupils should spend the work-based component (representing more than 25 % of the curriculum) in the workplace, not in the school environment or through distance learning
Time spent in laboratories, workshops and special training centres for vocational education if run by educational institutions ≠work-based
Entirely work-based programmes excluded (school component at least 10% of the study over the whole programme)
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15. Combined school and work-based programmes (4)
To be provided in UOE according to Commission Regulation 912/2013:
Students enrolled in ‘combined school and work-based programmes’:
- by ISCED levels 3 to 5, vocational only, type of institution (public, private), intensity of participation (full-time, part time, full-time equivalent) and sex
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16. Combined school and work-based programmes (5)
ISCED35
ISCED45
ISCED55
CWSP reported in UOE as "not applicable" (non-existent or not aligned with UOE regulation)
BG, IE, EL, HR, IT, CY, LT, PT, SI
BE, BG, DK, EL, FR, HR, IT, CY, PL, PT, SI, UK
BE, CZ, DK, DE, HR, IT, LU, NL, AT, PL, PT, SI, SK, FIN
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17. Combined school and work-based programmes (6)
National definition in accordance with UOE
Some work-based component, but representing less than 25% of the programme; hence, not reported in UOE:CY, LT
Pupils are paid in accordance with different national arrangements:
Befl, DE, ES, LV, HU, NL, AT, PL, FI, NO, CH
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18. Combined school and work-based programmes (7)
Data on number of pupils in CWSP is published in Eurostat online datasets by education level:
Upper secondary (ISCED level 3) in educ_uoe_enrs04
Post-secondary non-tertiary (ISCED level 4) in educ_uoe_enrs07
Short-cycle tertiary (ISCED levlel 5) in educ_uoe_enrt01
Share of vocational education pupils and students with work-based component very different by country and education level e.g. for pupils in upper secondary vocational programmes (ISCED35) from less than 10 in CWSP % in BE, CZ, EE, ES, MT, RO, SW to more than 80% in DK, DE, LV, HU, LI, CH.
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19. UOE18 data collection
Questionnaires were sent in collaboration with OECD and UNESCO on 14 and 16 June 2018
Data to be provided:
By 30 September 2018
Enrolments, entrants, personnel, foreign languages, enrolments at regional level
By 30 November 2018
Graduates
Education expenditure
Credit mobility Quality reports + ISCED mappings to be sent by 31 January 2018
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20. Summary
The ETS WG has been informed on the state of play of the UOE 2017 data collection.
"End of validation" letters on UOE17 will be sent to the countries
The ETS WG has been informed about the launch of the 2018 data collection.
Eurostat Education and Training Statistics Working Group - Luxembourg, June 2018