Pupils and students - enrolments (educ_uoe_enr)

National Reference Metadata in ESS Standard for Quality Reports Structure (ESQRS)

Compiling agency: Ministry of Education and Merit


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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
Related Metadata
Annexes (including footnotes)
 



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1. Contact Top
1.1. Contact organisation

Ministry of Education and Merit
1.2. Contact organisation unit

Statistical office
1.5. Contact mail address

Viale Trastevere, 76/A 00153 Roma IT


2. Statistical presentation Top
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:
https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/national-policies/eurydice/national-description_en
National system broad overview:
https://eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu/national-education-systems/italy/overview
National Education System Description:
http://eurydice.indire.it/
 
Educational Education System - Provisions regarding language learning:
Annex I
Structure of Education and Training Systems:
 Annex II

 

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 III
National link to programmes and qualifications:
 

 

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


Annexes:
Annex II
2.2. Classification system

Not available.
New concept added with the migration to SIMS 2.0.
Information (content) will be available for the next collection.
2.3. Coverage - sector

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New concept added with the migration to SIMS 2.0.
Information (content) will be available for the next collection.
2.4. Statistical concepts and definitions

Not available.
New concept added with the migration to SIMS 2.0.
Information (content) will be available for the next collection.
2.5. Statistical unit

Not available.
New concept added with the migration to SIMS 2.0.
Information (content) will be available for the next collection.
2.6. Statistical population

Not available.
New concept added with the migration to SIMS 2.0.
Information (content) will be available for the next collection.
2.7. Reference area

Not available.
New concept added with the migration to SIMS 2.0.
Information (content) will be available for the next collection.
2.8. Coverage - Time

Not available.
New concept added with the migration to SIMS 2.0.
Information (content) will be available for the next collection.
2.9. Base period

Not available.
New concept added with the migration to SIMS 2.0.
Information (content) will be available for the next collection.


3. Statistical processing Top
3.1. Source data

For each UOE table, please list the source(s) used to compile information: UOE table, name, type, date of availability and responsibility.

 

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?)
ISCED 5-6-7-8 CENSUS SURVEY ON TERTIARY EDUCATION / ADMINISTRATIVE DATA SURVEY / REGISTER UOE data provider
ISCED 4 Report on Vocational Education and Training SURVEY other: INAPP
ISCED 0-3 CENSUS SURVEY ON SCHOOLS  / ADMINISTRATIVE DATA SURVEY / REGISTER UOE data provider

 

Sources used for data on entrants
Detailed variables concerned Name of the source Type (Survey / Register / Estimation / Other) Responsible of the source (UOE data provider / Other: which-one?)
ISCED 5-6-7-8 CENSUS SURVEY ON TERTIARY EDUCATION / ADMINISTRATIVE DATA SURVEY / REGISTER UOE data provider
ISCED 0-3 CENSUS SURVEY / ADMINISTRATIVE DATA SURVEY / REGISTER UOE data provider

 

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?)
ISCED 0-3 SURVEY ON PRIVATE SCHOOLS SURVEY UOE data provider
ISCED 0-3 ADMINISTRATIVE DATA ON PUBLIC SCHOOLS REGISTER UOE data provider
ISCED 5-6-7-8 CENSUS SURVEY ON TERTIARY EDUCATION SURVEY UOE data provider
ISCED 5-6-7-8 ADMINISTRATIVE DATA REGISTER UOE data provider

 

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?)
ISCED 5-6-7-8 CENSUS SURVEY ON TERTIARY EDUCATION / ADMINISTRATIVE DATA SURVEY / REGISTER UOE data provider
ISCED 0-3 CENSUS SURVEY ON SCHOOLS  / ADMINISTRATIVE DATA SURVEY / REGISTER UOE data provider
ISCED 4 Report on Vocational Education and Training SURVEY other: INAPP

 

 

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?)
ISCED 1-3 CENSUS SURVEY ON SCHOOLS SURVEY UOE data provider

 

 

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?)
ISCED 5-6-7-8 CENSUS SURVEY ON TERTIARY / EDUCATION/ADMINISTRATIVE DATA SURVEY / REGISTER UOE data provider
ISCED 3 ADMINISTRATIVE DATA ON GRADUATES REGISTER UOE data provider
ISCED 4 Report on Vocational Education and Training SURVEY other: INAPP

 

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?)
Central government expenditure ISCED 0-8: Central government final balance
ISCED 7-8: Tertiary Educational Institutions final balance		 Register Ministry of Economy and Finance
Ministry of Education
Regional government expenditure ISCED 0-8: Regional government final balance
ISCED 5-8: Tertiary Educational Institutions finale balance		 Register Ministry of Economy and Finance
Ministry of Education
Local government expenditure ISCED 0-8: Local government final balance
ISCED 5-8: Tertiary Educational Institutions final balance		 Register National Institute of Statistics
Ministry of Education
Other private entities expenditure, households' expenditure, international payments direct to public educational institutions ISCED 0-4: Public Educational Institutions final balance
ISCED 5-8: Tertiary Educational Institutions final balance		 Register

Ministry of Education

National Insitute of statistics
Households' expenditure ISCED 0-8: Family expenditure survey
ISCED 5-8: Tertiary Educational Institutions final balance		 Survey/Estimation; Register (ISCED 5-8) National Institute of Statistics
Ministry of Education
Public educational Institutions and Central Government Personnel Enrollment ISCED 0-4: Year Personnel Account Register Ministry of Education
3.2. Frequency of data collection

Annual
3.3. Data collection

Not applicable.
3.4. Data validation

 Not applicable.
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
    0,5 (enrolments isced1-2)

 

 

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
                 
3.6. Adjustment

Not applicable.


4. Quality management Top
4.1. Quality assurance

Not available.
New concept added with the migration to SIMS 2.0.
Information (content) will be available for the next collection.
4.2. Quality management - assessment

Not available.


5. Relevance Top
5.1. Relevance - User Needs

Not available.
5.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction

Not available.
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 ISCED 0.1

 

   ISCED 0.1

ISCED 5 

      

ISCED 4: not completly covered
ISCED 0.1 not considered education
Reasons for unavailable data and, planned actions to improve coverage Not collected   Not applicable       Data not available
5.3.1. Data completeness - rate

Not available.


6. Accuracy and reliability Top
6.1. Accuracy - overall

Not available.
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    NO    YES  

 

 

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    YES The legislation provides that children who turn three years of age by 30 April of the year of attendance may be enrolled.   NO Teacher Aides is not applicable in Isced0  ISCED7  na  6 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  

 

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    YES  

 

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  100% of ISCED4  NONE

 

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  FOREIGN CAMPUSES, UNIVERSITIES, SCHOOLS AND PARENTAL SCHOOLS  YES      YES

 

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?
OUT-GOING: INCLUDED 

IN-GOING: EXCLUDED

  the whole year    NO  YES  

 

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
 CHILDCARE PROGRAMMES ISCED 0.1                

 

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  Actually, quite seldom students graduate from more than one programme at the same ISCED level in the same reference year. In spite of this, it could be the case and in most cases there is no chance to detect it.

 

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)?
 NO    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

Not applicable.
6.6. Data revision - practice

Any 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 0-3 Personnel All personnel data for independent private institution. UOE 2006; UOE 2007; UOE 2008 2010 Raw data regarding private insitutions were not reliable and, due to a lack of basic information, no kind of estimate seemed to be reliable as well.  Missing data for private institutions at ISCED level 0-3.
ISCED 0-3 Personnel All personnel data for independent private institution. from UOE 2014 2013 Data are estimated  
ISCED 0-3 Personnel All personnel data for independent private institution. from UOE 2014 to UOE 2017 2016 Better estimated personnel expenditure in Private Independent institution.  Increasing of expenditure in Private Independent institution due to an accuracy improvement
ISCED 5A/6:  Education expenditure Payments to independent private institutions UOE 2006; UOE 2007; UOE 2008 2010 Availability of new sources of information  Improvement on accuracy
6.6.1. Data revision - average size

Not applicable.


7. Timeliness and punctuality Top
7.1. Timeliness

Length of time between data availability and the event or phenomenon they describe. Typically includes:

 

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
               
7.1.1. Time lag - first result

Not applicable.
7.1.2. Time lag - final result

Not applicable.
7.2. Punctuality

Not applicable.
7.2.1. Punctuality - delivery and publication

The number of days between the delivery/release date of data and the target date on which they were scheduled for delivery/ release.

 

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 2022 30 September 2022 30 September 2022 10 November 2022 30 September 2022 30 November 2022 13 January 2023

 

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

 

     difficulties in data processing      delay in data provision


8. Coherence and comparability Top
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
     

 

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
         

 

Entrants New entrants by field of education Graduates from specific programmes Graduates by field of education
       

 

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
         

 

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
   YES  Childcare data not available      

 

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
     Fully funded     Meals, transportation, health and psicological services, housing (ISCED 6/7/8)
8.1.1. Asymmetry for mirror flow statistics - coefficient

Not applicable.
8.2. Comparability - over time

The extent to which statistics are comparable or reconcilable 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              
Changes in the coverage              
Changes in the methodology  
Entrants definition has been changed as ‘students who, during the course of the reference academic year, enter for the first time any programme in a given level of education irrespective of whether and  when the students drop the education system’.
In the past students who dropped within a certain date were excluded.
         Payments outside educational institutions (values in H15, H16, H17 and H18)
Other changes              

 

Main changes over time
Type of data Detailed variables concerned Reference year(s) Changes in the educational system Changes in the coverage Changes in the methodology Other changes
TERTIARY BREAK-DOWN WITHIN ISCED5 2000 IMPLEMENTATION OF REFORM      
ENROLMENTS ISCED3 2006 IMPLEMENTATION OF REFORM      
PERSONNEL ISCED 1-3 2009 and follows IMPLEMENTATION OF REFORM      
PERSONNEL ISCED 1-3 UOE 2009   Indipendent private institutions are missing    
PERSONNEL ISCED 1-3 UOE 2008     Teachers working in more than 1 school were included; improvement in distribution by age  
PERSONNEL ISCED 5_1997 UOE 2008     Better coverage in distribution by age  
PERSONNEL ISCED 3 UOE 2011     Teachers distribution by age and sex available for general and vocational programmes.  
PERSONNEL ISCED 3 UOE 2014     Since UOE2014 data collection, the number of personnel of independent private institutions is estimated  
PERSONNEL ISCED 4 UOE 2019   data are included in ISCED 3    
Education expenditure ISCED 0-3 UOE 2019   Estimated personnel expenditure in Private Independent institution. Payments outside educational institutions (values in H15, H16, H17 and H18) are estimated on the basis of the annual Household Budget Survey (HBS). Recently, the National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) replaced the old HBS (carried out between 1997 and 2013) with a completely new HBS that differs deeply from the previous one: in particular, expenditure reference periods have been enlarged and the most updated ECoicop has been adopted. Therefore, a break in series occurred between 2013 and 2014 HBS data.  
 Education expenditure ISCED 4 UOE 2009   number of students at ISCED level 4 is missing    
 Education expenditure ISCED 5A/6 UOE 2009   A more accurate source has been available for "Direct expenditure for independent private institutions" and "Total current plus capital expenditure"    
 Education expenditure ISCED 5A/6: "expenditure for R&D activities" UOE 2010     Following a better knowledge of the  OECD DSTI data collection (HERD data), the PhD scholarships have been netted out from the R&D expenditure. In fact, the total expenditure for higher education R&D as reported in the OECD DSTI data collection includes the PhD scholarships (as it is an R&D expenditure) while in Finance 1 the PhD scholarships are a financial aid to ISCED 6 level students. Therefore, the whole HERD expenditure is not fully included in expenditure for R&D activities.

 

 
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
   

Not applicable.
8.4. Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics

Not applicable.
8.5. Coherence - National Accounts

The extent to which statistics are reconcilable with National Accounts.

 

Calculation method Scope of education
Inconsistences are present due to different methods of calculations In the UOE data collection, ministry and administrative bodies' expenditures are accounted in educational levels by proportional criteria.
8.6. Coherence - internal

Not applicable.


9. Accessibility and clarity Top
9.1. Dissemination format - News release

Not applicable.
9.2. Dissemination format - Publications

Not applicable.
9.3. Dissemination format - online database

Not applicable.
9.3.1. Data tables - consultations

Not applicable.
9.4. Dissemination format - microdata access

Not applicable.
9.5. Dissemination format - other

Not applicable.
9.6. Documentation on methodology

Not applicable.
9.7. Quality management - documentation

Not applicable.
9.7.1. Metadata completeness - rate

Not applicable.
9.7.2. Metadata - consultations

Not applicable.


10. Cost and Burden Top

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

 

Time spent (in working days) Comments
230 WORKING DAYS FTE  


11. Confidentiality Top
11.1. Confidentiality - policy

Not applicable.
11.2. Confidentiality - data treatment

Not applicable.


12. Comment Top

No comment.


Related metadata Top


Annexes Top
Annex I - Provisions for language learning 2021 – Italy
Annex II - Structure of Education and Training Systems - Italy
Annex III - ISCED Mapping for schoolyear 2020/2021 (UOE2022) – Italy