EDUCATION AND TRAINING

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

Compiling agency: Croatian Bureau of Statistics


Eurostat metadata
Reference metadata
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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Annexes (including footnotes)
 



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1. Contact Top
1.1. Contact organisation

Croatian Bureau of Statistics
1.2. Contact organisation unit

 Education, Culture and Information Society Statistics Department

1.5. Contact mail address

Ilica 3
10000 Zagreb
Republic of Croatia


2. Statistical presentation Top
2.1. Data description

UOE is filled with data gathered on formal education in national education system.

The National Education system consists of  primary, secondary and tertiary education.

Primary education is obligatory for everyone and includes ISCED levels 1 and 2, i.e. 8 years of basic schooling.

Secondary education (ISCED 3) varies in duration depending on programme and its consequent relation to tertiary education.

Tertiary education includes levels 5, 6, 7 and 8 and can be accesed after 4 years in ISCED 3 general or other adequate programmes.

Link to the ISCMAP programme and qualification: Annex 2 - ISCED Mapping for schoolyear 2021/2022 (UOE2022) – Croatia

 

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
2.2. Classification system

Data are provided according to ISCED classification system.
2.3. Coverage - sector

Not available
2.4. Statistical concepts and definitions

Statistical concept and definitions are available in national publications on formal education for all ISCED levels:

Basic schools and kindergartens and other legal entiries implementing preschool education programmes, end of 2019/2020 and the beggining of 2020/2021.

Upper secondary schools and boarding homes, end of 2019/2020 and the beggining of 2020/2021.

Students, Academic year 2020/2021.

Higher Education, 2021.
2.5. Statistical unit

The reporting unit is educational institution.
2.6. Statistical population

UOE is filled with census based data. There is full coverage of national system of formal education.
2.7. Reference area

National and regional level.

 

HR HRVATSKA
HR0 HRVATSKA
HR02 Panonska Hrvatska
HR03 Jadranska Hrvatska
HR05 Grad Zagreb
HR06 Sjeverna Hrvatska
2.8. Coverage - Time

Not available
2.9. Base period

Not available


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.

Data for all ISCED levels are gathered through surveys by CBS.

ISCED 0 -Statistical report on Kindergartens and other legal entities implementing preschool education programmes

ISCED 1 and ISCED 2 - Statistical report on Basic schools

ISCED 3 - Statistical report on Secondary schools

ISCED 5, 6, 7 and 8 - Statistical reports on Higher education

 

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?)
 ENRL Basic Schools and kindergartens and other legal entiries implementing preschool education programmes end of 2018/2019 and the beggining of 2019/2020

Upper secondary schools and Boarding homes end of 2018/2019 and the beggining of 2019/2020

Students 2019/2020, Academic year

  census survey  Croatian Bureau of Statistics
 ENTR

Basic Schools and kindergartens and other legal entiries implementing preschool education programmes end of 2018/2019 and the beggining of 2019/2020

Upper secondary schools and Boarding homes end of 2018/2019 and the beggining of 2019/2020

Students 2019/2020, Academic year

  census survey  Croatian Bureau of Statistics
 GRAD Basic Schools and kindergartens and other legal entiries implementing preschool education programmes end of 2018/2019 and the beggining of 2019/2020

Upper secondary schools and Boarding homes end of 2018/2019 and the beggining of 2019/2020

HIgher Education 2020

  census survey  Croatian Bureau of Statistics
 PERS

Basic Schools and kindergartens and other legal entiries implementing preschool education programmes end of 2018/2019 and the beggining of 2019/2020

Upper secondary schools and Boarding homes end of 2018/2019 and the beggining of 2019/2020

HIgher Education 2020

  census survey  Croatian Bureau of Statistics
 REGIO

Basic Schools and kindergartens and other legal entiries implementing preschool education programmes end of 2018/2019 and the beggining of 2019/2020

Upper secondary schools and Boarding homes end of 2018/2019 and the beggining of 2019/2020

Students 2019/2020, Academic year

  census survey  Croatian Bureau of Statistics
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?)
 LANG

Basic Schools and kindergartens and other legal entiries implementing preschool education programmes end of  2018/2019 and the beggining of 2019/2020

Upper secondary schools and Boarding homes end of 2018/2019 and the beggining of 2019/2020

    Croatian Bureau of Statistics
 FIN  Not applicable    Ministry of Science, Education and Sports
3.2. Frequency of data collection

UOE questionnaire is filled on yearly basis.
3.3. Data collection

Data used to fill in the UOE questionnaire are collected through cenzus surveys.
3.4. Data validation

Data reported in UOE questionnaire are validated for each national statistical report or first release.
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
    For ISCED 1 - 0,25  part-time student equals to one full-time student
    For ISCED 2 and 3 -  0,5 part-time students equals to one full-time
    For ISCED 5, 6, 7 -  0, 75 part-time studendts equals to one full time.

 

 

Estimations were used in tables REGIO and PERS.

PERS - in the sheet PERS3-AGE  estimation was made for ISCED 1 and ISCED 2 breakdown for teachers by age, for previously all teachers were included in ISCED 2, and ISCED 1 had only totals. Share of teachers by each age category was calculated and the ratio was applied to ISECD 1 total.

Another estimation was made for ISCED 3, considering general and vocational breakdown using the same principle.

REGIO - REGIO2 - AGE breakdown was estimated as well.  The share of "jadranska Hrvatka" and share of "kontinentalna hrvatska" were calculated from each sex total from sheet REGIO1-LEVEL and then ratio was applied to the total by age in REGIO2-AGE.  To be as real as possible different ratio was applied for different age groups:

- age 3, ISCED 01 ratio

- age 4 to 6, ISCED 02 ratio

- age 7 to 10, ISCED 1 ratio

- age 10 - 14 ISCED 2 ratio

- age 15 to 18 ISCED 3 ratio

- age 19+ average tertiary education ratio
3.6. Adjustment

Made only for FIN- STUD data to adjust enrl data for financial year.


4. Quality management Top
4.1. Quality assurance

Not available
4.2. Quality management - assessment

In filling the UOE data tables, CBS follows methodological guidelines from Eurostat. We are harmonised with given methodology and in constant progress meeting the reqiurements of Eurostat.


5. Relevance Top
5.1. Relevance - User Needs

UOE questionnaire is filled with data collected and published by CBS and as such is available for users. The data on education from all ISCED levels are frequently requested by users.
5.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction

CBS tries to meet all the users needs and usually most of the requests are positively resolved.
5.3. Completeness

LANG2- Missing breakdown by age for ISCED 1, 2 and 3
5.3.1. Data completeness - rate

UOE 2022  is mostly completed.

 


6. Accuracy and reliability Top
6.1. Accuracy - overall

Data filled in UOE 2022 are highly accurate.
6.2. Sampling error

Not applicable (exhaustive survey).
6.2.1. Sampling error - indicators

Not applicable (exhaustive survey).
6.3. Non-sampling error

See below.
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 not applicable 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.
 YES  YES  NO   not applicable  NO  Teachers aides are not reported  7  not applicable  5

 

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?
 no  not applicable not applicable 

 

 

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  CBS collects data only on formal education and presents them in UOE tables  no CBS does not collect such data  not applicable  not applicable

 

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?
 no  not applicable  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
 not applicable  not applicable  not applicable  not applicable  not applicable  not applicable  not applicable  not applicable  not applicable

 

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.
 not applicable  not applicable

 

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  Academic study programs train students for performing jobs in science, higher education, business, public sector and society in general, as well as prepre  for develoment and implementation of scientific, artistic and professional achievements.

Professional study programmes provide an appropriate level of knowledge and skills to perform professional activities neccessary for immediate achievement.

  YES
6.3.1.1. Over-coverage - rate

Not applicable (exhaustive survey).
6.3.1.2. Common units - proportion

Not applicable (exhaustive survey).
6.3.2. Measurement error

Not applicable (exhaustive survey).
6.3.3. Non response error

Not applicable (exhaustive survey).
6.3.3.1. Unit non-response - rate

Not applicable (exhaustive survey).
6.3.3.2. Item non-response - rate

Not applicable (exhaustive survey).
6.3.4. Processing error

 not applicable
6.3.4.1. Imputation - rate

not applicable
6.3.5. Model assumption error

Not applicable (exhaustive survey).
6.4. Seasonal adjustment

Not applicable
6.5. Data revision - policy

Data presented in UOE are revised in cases of metodological changes, or if errors are found.
6.6. Data revision - practice

not applicable
6.6.1. Data revision - average size

not applicable


7. Timeliness and punctuality Top
7.1. Timeliness

Not applicable
7.1.1. Time lag - first result

Not applicable
7.1.2. Time lag - final result

Not applicable
7.2. Punctuality

See below
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.

 

Enrolments Entrants Personnel Foreign languages learning Regional data Graduates Education expenditure
Target date 30.09.2022.

Delivery date 30.09.2022.

 Target date 30.09.2022.

Delivery date 30.09.2022.

 Target date 30.09.2022.

Delivery date 30.09.2022.

 Target date 30.09.2022.

Delivery date 30.09.2022.

 Target date 30.09.2022.

 Delivery date 05.10.2022.

 Target date 30.11.2022.

Delivery date 29.09.2022.

 Target date 30.11.2022.

Delivery date: 14.02.2022.

 

 


8. Coherence and comparability Top
8.1. Comparability - geographical

UOE is comparable with otherr countries. It follows UOE manual methodology and ISCED2011
8.1.1. Asymmetry for mirror flow statistics - coefficient

Not applicable
8.2. Comparability - over time

UOE data are comparable over time.
8.2.1. Length of comparable time series

Not available
8.3. Coherence - cross domain

Not available
8.4. Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics

Not available
8.5. Coherence - National Accounts

Not available
8.6. Coherence - internal

Not available


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

Datasets are available in Eurostat database.
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

UOE 2022 manual
9.7. Quality management - documentation

Quality report is sent for UOE 2022.
9.7.1. Metadata completeness - rate

Metadata are completed
9.7.2. Metadata - consultations

Not applicable


10. Cost and Burden Top

Time spent in working days - 30


11. Confidentiality Top
11.1. Confidentiality - policy

Collecting and disseminating data in Croatia is regulated by Official Statistical Act and applies to all statistical activities perfomed by CBS. The Act covers the area of confidentiality as well. Statistical data is confidential and presented in such way that no identification of individual unit is possible.
11.2. Confidentiality - data treatment

Data are transmitted through Edamis web portal.


12. Comment Top

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Related metadata Top


Annexes Top
Annex 1 - Provisions for language learning 2021 – Croatia
Annex 2 - ISCED Mapping for schoolyear 2021/2022 (UOE2022) – Croatia