EDUCATION AND TRAINING

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Compiling agency: Statistics Poland Al. Niepodleglosci 208 PL -00-925 Warszawa

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1. Contact
2. Statistical presentation
3. Statistical processing
4. Quality management
5. Relevance
6. Accuracy and reliability
7. Timeliness and punctuality
8. Coherence and comparability
9. Accessibility and clarity
10. Cost and Burden
11. Confidentiality
12. Comment
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1. Contact

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1.1. Contact organisation

Statistics Poland

Al. Niepodleglosci 208

PL -00-925 Warszawa

1.2. Contact organisation unit

Statistical Office in Gdańsk - Centre for Education and Human Capital Statistics

1.5. Contact mail address

Statistical Office in Gdańsk

Danusi 4

80-434 Gdańsk

POLAND

2. Statistical presentation

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2.1. Data description

A general description of the statistical process and its outputs, and their evolution over time.

NATIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEM
The following documents provide general information on the educational system; please add the relevant links for your country.

General link to Eurydice:

Strona główna | Eurydice

National system broad overview:

THE POLISH EDUCATION SYSTEM IN BRIEF 2021/22 | Eurydice

National Education System Description:

the-system-of-education-in-poland-online-new.pdf (eurydice.org.pl)

National Education System - Provisions regarding language learning:

Annex 1 - Provisions for language learning 2021 – Poland

Structure of Education and Training Systems:

https://eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu/national-education-systems/poland/overview

Please, use the box below if you wish to complement or amend the information provided by Eurydice:

Link to the ISCMAP programme and qualification:

Annex 2 - ISCED Mapping for schoolyear 2020/2021 (UOE2022) – Poland

National link to programmes and qualifications:

http://www.men.gov.pl/

http://stat.gov.pl/en/topics/education/education/

Further information on data flagged ‘d’ in the database is available to download from the Annex of the Metadata page for Education administrative data from 2013 onwards (ISCED 2011):

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cache/metadata/en/educ_uoe_enr_esms.htm

Strona główna | Eurydice

2.2. Classification system

ISCED 2011 classification

ISCED-F 2013 classification

2.3. Coverage - sector

Education system in Poland

2.4. Statistical concepts and definitions

2020/2021 school/academic year (September-August)

2020 financial year (January-December)

Description of education system in Poland:

the-system-of-education-in-poland-online-new.pdf (eurydice.org.pl)

2.5. Statistical unit

Questionnaires and ISCED mapping covers all units of formal education system in Poland.

2.6. Statistical population

7 693 426 of students

1 508 014 of graduates

678 368 of teachers

2.7. Reference area

National and regional level.

PL	POLSKA
PL2	MAKROREGION POŁUDNIOWY
PL21	Małopolskie
PL22	Śląskie
PL4	MAKROREGION PÓŁNOCNO-ZACHODNI
PL41	Wielkopolskie
PL42	Zachodniopomorskie
PL43	Lubuskie
PL5	MAKROREGION POŁUDNIOWO-ZACHODNI
PL51	Dolnośląskie
PL52	Opolskie
PL6	MAKROREGION PÓŁNOCNY
PL61	Kujawsko-Pomorskie
PL62	Warmińsko-Mazurskie
PL63	Pomorskie
PL7	MAKROREGION CENTRALNY
PL71	Łódzkie
PL72	Świętokrzyskie
PL8	MAKROREGION WSCHODNI
PL81	Lubelskie
PL82	Podkarpackie
PL84	Podlaskie
PL9	MAKROREGION WOJEWÓDZTWO MAZOWIECKIE
PL91	Warszawski stołeczny
PL92	Warszawski regionalny

2.8. Coverage - Time

Ddata available in Statistics Poland since school/academic year 1996/1997 (transmitted to international institutions).

2.9. Base period

Not applicable.

3. Statistical processing

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3.1. Source data

Sources used for data on enrolments
Detailed variables concerned	Name of the source	Type (Survey / Register / Estimation / Other)	Responsible of the source (UOE data provider / Other: which-one?)
All data on ISCED 0-5 level	School Education Information System	Data base - Register (full data)	Ministry of Education and Science
All data on ISCED 6-8 level	POL-on system (administrative data - information derived directly from the database or survey developed by Statistics Poland within the information system), Electronic form: S-10 (on tertiary education) and S-12 (on scholarships, postgraduate and doctoral studies and eployment in higher education institutions) for theological academies.	Data base - Register and Survey (full data)	Ministry of Education and Science, Statistical Office in Gdańsk

Sources used for data on personnel
Detailed variables concerned	Name of the source	Type (Survey / Register / Estimation / Other)	Responsible of the source (UOE data provider / Other: which-one?)
All data on ISCED 0-5 level	School Education Information System	Data base - Register (full data)	Ministry of Education and Science
All data on ISCED 6-8 level	POL-on system (administrative data)	Data base - Register and survey (full data)	Ministry of Education and Science

Sources used for data on enrolments at regional level
Detailed variables concerned	Name of the source	Type (Survey / Register / Estimation / Other)	Responsible of the source (UOE data provider / Other: which-one?)
All data on ISCED 0-5 level	School Education Information System	Data base - Register (full data)	Ministry of Education and Science
All data on ISCED 6-8 level	POL-on system (administrative data - information derived directly from the database or survey developed by Statistics Poland within the information system), Electronic form: S-10 (on tertiary education) and S-12 (on scholarships, postgraduate and doctoral studies and eployment in higher education institutions) for theological academies.	Data base - Register and survey (full data)	Ministry of Education and Science, Statistical Office in Gdańsk

Sources used for data on foreign languages learning
Detailed variables concerned	Name of the source	Type (Survey / Register / Estimation / Other)	Responsible of the source (UOE data provider / Other: which-one?)
All data on ISCED 0-5 level	School Education Information System	Data base - Register (full data)	Ministry of Education and Science

Sources used for data on graduates
Detailed variables concerned	Name of the source	Type (Survey / Register / Estimation / Other)	Responsible of the source (UOE data provider / Other: which-one?)
All data on ISCED 0-5 level	School Education Information System	Data base - Register (full data)	Ministry of Education and Science
All data on ISCED 6-8 level	POL-on system (administrative data - information derived directly from the database or survey developed by Statistics Poland within the information system), Electronic form: S-10 (on tertiary education) and S-12 (on scholarships, postgraduate and doctoral studies and eployment in higher education institutions) for theological academies.	Data base - Register and survey (full data)	Ministry of Education and Science, Statistical Office in Gdańsk

Sources used for data on education expenditure
Detailed variables concerned	Name of the source	Type (Survey / Register / Estimation / Other)	Responsible of the source (UOE data provider / Other: which-one?)
Detailed government expenditure on education ISCED 0-8	Report on the Execution of the state budget expenditures	Register / Estimation (on ISCED levels)	Ministry of Finance/Statistical Office in Gdańsk
Household expenditures on education ISCED 0-8	Household Budget Survey	Survey / Estimation	Statistical Office in Gdańsk
Financial data on ISCED 6-8	F-01/s Electronic form (on revenues, costs and the financial result of higher education institutions)	Survey (full data)	Statistical Office in Gdańsk
Student loans - tertiary level - ISCED 6-8	Student loans - annual information of Ministry of Higher Educationa and Science	Information (annual report)	Ministry of Education and Science
Household expenditures on education - ISCED 0-8	Parents expenditure on children's education	Sample Survey	Public Opinion Research Center
R&D expenditures at tertiary level - ISCED 6-8	R&D expenditures - publication "Research and experimental development in Poland in 2020"	Survey	Statistical Office in Szczecin
Financial data on ISCED 0-5	F-01/o Electronic form (on revenues, costs and the financial result of schools and other education establishments)	Survey (sample survey)	Statistical Office in Gdańsk

3.2. Frequency of data collection

UOE data collection use data from Ministry of Education databases. Data is collected once a year as of 30 September (ISCED 0-4), as of 10 October for some ISCED 5 programmes and as of 31 December for tertiary students.

Moreover Statistical Office in Gdańsk collects data on yearly HEI questionnaires and receives financial yearly data on national budget from Ministry of Finance.

3.3. Data collection

Statistical Office in Gdańsk - financial data are collected on yearly electronic questionnaires F-01/o (ISCED 0-5) and F-01/s (ISCED 6-8); electronic questionnaires S-10 and S-12 regarding students and graduates in theological academies.

Ministry of Education and Science collects data in two individual databases - SIO student and schools database for ISCED 0-5 (some programmes at ISCED 5) and POLON which is an information system on science and higher education.

Ministry of Finance - yearly reports on Execution of the state budget expenditures.

3.4. Data validation

All data is validated by the Ministries and Statistical Office in Gdańsk.

3.5. Data compilation

Operations performed on data to derive new information according to a given set of rules.

Weighting methods
Weighted figures for differing reference periods	Weighted figures for differing theoretical ages	Conversion factors from part-time to full-time equivalent (FTE) data
Not applicable	Not applicable	ISCED 0-5 - schools for children and youth - full-time programmes, schools for adults - part-time programmes. In Poland normal study load for ISCED 0-5 is calculated by the Ministry of Education and Science basing on Ministry of Education Regulation on typical framework curricula in public schools Number of hours througout the learning cycle (full-time programme):100%. Number of students on adult programmes – stationary form (part-time) and number of students on adult programmes - extramural form (part-time) are muliplied by the appropriate percentage of hours on this programmes (in relative to full-timme programmes) and divided by the number of students on both part-time programmes. This calculations provide FTE conversion factor (FTE). Head-count data to full-time equvalents: full-time + part-time * FTE ISCED 6-8 - Part-time studies include not less than 60% of classes provided for full-time studies. FTE conversion factor = 0,6. Head-count data to full-time equvalents: full-time + part-time * FTE

Estimations methods used in the UOE questionnaires
Type of data	Detailed variables concerned	ISCED level	Reference year(s)	Data source (internal to UOE or not)	Data type (sample-based or not)	Data source name in English	Reason	Description of the estimation method
Enrolments	Number of full- time students	ISCED 1 nad 2	2017-2018	Internal to UOE	population-based	School Education Information System	Changes in education system	After the reorganization of education system in Poland it has turned out that available data is not sufficient to meet some UOE data methodological requirements. New structure of education which cover two ISCED levels of primary and lower secondary education requires the use of estmation methods that allows distribution of students between ISCED 1 and ISCED 2 level. In 2017 number of VII grade students of new primary schools by age (reported at ISCED2) are estimated on the basis of age structure of first grade students of primary schools in 2011/2012 school year (corresponding to the theoretical duration of the programme). In 2018 number of VII grade students of new primary schools by type of institution are estimated on the basis of the institutional structure of VIII grade students, for which complete data is available. Number of students by age and sex is estimated on the basis of the structure of students in 2017/2018 school year.
Enrolments	Number of full and part- time students including mobile students by ISCED level	ISCED 6 -8	2017-2019	Internal to UOE	population-based	POLON- information system on tertiary education	Insufficient information on the type of tertiary programme for all sudents in POLON database	Missing data is estimated proportionately according to the known structure of enrolment on teriary level. Data on ISCED 8 mobile students is estimated on the basis of the structure of foreign students on this ISCED level.
Enrolments	Number of full and part-time students by age	ISCED 6-8	2014-2019	Internal to UOE	population-based	POLON- information system on tertiary education	Inssuficient data on the number of students by some age breakdowns derived from the survey developed by Statistics Poland within the POLON system	Estimations on the basis of auxiliary raw data derived from POLON database that contains more detailed information on the number of tertiary students by age.
Enrolments	Number of degree mobile students by country of origin, sex and ISCED level	ISCED 6 and 7	2014-2018	Internal to UOE	population-based	POLON- information system on tertiary education	Inssuficient data on the number of students by country of orgin, sex and ISCED level from the survey developed by Statistics Poland within the POLON system	Estimations on the basis of auxiliary raw data derived from POLON database that contains more detailed information on the number of tertary students by type of the programme of study.
Enrolments	Number of full and part-time students by age	ISCED 1-5	2014-	External to UOE	population-based	Census 2011	Insufficient information on number of students for age categories 30 and over in the School Education Information System database	Estimation on detailed age categories for age 30 and over based on weights derived from Census 2011.
Enrolments	Number of repeaters	ISCED 1	2020-	Internal to UOE	population-based	School Education Information System	Data on repeaters were unavailable in School Education Information System. Data is currently not processed due to changes in IT system.	An estimation method that allows to compile data on the basis of the individual data sets comming from two concecutive years.
Entrants	Number of new entrants by age	ISCED 6-8	2014-2019	Internal to UOE	population-based	POLON- information system on tertiary education	Inssuficient data on the number of new entrants by some age breakdowns derived from the survey developed by Statistics Poland within the POLON system	Estimations on the basis of auxiliary raw data derived from POLON database that contains more detailed information on new entrants to tertiary level by age.
Entrants	Number of new entrants by field od education	ISCED 3 and 4	2018-2019	Internal to UOE	population-based	School Education Information System	Data on new entrants by field of education were unavailable in the School Education Information System. Data were not processed due to changes in IT system.	Estimation on the basis of structure of students by field od education at ISCED 3 and 4 level.
Entrants	Number of new entrants by ISCED level	ISCED 6 and 7	2017-2019	Internal to UOE	population-based	POLON- information system on tertiary education	Insufficient information on the type of tertiary programme for all sudents in POLON database	Missing data is estimated proportionately according to the known structure of new entrants population.
Entrants	Number of new entrants by field of education	ISCED 8	2017-2019	Internal to UOE	population-based	POLON- information system on tertiary education	Inssuficient data on the number of new entrants by field of study derived from the survey developed by Statistics Poland within the POLON system	Data on the number of new entrants by field of education estimated on the basis of structure of all doctoral students.
Entrants	Number of new entrants by age	ISCED 3-5	2014-	External to UOE	population-based	Census 2011	Insufficient information on number of students for age categories 30 and over in the School Education Information System database	Estimation on detailed age categories for age 30 and over based on weights derived from Census 2011.
Graduates	Number of graduates by age	ISCED 6-8	2014-2019	Internal to UOE	population-based	POLON- information system on tertiary education	Inssuficient data on the number of graduates by some age breakdowns derived from the survey developed by Statistics Poland within the POLON system	Estimations (for ages 22 and less and for 30 and more) on the basis of auxiliary raw data derived from POLON database that contains more detailed information on tertiary students by age.
Graduates	Number of graduates by age	ISCED 1-5	2014-	External to UOE	population-based	Census 2011	Insufficient information on number of students for age categories 30 and over in the School Education Information System database	Estimation on detailed age categories for age 30 and over based on weights derived from Census 2011.
Graduates	Number of degree mobile graduates by country of origin and sex	some Bachelor's programmes and ISCED 8	2017-2018	Internal to UOE	population-based	POLON- information system on tertiary education	Inssuficient data on the number of graduates by country of orgin and sex	Estimations on the basis of structure of degree mobile students in the academic year corresponding to the theoretical starting year of the programme.
Graduates	Number of first-time graduates by age and sex	ISCED 3	2019-	Internal to UOE	population-based	School Education Information System	Insufficient information on the ISCED level (ISCED 2 or 3) from which students are admitted to general secondary schools for adults. Estimation is required to improve data on first-time graduates from ISCED 3 level.	Graduates of basic vocational school (ISCED 3) may start education in general secondary schools for adults (ISCED 3) with the 2nd grade and should be exluded from the reporting data on firs-time graduates from ISCED 3 level. Estimations on the basis of the number of students in general secondary schools for adults by grade taking ino account trend data for three consecutive years.
Personel	Number of full- and part-time teachers by age, sex and ISCED level	ISCED 1 and 2	2017-2018	Internal to UOE	population-based	School Education Information System	Changes in education system	After the reorganization of education system in Poland it has turned out that available data is not sufficient to meet some UOE data methodological requirements. New structure of education which cover two ISCED levels of primary and lower secondary education requires the use of estmation methods that allows distribution of teachers between ISCED 1 and ISCED 2 level. Ministry of Education developed estmation method that allows distribution of new primary school teachers by ISCED 1 and ISCED 2 level. This method is based on distribution of theoretical teaching hours arising from the outline timetables.
Class	Number of classes by type of institution	ISCED 1 and 2	2017-2018	Internal to UOE	population-based	School Education Information System	Changes in education system	After the reorganization of education system in Poland it has turned out that available data is not sufficient to meet some UOE data methodological requirements. New structure of education which cover two ISCED levels of primary and lower secondary education requires the use of estmation methods that allows distribution of classes between ISCED 1 and ISCED 2 level. Number of classes in VII and VII grade by type of institution (reported on ISCED2) are estimated on the basis of known structure from the previous school year (2016/2017).
Regional enrolments	Number of students by ISCED level and region	ISCED 1 and 2	2017-2018	Internal to UOE	population-based	School Education Information System	Changes in education system	After recent reorganization of education system in Poland it has turned out that available data is not sufficient to meet some UOE data methodological requirements. New structure of education which cover two ISCED levels of primary and lower secondary education requires the use of estmation methods that allows distribution of students between ISCED 1 and ISCED 2 level. Number of VII and VII grade students by region (reported at ISCED2) are estimated by proportional distribution on the basis of known regional structure of all students in primary schools. Number of students by age and region - for age categories 30 and over (ISCED3, ISCED4 and ISCED5), we used weights from Census 2011 to estimate data for each age category.
Regional enrolments	Number of students students by ISCED level and by region	ISCED 6 and 7	2017-2019	Internal to UOE	population-based	POLON- information system on tertiary education	Insufficient information on the type of tertiary programme for all sudents in POLON database	Missing data is estimated proportionately according to the known structure of enrolment at teriary level.
Regional enrolments	Number of full and part-time students by age and region	ISCED 1-5	2014-	External to UOE	population-based	Census 2011	Insufficient information on number os students for age categories 30 and over in Education Information System database	Estimation on detailed age categories for age 30 and over based on weights derived from Census 2011
Languages	Number of students by foreign language studied	ISCED 1 and 2	2017-2018	Internal to UOE	population-based	School Education Information System	Changes in education system	After the reorganization of education system in Poland it has turned out that available data is not sufficient to meet some UOE data methodological requirements. New structure of education which cover two ISCED levels of primary and lower secondary education requires the use of estmation methods that allows distribution of students between ISCED 1 and ISCED 2 level. Number of students by foreign language studied (reported at ISCED 1 and 2) are estimated by proportional distribution on the basis of known structure of all students in primary and lower secondary schools in 2017/2018 school year. Number of students stydying English language is estimated on the basis of the structure of all students ISCED at 1 and 2 level in respective school year.
Education expenditure	Educational expenditures of all levels of government combined	ISCED 2-5	every year	Internal to UOE	yearly reports submitted by central and local authorities (not sample based)	Ministry of Finance	National education system differs form ISCED classification	On the basis of Execution of the state budget expenditures Statistics Poland divides available data on separate ISCED levels.
Education expenditure	Private expenditures on education - Payments to all types of institutions	ISCED 0-6	every year	Internal to UOE	sample-based	Household Budget Survey conducted by Statistics Poland	HBS survey is based on national educational levels classification	The results of this survey provide the monthly amount of money spent on education by households. The amount of funds spent on education is multiplied by the number of students, average number of persons per household and the number of months.
Education expenditure	Private expenditures on education - Payments on goods requested directly or indirectly by educational institutions	ISCED 0-6	every year	Internal to UOE	sample-based	Public Opinion Research Centre	The short survey on funds spent on school textbooks at various national levels of education on a representative random sample of adult population	The amount of money spent on purchasing school textbooks (per 1 child) is multiplied by the number of students on this level of education.

3.6. Adjustment

Not applicable.

4. Quality management

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4.1. Quality assurance

Data based on full study at the institution level.

4.2. Quality management - assessment

All data used in UOE questionnaires meets national and international requirements and criteria.

5. Relevance

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5.1. Relevance - User Needs

User needs are notified during the time of annual Statistical Surveys Programme creation. All data user needs at national level are discussed and if possible taken into account during the data collection.

5.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction

Not applicable. User satisfaction surveys have not been conducted.

5.3. Completeness

The extent to which all statistics that are needed are available.

ISCED levels not covered
	Enrolments	Entrants	Personnel	Foreign languages learning	Regional enrolments	Graduates	Education expenditure
Data not covered	1. Homecoming nationals 2. Repeaters in initial primary and general secondary education (at ISCED 24 and 34) by grade and sex.	Mobile new entrants to tertiary education (unduplicated count), ISCED 6 and 7.	Teacher aides at ISCED levels 0, 1, 2 and 3.	Number of students (ISCED 1 to 3) by modern foreign language studied - required data for some foreign languages is not available.		First-time degree mobile graduates (ISCED 6 and 7)	Educational expenditures by level of education, source and destination: ISCED 0-4 - funds from international agencies and other private sources - government dependent and independent private institutions; hosehold expenditures: fees paid to institutions for ancillary services, payments on goods not reqiured for participation, payments for private tutoring. ISCED 0-8 - public grants attributable for tuition fees to educational institutions. Education finance by level of education, type of institution and nature: ISCED 0-4 expenditure in government dependent private institutions (from all sources). ISCED 0-4 expenditure in independent private institutions (from all sources).
Reasons for unavailable data and, planned actions to improve coverage	1. Lack of sufficient information in POLON system administered by Ministry of Education and Science and in our statistical database that alows us to make reliable estimation. 2.Data on repeaters were unavailable in Education Information System. Data were not processed due to changes in IT system. It is planed to develop an estimation method that allows to compile data on the basis of the individual data sets comming from two concecutive years for students at ISCED 24 and 34.	Insufficient information on the country of origin for all mobile sudents in POLON database. In case of some tertiary programmes, information on the country in which upper secondary diploma was obtained, is not required by law. This problem will be solved no later than within the next two years, when new legal regulations in this matter will enter into force.	Teacher aides are not considered as a separate category of emplyment and such information is not collected in Education Information System (SIO), individual database administered by Ministry of Education and Science	Data is not available in Education Information System (SIO), database administered by Ministry of Education and Science		Insufficient information on the country of origin for all mobile graduates in POLON database. In case of some tertiary programmes, information on the country in which upper secondary diploma was obtained, is not required by law. This problem will be solved no later than within the next two years, when new legal regulations in this matter will enter into force.	Lack of reliable data sources. Currently we are involved in the methodological work regarding data on scholarships and other grants to households and students (E10 on ISCED 6-8) and data on current expenditure for teaching and non-teaching staff (X1, X5 on ISCED 02-4)

5.3.1. Data completeness - rate

Not available

6. Accuracy and reliability

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6.1. Accuracy - overall

All data is reported to register (database) on a single student or school level. The accuracy of data can not raise any objections. Data estimation is used only in:

- distribution by age at ISCED 1-5 (above 30 years old),

- allocation of financial data on separate education programmes.

We consider these estimates are characterized by a high degree of accuracy.

6.2. Sampling error

Not applicable.

6.2.1. Sampling error - indicators

Not applicable.

6.3. Non-sampling error

Not applicable.

6.3.1. Coverage error

Divergence between the frame population and the target population.

Vocational training		Programmes shorter than one semester (or Implementation of the semester rule)
Are vocational and technical training programmes in enterprises included in the UOE data collection (YES/NO)?	If Yes, how is the 10% school based component over the whole length of the programme assessed?	Do (formal) programmes of shorter duration than one semester, full time equivalent duration as defined nationally, exist (YES/NO)?	If Yes, how their duration (shorter than one semester) is assessed?	Are all programmes of shorter duration than one semester, full time equivalent duration as defined nationally excluded from the UOE data collection (YES/NO)?	If NO, how does the coverage deviate from the UOE Manual recommendation?
No	Not applicable	No	Not applicable	Yes	Not applicable

Early childhood education programmes
ISCED 01 programmes		Reporting of Age in ISCED 0		Personnel in ISCED 0				What is the starting age of compulsory Primary education (ISCED 1)? This is needed for the calculation of ECE indicators such as 'Pupils aged between 4 years old and the starting age of compulsory education, by sex - as % of the population of the corresponding age group'
Do Early Childhood Educational Development programmes (ISCED 01) exist in the country (YES/NO)?	If Yes, are these programmes included in the UOE data collection (YES/NO)?	Are children under the age of 3 reported as participating in ISCED 02 Pre-primary education programmes? (YES/NO)	If YES, please explain why.	Are Classroom Teachers and Teacher Aides reported separately in the UOE data collection? (YES/NO)	If NO, why? How are they reported?	What is the minimum level of qualification required to become a Classroom Teacher at ISCED 01 and 02? Please give ISCED level.	What is the minimum level of qualification required to become a Teachers’ Aide at ISCED 01 and 02? Please give ISCED level.
NO. Institutional care with some educational component for children aged 0 to 3 years is provided in childcare institutions. Nurseries and children's clubs are considered as a form of care rather than education. These institutions do not follow any specific core curriculum. The national legislation recommends only that activities should serve care and education purposes, involve play with elements of education, and be adequate for the children’s level of physical and psychological development and their age. Children participate in care-related, educational and play activities, and childminders choose aids depending on the children’s age, individual development needs and abilities.	Not applicable	YES	Theoretical starting age for pre-school education is 3 years but pursuant to the provisions of the Education Law, a child aged 2.5 may be admitted to pre-school education in duly justified cases.	YES	Not applicable Information on teachers aides as a separate category of employment in education institutions (ISCED 0–5) is not available in Education Information System (database administered by Ministry of Education and Science).Therefore teachers aides (applicable in education institutions on ISCED 0-2) are not reported in UOE data collection.	ISCED-A 550	ISCED-A 100	7 years

Special education needs (SNE) programmes
Are students in special education included in the data provided on enrolments, entrants, graduates and regional data (YES/NO)?	If NO, could you please specify for which questionnaires and explain why?
YES	Not applicable

Adult education programmes and "continuing education"
Are adult education programmes included in the data? (YES/NO)	If NO, why?	If YES, does the national definition of “adult” or “continuing” education fully comply with the category as defined by the UOE manual?	If the national definition of “adult” or “continuing” education programmes does not fully comply with the category as defined by the UOE manual, how it is assessed that the national “adult” or “continuing” programmes are similar or equivalent to corresponding initial education?
YES	Not applicable	YES	Not applicable

Students enrolled in educational institutions organised by ministries other than ministry of education
Do educational programmes organised by Ministries other than Ministry of education exist in the country (YES/NO)?	If Yes, what is the coverage of these programmes in the UOE data collection?	If Yes, and if relevant, which of those programmes are excluded from the UOE data collection?
YES	All formal educational programmes (regardless whether conducted by Ministry of Education and Science or other ministries) are covered in the UOE data collection. Programmes guided by other Ministries - covered in UOE data collection: - artistic schools guided by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, - ISCED 5 programme (colledges of social work) guided by Ministry of Family and Social Policy, - HEI programmes guided by Ministry of National Defence, Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, Ministry of Health, Ministry of the Interior and Administration, Ministry of Infrastructure, theological academies.	Not relevant

Domestic educational activities		Distance learning / e-learning programmes
Are all country’s domestic educational activities reported in the UOE data collection (YES/NO)?	If NO, which domestic educational activity (e.g. for example Distance learning/e-learning involving two countries, commuting students, foreign campus, European administration schools, etc.) are not reported and why?	Are distance learning programmes data reported in the UOE questionnaires? (YES / NO / Partially / Not relevant)	If NO, please explain why.	If Partially, which ones are excluded and for what reasons?	If distance students are included in the data, are national distance learners in programmes organised by institutions outside your country excluded?
No	Supporting education (complementary programmes) for children in schools managed by the diplomatic representations consultation points, consulates and military delegations. Compulsory education obligation is fulfilled by attending schools in the host country. Data on Polish students in this types of establishments are colledcted but not included in UOE data collection.	Yes	Not applicable	Not applicable	Yes. Only distance learners in programmes organised by national institutions are included in UOE data collection.

Students participating in exchange programmes (credit mobile students)			Foreign languages learning
Are students in short term postings (i.e. exchange programmes (credit mobility)) excluded from the population of students in the data collection (YES/NO)?	If Yes, how the length of their stay abroad is assessed?	If NO, why they are not excluded?	Are students with SNE (Special Needs Education) enrolled in special schools excluded from the data on foreign languages? (YES/NO)	Apart from SNE pupils, is the scope of the population the same as the total of students enrolled? (YES/NO)	If NO, which pupils are not included?
Yes	Students in short-term postings are excluded when studying in national institution less than one year. When students are registered at HEI for more than a year, then they are shown in the statistics, even when they are staying on student exchange programs.	Not applicable	Yes	Yes	Not applicable

National programmes not covered by the UOE data collection, by ISCED level - Reasons why they are not covered

Programmes not covered at ISCED 0-Early childhood education

Programmes not covered at ISCED 1-primary level of education

Programmes not covered at ISCED 2-lower secondary level of education

Programmes not covered at ISCED 3-upper secondary level of education

Programmes not covered at ISCED 4-post-secondary non-tertiary education

Programmes not covered at ISCED 5-short-cycle tertiary education

Programmes not covered at ISCED 6– Bachelor's or equivalent level

Programmes not covered at at ISCED 7 – Master's or equivalent level

Programmes not covered at ISCED 8 – Doctoral or equivalent level

All programmes covered

Vocational qualification courses - due to scarsity and inconsistency in data sets, as students belonging to different categories can be counted more than once.

All programmes covered

Graduates: unduplicated count
Is the method of unduplicated count used for calculation of Graduates in the UOE data collection (YES/NO)?	If YES, please explain the method.
YES, only for data on first-time tertiary graduates (ISCED6-ISCED 8)	First-time graduates are identified by using longitudinal data on students and graduates available in POL-on system (administrative database on tertiary education and science). This individal database enables to monitor educational path of each student since 2014 and provide data on fist-time graduates at ICED 6-8 level.

Tertiary education programmes (ISCED Levels (5-8)
Orientation of programme in tertiary education		Personnel in tertiary education, Academic staff
Does the orientation (general/academic, vocational/professional) in tertiary education (ISCED levels 5 to 7) exist in the country (YES/NO)?	If YES, what is the national definition of the programme orientation?	Are PhD candidates who are employed and hold titles such as teaching assistant, teaching associate, teaching fellow, research assistant reported as academic staff in the UOE data collection (YES/NO)?
YES	According to Law on Higher Education and Science of 2018 - programme profile shall mean either a practical profile and and general academic profile. Practical profile - tertiary programme covering the learning modules which serve to equip students with practical skills and social competences. Practical component should represent more than 50% of the study over the whole programme (expressed in ETC points). General academic profile - tertiary programme covering the learning modules related to research activities conducted by higher education institution and serve to expand students' range of theoretical skills. Theoretical component should represent more than 50% of the study over the whole programme (expressed in ETC points).	NO

6.3.1.1. Over-coverage - rate

Not applicable.

6.3.1.2. Common units - proportion

Not applicable.

6.3.2. Measurement error

Not applicable.

6.3.3. Non response error

Not applicable.

6.3.3.1. Unit non-response - rate

Not applicable.

6.3.3.2. Item non-response - rate

Not applicable.

6.3.4. Processing error

Not applicable.

6.3.4.1. Imputation - rate

Not applicable.

6.3.5. Model assumption error

Not applicable.

6.4. Seasonal adjustment

Not applicable.

6.5. Data revision - policy

All UOE data is accurate and there were no major changes in back data.

6.6. Data revision - practice

Change in a value of a statistic released to the public

Type of data reviewed	Detailed variables concerned	Reference time period	Year when the revision was made	Reason having led to the revision	Consequences on accuracy
ISCED mappings	Educational programmes	Every year	Every year	Annual updates of educational programs included in the ISCED mappings due to changes in the educational system, and a more accurate description of the programs which have impact on the education attainment.	Improvement of educational programs description in the ISCED mappings - better describtion of the Polish education system and the changes in education system as well as qualifications obtained.
Graduates	Number of graduates by programme destination and programme orientation	2004/2005	2006	The data from ISCED3C, short programmes were moved to ISCED3C - long programmes.	ISCED 3C long programme accordnig to definitions in UOE Manual was more accurate to situation in Polish education system.
Enrolment, Graduates	Number of students/graduates by field of education	2005/2006	2007	Some data on fields of studies were verified according to ISC'97 due to the changes in national law.	Changes resulted in a better matching of fields of study to ISCED'97 classification.
Foreign languages learning	Number of students by level of education, programme orientation and modern foreign languages studied	2005/2006	2007	Part-time programmes were added. In the previous years there were only full-time programmes recognized.	The inclusion of part-time programmes meets the UOE recommendation on foreign languages learning.
Educational personnel	Classroom teachers and academic staff by employment status	2005/2006	2007	The number of hours of teaching (FTE) by personnel whose primary function is not teaching was excluded.	The exclusion of teaching hours of teachers whose primary function is not teaching meets the UOE recommendation on personnel statistics.
Educational personnel	Number of students with a coverage ajusted to statistics on educational personnel	2008/2009	2010	Difference in attributing students to private independent and government dependent institutions in Pers_Enrl2. cummulative figures for Private All is compliant with the previous year's figure.	Changes resulted in better matching the UOE recommendations on personnel statistics.
Enrolment	Number of students enrolled	2008/2009	2010	All foreign students at ISCED 3 (all programmes) and ISCED 5/6 programmes has been recorded.	Changes resulted in better matching the UOE recommendations on enrolment statistics.
Enrolment	Number of students by intensity of participation	2008/2009	2010	ISCED 4 level ISCED FULL TIME - PART - TIME division has been calculated not by a proxy but actual figures according to number of course hours in the programme.	Changes resulted in better matching the UOE recommendations on full- and part-time programmes statistics.
Enrolment	Number of students by intensity of participation	2008/2010	2011	Public / private schools full time / part time breakdown estimation (but private / public breakdown based on actual register figures).	Changes resulted in better matching the UOE recommendations on full- and part-time programmes statistics.
Expenditures on education	Households expenditures on education	2009	2011	Household expenditures on educational institutions - no exhaustive and reliable source of data to be indicated. New method of data calculation.	Changes better reflects real private (household) expenditures on education.
Entrants	New entrants by ISCED level	2009/2010	2012	New entrants questionnaires were corrected due to the changes in nationaly adopted methodology.	Improvement resulted in better matching to UOE manual recommendation on new entrants.
Graduates	Number of graduates by cumulative duration of the programme and programme destination	2005-2009	2012	Graduates questionnaires were corrected (2005-2009) due to the changes in nationaly adopted methodology.	Improvement resulted in better matching to UOE manual recommendation on graduates.
Foreign languages learning	Number of students learning foreign languages	2009/2010, 2010/2011	2011	Changes in foreign language teaching - Introduction of compulsory foreign language (as a subject) from 1st grade of primary school, introduction of 2nd foreign language (as a subject) from 1st grade of lower-secondary school.	Adjustment of educational statistics to existing national law.
Expenditures on education	Financial aid to students	2010	2012	In financial year 2010 the full amount of financial aid to students was reported in row C10. In past years financial aid to students was added to the total expenditure of education and only part of this expenditure was reported in row C10.	Changes in data reporting. A more accurate indication of expenditures allocated for scholarships in higher education.
Educational personnel	Number of ull- and part-time teachers	2010/2011	2012	Teachers, who are employed in the group of schools, have their time job counted in that school, where they have more duties. In previous years teachers, who are employed in the group of schools, had their time job counted in that school, which contained the biggest number of units.	Present system of data calculations better reflects the actual employment rate in the certain types of schools.
Expenditures on education	Government expenditures on education	2011	2013	Some methodoligical changes has been introduced. Expenditures on artistic schools (added mostly to general upper secondary schools in previous years) has been divided beetween vocational upper secondary schools and post-secondary (non-tertiary) schools	This method better reflects the present situation of art school financing and it is more consistent with enrolments.
Expenditures on education	Government expenditures on education	2012	2014	Some methodoligical changes has been introduced. Previous year we were suuposed to divide expendtitures on artistic schools into vocational upper secondary schools and post-secondary (non-tertiary) schools. Unfortunatelly it hasn't been done, so that we decided to make such division this year. This better reflects the present situation of art school financing and it is more consistent with enrolments.	Completion of missing data required by the UE Commission Regulation.
Expenditures on education	Government expenditures on education	2012	2014	Moreover some changes has been introduced in scope of ancillary services, which caused the increased value of expenditure. For the first time expenditures on transportation to / from school, canteenes and dormitories has been added. Previous years those expenditures were included in a total value of government expenditure and were not listed separately as ancillary services.	Completion of missing data required by the UE Commission Regulation.
Expenditures on education	Government expenditures on education	2012	2014	Since 2012 international expenditures has been completed, therefore data in government expenditures can be slightly different from last year. 'Funds from international agencies' data has been separated from total goverment expenditures (Execution of the state budget expenditures).	Completion of missing data required by the UE Commission Regulation.
Expenditures on education	Expenditures in educational institutions	2014	2016	In order to fulfill the obligation arising under Commission Regulation (EU) No. 912/2013 of 23 September 2013 implementing Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council No. 452/2008 concerning the production and development of statistics on education and lifelong learning, as regards statistics on education and training systems, Poland has taken extensive measures to develop and implement a new survey based on questionnaire F-01/o (on revenues, costs and the financial result of schools and other education establishments). The results of questionnaire are supposed to supplement the missing data on private educational institutions. Due to the fact that F-01/o questionnaire on revenues, costs and the financial result of schools and other education establishments was conducted in Poland for the first time, some methodological issues might have influence on the results of the survey. Additionally schools had some difficulties with preparing financial data. Nonexistence of administrative obligation on non-public educational institutions in Poland as regards the financial reporting on the funds coming from any sources of financing other than public, including foreign subsidies to educational activities is also very problematic matter. Summing up all previously mentioned difficulties with colecting data, resulted in estimation of expenditures in private institutions (FIN2Nature). Differences between FIN1 and FIN 2 questionnaire are the consequence of useing many different soures of data on school finances.	Completion of missing data required by the UE Commission Regulation.
Graduates	Graduates by age	2014/2015	2016	Estimation of graduates aged 30 and over (for ISCED 1-5 on the basis of 2011 census result; for ISCED 6-8 on basis of Ministry of Science and Higher Education database).	Completion of missing data required by the UE Commission Regulation.
Entrants	Entrants by age	2014/2015	2016	Estimation of entrants aged 30 and over (for ISCED 1-5 on the basis of 2011 census result; for ISCED 6-8 on basis of Ministry of Science and Higher Education database).	Completion of missing data required by the UE Commission Regulation.
Enrolments	Enrolment by age	2014/2015	2016	Estimation of enrolment aged 30 and over (for ISCED 1-5 on the basis of 2011 census result; for ISCED 6-8 on basis of Ministry of Science and Higher Education database).	Completion of missing data required by the UE Commission Regulation.
Enrolments	Number of students in initial primary and lower secondary general education	2015/2016	2017	Students of lower secondary schools-for adults were excluded.	Better compliance with the definition of “initial education” in manual.
Entrants	Entrants by age	2016/2017	2018	Change of data source. Data on new entrants in the second-cycle and doctoral rogrammes was derived from the POL-on system (administrative data). Previously estimations have been made on the basis of the results of S-10 survey (on tertiary education) and S-12 Survey (on scholarships, postgraduate and doctoral studies and employment in higher education institutions).	Better data quality - use of new, more reliable data source.
Graduates	Graduates by age	2016/2017	2018	Change of data source. Data on graduates is derived from the POL-on system (administrative data). Previously statistical surveys has been used as a data source.	Better data quality - use of new, more reliable data source.
Expenditures on education	Government expenditures on education	2016	2018	Methodological changes aimed at improvement on calculculations of initial funds. Major of initial education funds comes from the educational subsidy at the central level of government. In the process of intergovernmental transfers educational subsidy deposits the local government accounts. For many years it was very hard to determine the amount of money that local government adds to the subsidy (from own funds). In the result, all cash flows (governmental subsidy and local government’s own sources) were indicated at the local level. Now, we have revised our methodology and calculated the correct values for the year 2016.	Changes better reflects intergovernmental transfers for education.
Graduates	Mobile graduates by field of education	2017/2018	2019	Previously mobile graduates by field of education on ISCED 6 was reported toegether with moblile graduates on ISCED 7. Since UOE 2018 data collection new information in database allows to present both categories separatelly.	Completion of missing data required by the UE Commission Regulation.
Graduates	Mobile graduates by country of orgin	2017/2018	2019	Previously some mobile graduates (from post-graduate programmes) on ISCED 6 and doctoral graduates ISCED 8) was reported in the cathegory "country of orgin not specified". Since UOE 2018 data collection new information in database creates possibility to estimate mobile graduates from post-graduate programmes and doctoral graduates by country of orgin.	Completion of missing data required by the UE Commission Regulation.
Enrolments	Enrolment by age	2017/2018	2019	Estimations (instead exact data) regarding the number of full- and part-time students (ISCED 1 nad 2) by age and sex as a result of changes in education system. Lower secondary schools are to be abolished and replaced by 8-year primary school which covers two ISCED levels of primary and lower secondary education (so-called single structure education).These estimations are necessary in trasition period to separate ISCED 1 and ISCED 2 students.	Completion of missing data required by the UE Commission Regulation.
Educational personnel	Teachers by age and sex.	2017/2018	2019	Estimations (instead exact data) regarding the number of full- and part-time teaches (ISCED 1 nad 2) by age and sex as a result of changes in education system. Lower secondary schools are to be abolished and replaced by 8-year primary school which covers two ISCED levels of primary and lower secondary education (so-called single structure education). Ministry of Education developed estmation method that in transition period allows distribution of new primary school teachers by ISCED 1 and ISCED 2 level. This method is based on distribution of theoretical teaching hours arising from the outline timetables.	Completion of missing data required by the UE Commission Regulation.
Class	Number of classes by type of institution.	2017/2018	2019	Estimations (instead exact data) regarding the number of classes (ISCED 1 nad 2) by type of institution as a result of changes in education system. Lower secondary schools are to be abolished and replaced by 8-year primary school which covers two ISCED levels of primary and lower secondary education (so-called single structure education). These estimations are necessary in transition period to separate classes at ISCED 1 and ISCED 2 level.	Completion of missing data required by the UE Commission Regulation.
Enrolments	Enrolment at ISCED 6 and 7 by programme orientation	2019/2020	2021	New information in the POL-on system (administrative database on tertiary education and science) were available. Missing data on tertiary students by orientation of the programme were provided.	Completion of missing data required by the UE Commission Regulation.
Enrolments	Enrolment in initial primary and lower and upper secondary general education by age, grade and sex	2019/2020	2021	More detailed information in the breakdown by age and grade available in SIO database and reported in UOE data collection.	Completion of missing data requested by UNESCO.
Entrants	First-time entrants to tertiary education, (unduplicated count)	2019/2020	2021	More detailed information in the breakdown by ISCED (6 and 7) level available in POL-on database and reported in UOE data collection. Estimation possible on the basis of longitudinal data on students and graduates available in POL-on system (administrative database on tertiary education and science).	Completion of missing data requested by OECD.
Entrants	New entrants into a ISCED 6 and 7 level by programme orientation	2019/2020	2021	New information in the POL-on system (administrative database on tertiary education and science) were available. Missing data on tertiary entrants by orientation of the programme were provided.	Completion of missing data required by the UE Commission Regulation.
Educational personnel	Academic staff (at ISCED 6-8) by intensity of participation and age	2019/2020	2021	New information in the POL-on system (administrative database on tertiary education and science) were available. Missing data on the number of full- and part-time academic staff in the headcounts by age were provided.	Completion of missing data required by the UE Commission Regulation.
Graduates	Graduates at ISCED 6 and 7 by programme orientation	2019/2020	2021	New information in the POL-on system (administrative database on tertiary education and science) were available. Missing data on tertiary graduates by orientation of the programme were provided.	Completion of missing data required by the UE Commission Regulation.
Graduates	First-time graduates from/at tertiary level (ISCED 6-8)	2019/2020	2021	New information in the POL-on system (administrative database on tertiary education and science) were available. Missing data on first-time tertiary graduates compiled on the basis of new individal database that enables to monitor educational path of each student since 2014 and provide data on fist-time graduates at ICED 6-8 level.	Completion of missing data required by the UE Commission Regulation.
Graduates	Degree mobile graduates (ISCED 6 - second or further degree and 8)	2019/2020	2021	Change in definition of country of origin for degree mobile graduates - currently country of upper secondary diploma is used instead of country of prior education.	Better compliance with the definition of “country of origin” for degree student mobility in manual. Break in time series for data on degree mobility at ISCED 6 and 8 level.
Foreign languages learning	Number of students (ISCED 1 to 3) by number of foreign languages studied and Age	2019/2020	2021	More detailed information in the breakdown by age and number of foreign languages studied available in the School Education Information System database and reported in UOE data collection.	Completion of missing data required by the UE Commission Regulation.

6.6.1. Data revision - average size

Not applicable.

7. Timeliness and punctuality

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7.1. Timeliness

Information related to the latest reference year (academic year t-t+1, or financial year t)
Data collection			Post-collection phase		Dissemination/publication in your country		Additional comments on deadlines and timeliness
Type of data	Start date	End date	Start date	End date	Start date	End date	Additional comments on deadlines and timeliness
ISCED level 0-5	September year t	December year t	December year t	February year t+1	April/May year t+1	December year t+1
ISCED level 6, 7 and 8	December year t	March year t+1	April year t+1	May/June year t+1	June year t+1	October year t+1
Education finance data (ISCED 0 - ISCED 8) - based on Execution of the state budget expenditures	January year t + 1	May year t + 1	June year t + 1	July year t + 1	June year t + 1	June year t + 1
Education finance data (ISCED 6, 7 and ISCED 8) - based on F01/s survey ISCED level 0-8 - Execution of the state budget expenditures: national data collection period: May year t+1, date of "Education at a glance" publication release: September year t+3	March year t+1	March year t+1	April year t+1	May/June year t+1	June year t+1	October year t+1

7.1.1. Time lag - first result

UOE (non - finance ) tables:

ISCED level 0-5 - students: national data collection period: September year t, first data transmittion to Unesco/OECD/Eurostat (according to Commission Regulation No 912/2013): September year t+2

ISCED level 0-5 - graduates: national data collection period: September year t+1, first data transmittion to Unesco/OECD/Eurostat (according to Commission Regulation No 912/2013): November year t+2

ISCED level 6-8 - students: national data collection period: December year t, first data transmittion to Unesco/OECD/Eurostat (according to Commission Regulation No 912/2013): September year t+2

ISCED level 6-8 - graduates: national data collection period: December year t+1, first data transmittion to Unesco/OECD/Eurostat (according to Commission Regulation No 912/2013): November year t+2

UOE (finance) tables - tables:

ISCED level 0-8 - Execution of the state budget expenditures: national data collection period: May year t+1, first data transmittion to Unesco/OECD/Eurostat (according to Commission Regulation No 912/2013): November year t+2

ISCED level 6-8 - F01/s survey (on costs, revenues and financial result of HEI) - national data collection period: March year t+1, first data transmittion to Unesco/OECD/Eurostat (according to Commission Regulation No 912/2013): November year t+2.

ISCED level 0-5 - F01/o survey (on revenues, costs and the financial result of schools and other education establishments) - national data collection period: April year t+1, first data transmittion to Unesco/OECD/Eurostat (according to Commission Regulation No 912/2013): November year t+2.

7.1.2. Time lag - final result

UOE (non-finance) tables - results:

ISCED level 0-5 - students: national data collection period: September year t, date of "Education at a glance" publication release: September year t+3

ISCED level 0-5 - graduates: national data collection period: September year t+1, date of "Education at a glance" publication release: September year t+3

ISCED level 6-8 - students: national data collection period: November year t, date of "Education at a glance" publication release: September year t+3:

ISCED level 6-8 - graduates: national data collection period: November year t+1, date of "Education at a glance" publication release: September year t+3:

UOE (finance) tables - results:

ISCED level 0-8 - Execution of the state budget expenditures: national data collection period: May year t+1, date of "Education at a glance" publication release: September year t+3

ISCED level 6-8 - F01/s survey (on costs, revenues and financial result of HEI) - national data collection period: March year t+1, date of "Education at a glance" publication release: September year t+3

ISCED level 0-5 - F01/o survey (on revenues, costs and the financial result of schools and other education establishments) - national data collection period: April year t+1, date of "Education at a glance" publication release: September year t+3

7.2. Punctuality

See point 7.2.1 Punctuality - delivery and publication.

7.2.1. Punctuality - delivery and publication

Submission dates for the latest reference year (academic year t-t+1, or financial year t)
Deadline for transmission of data: 30 September t+2					Deadline for transmission of data: 30 November of t+2
Enrolments	Entrants	Personnel	Foreign languages learning	Regional data	Graduates	Education expenditure
30 September year t+2	30 September year t+2	30 September year t+2	30 September year t+2	30 September year t+2	30 November year t+2	February year t+3

If relevant,reasons for late delivery and action taken or planned for improving punctuality

Enrolments

Entrants

Personnel

Foreign languages learning

Regional data

Graduates

Education expenditure

Not applicable

Revision data on government expenditure that should be included in UOE data collection.

Staff shortages in statistical office.

Better cooperation with budget data providers end work oranization in statistical office should contribuite for improving punctuality of UOE finance data delivery.

8. Coherence and comparability

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8.1. Comparability - geographical

The extent to which statistics are comparable between countries.

A. Deviations between the national methodology and the UOE Manual: non financial data

Reference period

Data collection period

Reference date for student and personnel ages

Not applicable

UOE data: data are consistent with UOE methodology:
Data collection on ISCED 0-4 level - 30 of September year t-2 (students, personnel) and year t-1 (graduates).

Data collection on ISCED 5 level (some programmes) - 30 of October year t-2 (students, personnel) and year t-1 (graduates).

Data collection on ISCED 5 (some programmes), 6, 7, 8 level - 30 of December year t-2 (students, personnel) and year t-1 (graduates)

Not applicable

Enrolment: data collection period	Enrolment in multiple fields of education	Count of students: if relevant, detailed list of variables for which double counting are significant and why.	Regional enrolment	Foreign languages learning
Children/students are reported as of 30 of September (ISCED 0-4), 30 of October ISCED 5 (some programmes) and 31 of December (ISCED 6-8). Gradual inflow is not estimated.	Students are prorated.	Students are presented in head-counts or full time equivalents. Double counting should not occur	Not applicable	Not applicable

Entrants	New entrants by field of education	Graduates from specific programmes	Graduates by field of education
Not applicable	New entrants are prorated.	Not applicable	New entrants are prorated.

Educational personnel in work- and school-based combined programmes	Educational personnel taxonomy: classroom teachers (ISCED 0-4) and academic staff (ISCED 5-8)	Educational staff at ISCED level 0	Educational personnel at ISCED levels 5-8	Educational personnel and temporary replacements
Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable

B. Deviations between the national methodology and the UOE Manual: financial data

Expenditure at the pre-primary level - the childcare component
Reference period	Expenditure at the pre-primary level: is the childcare component excluded (yes/no/partially)?	If yes, which is exactly the share of "day care component" to be excluded from the data on the pre-primary level? If no, which estimation method is used to determine the share?	Expenditure for teaching/academic hospitals	Ancillary services expenditure	Evening child care
2020	Yes	All educational programmes at the pre-primary level are included. There are no mixed programmes with day care component that should be excluded from the Finance data.	Not applicable	All deviations between the national methotology and the UOE Manual has been eliminated in financial year 2015.	Not applicable

Cost of a dual-system programme to the employer.

Adjustment of enrolments in case there is no data on expenditure at the workplace

Expenditure for contributions on pension schemes

Households' payments for private tutering

Student living costs

Ancillary services coverage

Poland do not provide data on combined school and work-based programmes that take place in the workplace.

Poland do not provide data on educational expenditure at the workplace to train participants in combined school and work-based training programmes. The coverage of full-time equivalents is adjusted.

No deviations between UOE Manual and national methodology.

More on Pension schemes - social insurance in Poland:

https://lang.zus.pl/documents/493369/574088/Social_security_in_Poland.pdf/

Because of inaccurate information, expenditure on private tutoring is exculded from the household expenditures on education.

Student living cost subsidised through financial aid is not reported as 'households expenditures outside the educational institutions'. There are no studies sufficient to clearly identify living expenses. The use of material assistance for students is reported in rows 'financial aid to students'.

Meals, health services, boarding schools, dormitories, canteens, free transport of students, medicines, medicine supplies

8.1.1. Asymmetry for mirror flow statistics - coefficient

Not applicable.

8.2. Comparability - over time

	Main changes compared to data transmitted for the previous reference period
	Enrolments	Entrants	Personnel	Foreign languages learning	Regional data	Graduates	Education expenditure
Changes in the educational system	Expansion of the specialist programmes which have been introduced under the provisions of the Law on Higher Education and Science of 2018 and are offered by HEIS since 2019/2020 academic year.	Expansion of the specialist programmes which have been introduced under the provisions of the Law on Higher Education and Science of 2018 and are offered by HEIS since 2019/2020 academic year.	Expansion of the specialist programmes which have been introduced under the provisions of the Law on Higher Education and Science of 2018 and are offered by HEIS since 2019/2020 academic year.	No changes	Expansion of the specialist programmes which have been introduced under the provisions of the Law on Higher Education and Science of 2018 and are offered by HEIS since 2019/2020 academic year.	Expansion of the specialist programmes which have been introduced under the provisions of the Law on Higher Education and Science of 2018 and are offered by HEIS since 2019/2020 academic year.	No changes
Changes in the coverage	No changes	No changes	No changes	No changes	No changes	No changes	No changes
Changes in the methodology	Methodological changes and use of new data source on tertiary education. Since data for 2020/21 academic year, we have started to fully process data on students in the tertiary education and doctoral programmes based on the POL-on system (individual administrative database). Previously, estimation has been mainly made based on the results of statistical surveys. We are constantly developing new methods of data processing to consider new and more complete information coming from longitudinal data on students available in POL-on system (administrative database on tertiary education and science). Currently, this information at individual level let us almost fully eliminate doublecounting of students in UOE data collection to be more consistent with methodology.	Methodological changes and use of new data source on tertiary education. Since data for 2020/21 academic year, we have started to fully process data on new entrants in the tertiary education and doctoral programmes based on the POL-on system (individual administrative database). Previously, estimation has been mainly made based on the results of statistical surveys. We are constantly developing new methods of data processing to consider new and more complete information coming from longitudinal data on students available in POL-on system (administrative database on tertiary education and science). Currently, this information at individual level let us almost fully eliminate doublecounting of new entrants and re-entrants in UOE data collection to be more consistent with methodology.	Methodological changes and use of new data source on tertiary education. Since data for 2020/21 academic year, we have started to fully process data on academic teachers based on the POL-on system (individual administrative database). Previously, estimation has been mainly made based on the results of statistical surveys. We are constantly developing new methods of data processing to consider new and more complete information coming from longitudinal data on teachers available in POL-on system (administrative database on tertiary education and science). Currently, this information at individual level let us almost fully eliminate doublecounting of academic teachers to be more consistent with methodology.	No changes	Methodological changes and use of new data source on tertiary education. Since data for 2020/21 academic year, we have started to fully process data on students in the tertiary education and doctoral programmes based on the POL-on system (individual administrative database). Previously, estimation has been mainly made based on the results of statistical surveys. We are constantly developing new methods of data processing to consider new and more complete information coming from longitudinal data on students available in POL-on system (administrative database on tertiary education and science). Currently, this information at individual level let us almost fully eliminate doublecounting of students in UOE data collection to be more consistent with methodology.	Methodological changes and use of new data source on tertiary education. Since data for 2020/21 academic year, we have started to fully process data on graduates in the tertiary education and doctoral programmes based on the POL-on system (individual administrative database). Previously, estimation has been mainly made based on the results of statistical surveys. We are constantly developing new methods of data processing to consider new and more complete information coming from longitudinal data on students available in POL-on system (administrative database on tertiary education and science). Currently, this information at individual level let us almost fully eliminate doublecounting of graduates in UOE data collection to be more consistent with methodology.	No changes
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8.2.1. Length of comparable time series

Not applicable.

8.3. Coherence - cross domain

The extent to which statistics are reconcilable with those obtained through other data sources or statistical domains.

Name of the national publication	Coherence issues
"Oświata i wychowanie w roku szkolnym 2020/2021" ("Education in 2019/2020 school year")	Slight differences in published data are the result of characteristic of education system and small differencies between ISCED and national educational levels classification. Various types of schools are assigned to the different levels of education. Full coherence is in case of ISCED 0. Data on levels from 1 to 4 published by Eurostat, OECD, Unesco differ a little from national publications. Main difference is visible at ISCED 1 and 2 level. Primary school for children and young people aged 7 to 14 years constitute single-structure education which cover two ISCED levels of primary and lower secondary education. In scope of educational expenditures, Polish publication lists only government expenditures. Expenditures vary depending on educational levels classification. In UOE questionnaires exenditures are estimated on appropriate ISCED levels.
"Szkolnictwo wyższe i jego finanse w 2020 r." ("Higher Education and its Finances in 2020")	Differences in published data is mainly the result of method used for counting students, new entrants and graduates. At national level, students may be presented as many times as they were studing fields of education whreas in UOE data collection doublecounting is very limited phenomenon (since 2020/2021 academic year). There is also difference is visible at ISCED 5 level. In Poland, schools at ISCED 5 level are classified as post-secondary schools. Regarding expenditures on HEI, they vary depending on educational levels classification. In UOE questionnaires exenditures are estimated on appropriate ISCED levels. Polish publication lists only government expenditures.
Polish statistical yearbooks	See comments listed above.

8.4. Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics

Not applicable.

8.5. Coherence - National Accounts

National Accounts estimations corresponds to the United Nations Classification of the Functions of Government (COFOG). This classification in terms of development expenditures covering the entire COFOG section (eg health, education) omits spending on R & D.
UOE estimations are based on traditional budget classification: section - chart - paragraph.

UOE Finance Calculation method: UOE educational expenditure data are compiled on cash accounting.

8.6. Coherence - internal

Not applicable.

9. Accessibility and clarity

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9.1. Dissemination format - News release

Not available

9.2. Dissemination format - Publications

Main data on Education:

Yearly Statistics Poland publications:

- "Oświata i wychowanie w roku szkolnym 2020/2021" ("Education in 2020/2021" school year)

- "Szkolnictwo wyższe i jego finanse w 2020 r." ("Higher Education and its Finances in 2020")

- Statistical yearbooks

9.3. Dissemination format - online database

Statistics Poland: Local data bank: http://stat.gov.pl/bdl/app/strona.html?p_name=indeks

National and international indicators: https://strateg.stat.gov.pl/

9.3.1. Data tables - consultations

Not applicable.

9.4. Dissemination format - microdata access

Access to the anonymised micro-data set is possible mainly for scientific purposes and it needs a special agreement of the President of Statistics Poland, unless this microdata access is not possible.

9.5. Dissemination format - other

Not applicable.

9.6. Documentation on methodology

All methodological decripcions is included in yearly Statistics Poland's publications ('Education in 2020/2021 school year' and 'Higher education and their finances in 2020').

All data collection questionnaires (ISCED 0-5) are also available at the websites of Ministry of Education and Science, and in case of ISCED level 6-8 - at websites of Statistics Poland and and Ministry of Education and Science.

9.7. Quality management - documentation

See point 9.7.1 and 9.7.2

9.7.1. Metadata completeness - rate

All reqiured metadata has been provided.

9.7.2. Metadata - consultations

Not applicable.

10. Cost and Burden

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Indication of the cost associated with the collection and production of a statistical product and burden on respondents.

Time spent (in working days)	Comments
Complete and exact information on the number of the staff involved in administering the survey in full-time equivalent and real costs is not available.

11. Confidentiality

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11.1. Confidentiality - policy

According to Polish statistical law (art. 10 of Official Statistics Act of 29th June, 1995) providing or use of individual and personal data for other purposes than statistical calculations, compilations and analyses is prohibited. This data is only available for statistical services in preparation of statistical surveys.

11.2. Confidentiality - data treatment

All data is protected by Polish Law issued on 29 June 1995 on Official Statistics as amended.

12. Comment

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No other comments.

Related metadata

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Annexes

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Annex 1 - Provisions for language learning 2021 – Poland
Annex 2 - ISCED Mapping for schoolyear 2020/2021 (UOE2022) – Poland