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COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 912/2013
of 23 September 2013
implementing Regulation (EC) No 452/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council
concerning the production and development of statistics on education and lifelong learning, as
regards statistics on education and training systems
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
sification of Education ISCED 2011 (hereinafter referred
to as ‘ISCED 2011’), as adopted by the Unesco Member
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
States at their 36th General Conference in November
Union,
2011.
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 452/2008 of the European
(7) Data
collection
from
administrative
and
other
sources
on
Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2008 concerning the
student mobility at all cycles of study should be
production and development of statistics on education and
improved, in order to monitor progress and identify
lifelong learning ( 1 ), and in particular Article 6(1) thereof,
challenges, as well as to contribute to evidence-based
policy making.
Whereas:
(8) Commission
Regulation
(EU)
No
88/2011
of
2
February
2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 452/2008 of the
(1) Regulation
(EC)
No
452/2008
establishes
a
common
framework for the systematic production of European
European Parliament and of the Council concerning the
statistics in the field of education and lifelong learning
production and development of statistics on education
in three specified domains to be implemented by stat
and lifelong learning, as regards statistics on education
istical actions.
and training systems (


2 ) should be repealed.
(2)
It is necessary to adopt measures to implement individual
(9) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in
statistical actions for the production of statistics on
accordance with the opinion of the European Statistical
education and training systems as covered by Domain
System Committee,
1 in Regulation (EC) No 452/2008.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
(3) When
producing
and
disseminating
European
statistics
on education and training systems, the national and
Article 1
Union statistical authorities should take account of the
principles set out in the European Statistics Code of
Subject matter
Practice endorsed by the European Statistical System
Committee in September 2011.
This Regulation lays down rules for the implementation of
Regulation (EC) No 452/2008 as regards the collection, trans
mission and processing of statistical data in Domain 1 on
(4) Implementing
measures
for
the
production
of
statistics education and training systems.
on education and training systems should take account
of the potential burden on educational institutions and
individuals and of the latest agreement between the
Article 2
Unesco Institute for Statistics (UIS), the Organisation
Subjects covered and their characteristics
for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
and the Commission (Eurostat) on concepts, definitions,
The selection and specification of subjects to be covered by
data processing, periodicity and deadlines for trans
Domain 1 on education and training systems, as well as the
mitting results.
detailed list of their characteristics and breakdowns, shall be as
set out in Annex I.
(5) The
United
Nations
Educational,
Scientific
and
Cultural
Organisation (Unesco) has revised the version of the
Article 3
International Standard Classification of Education
(ISCED) used hitherto (ISCED 1997) with the objective
Reference periods and transmission of results
of ensuring consistency with developments in the policies
1. Data
on
enrolments,
entrants
and
personnel
shall
refer
to
and structures of education and training.
the school/academic year as defined nationally (year t/t+1).
Annual data on enrolments, entrants and personnel shall be
(6) The
international
comparability
of
educational
statistics transmitted annually to the Commission (Eurostat) by 30
requires that the Member States and the Union insti
September in year t+2. The first data transmission in
tutions use classifications of education which are
September 2014 shall refer to the school/academic year
compatible with the revised International Standard Clas
2012/2013 as defined nationally.
( 1 ) OJ L 145, 4.6.2008, p. 227.
( 2 ) OJ L 29, 3.2.2011, p. 5.

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2. Graduates
shall
refer
to
the
school/academic
year
as 2. Member States shall transmit to the Commission
defined nationally (year t/t+1) or the calendar year (year t+1).
(Eurostat) the standard quality report in line with the
Annual data on graduates shall be transmitted annually to the
requirements set out in Annex II every year. The standard
Commission (Eurostat) by 30 November in year t+2.
quality reports shall be transmitted together with the ISCED
integrated mapping of national programmes and qualifications
3. The
first
transmission
of
data
on
graduates
(except
data
on using the template supplied by the Commission (Eurostat).
graduates who have had a ‘credit mobility’ stay throughout the
cycle of study) shall be submitted in November 2014 and shall
refer to the school/academic year 2012/2013 as defined
nationally or the calendar year 2013.
The first report shall refer to the 2014 data collection year
(school/academic year 2012/2013). The quality report
concerning the reference periods laid down in Article 3 shall
4. The
first
transmission
of
data
on
graduates
who
have
had be transmitted to the Commission by 31 January in year t+3.
a ‘credit mobility’ stay throughout the cycle of study shall be
submitted in November 2017 and shall refer to the school/
academic year 2015/2016 as defined nationally or the
calendar year 2016.
3. Member
States
shall
acquire
the
necessary
data
using
a
combination of different sources such as sample surveys, admin
5. Mobile
students/graduates,
regardless
their
citizenship, istrative data sources and other data sources.
shall be defined by their country of origin (preference to
prior education, vs. residence, vs. citizenship). Before 2016,
data on ‘mobile students/graduates’ shall be provided using
the national definition of ‘country of origin’. Starting in 2016,
4. Member
States
shall
provide
the
Commission
(Eurostat)
the definition of country of origin to be used shall be the
with information on the methods and the quality of the data
country where the upper secondary diploma was awarded or
from the sources used other than sample surveys and adminis
the best national estimate.
trative data sources as referred to in paragraph 3.
6. Education
expenditure
data
shall
refer
to
the
financial
year
of the Member State as defined nationally (year t). Annual data
Article 5
on education expenditure and number of students with
coverage adjusted to statistics on education expenditure shall
Repeal
be transmitted annually to the Commission (Eurostat) by 30
Regulation (EU) No 88/2011 is repealed.
November in year t+2. The first data transmission in
November 2014 shall refer to the 2012 financial year.
Article 4
Article 6
Data quality requirements and quality reporting
Entry into force
framework
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day
1. Data
quality
requirements
and
standard
quality
reports
on following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
education and training systems shall be as set out in Annex II.
European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 23 September 2013.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO

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ANNEX I
Subjects covered, detailed list of characteristics and their breakdowns
Data to be transmitted by ISCED level shall refer to ISCED 2011. The distinction between academic and professional
orientations (ISCED 6 and 7 at the 2-digit level of detail), which was not precisely defined in ISCED 2011 as adopted by
the Unesco Member States at their 36th General Conference in November 2011, shall be made in accordance with the
detailed guidelines for the Unesco/OECD/Eurostat data collection on education systems.
Data to be transmitted by ‘fields of education’ shall refer to the ‘Fields of education and training manual, version of 1999’
and to the ‘ISCED Fields of education and training’ classification starting with the reference school/academic year that
follows the adoption of the last revised version of this classification.
Data on enrolments
— Number of students enrolled by ISCED levels 0 to 8 (ISCED 0 and 2: 2-digit level of detail; ISCED 1: 1-digit level of
detail; ISCED 3 to 7: 3-digit level of detail; ISCED 8: 1-digit level of detail), type of institution (public, private),
intensity of participation (full-time, part time, full-time equivalent) and sex. Transmission of data for ISCED 01 is
optional,
— number of students enrolled by ISCED level 0 to 8 (ISCED 0 and 2 to 5: 2-digit level of detail; ISCED 1 and 6 to 8: 1-
digit level of detail), sex and age. Transmission of data for ISCED 01 is optional. Transmission of data for ISCED 6
and 7 at the 2-digit level of detail is optional,
— number of students enrolled by ISCED levels 3 to 8 (ISCED levels 3 and 4: vocational only; ISCED 5: 2-digit level of
detail, ISCED levels 6 to 8: 1-digit level of detail), field of education (3rd level of detail) and sex. Transmission of data
for ISCED 6 and 7 at the 2-digit level of detail is optional,
— number of students enrolled in ‘combined school and work-based programmes’ by ISCED levels 3 to 5, vocational
only, type of institution (public, private), intensity of participation (full-time, part time, full-time equivalent) and sex,
— number of students enrolled by ISCED levels 0 to 8 (ISCED 0 and 2 to 5: 2-digit level of detail; ISCED 1 and 6 to 8:
1-digit level of detail), NUTS2 ( 1 ) regions and sex. Transmission of data for ISCED 01 is optional,
— number of students enrolled in ISCED levels 0 to 8 aggregated, by NUTS2 ( 1 ) regions, sex and age,
— number of students enrolled by ISCED levels 1 to 3 (ISCED 1 and 2: 1-digit level of detail; ISCED 3: 2-digit level of
detail) and modern foreign language studied,
— number of students enrolled by ISCED levels 1 to 3 (ISCED 1 and 2: 1-digit level of detail; ISCED 3: 2-digit level of
detail) and number of modern foreign languages studied.
Data on entrants
— Number of new entrants, by ISCED levels 3 to 8 (ISCED 3 to 5: 2-digit level of detail; ISCED 6 to 8: 1-digit level of
detail), sex and age. Transmission of data for ISCED 6 and 7 at the 2-digit level of detail is optional,
— number of new entrants, by ISCED levels 3 to 8 (ISCED levels 3 and 4: vocational only; ISCED 5: 2-digit level of
detail; ISCED 6 to 8: 1-digit level of detail), sex and field of education (2nd level of detail). Transmission of data for
ISCED 6 and 7 at the 2-digit level of detail is optional.
Data on student mobility
— Number of mobile students enrolled, by ISCED levels 5 to 8 (1-digit level of detail), field of education (3rd level of
detail) and sex,
— number of mobile students enrolled, by ISCED levels 5 to 8 (1-digit level of detail), country of origin and sex,
— number of degree mobile graduates, by ISCED levels 5 to 8 (1-digit level of detail), country of origin and sex.
Transmission of data for ISCED 5 at the 2-digit level of detail is optional,
( 1 ) NUTS level 2 for all countries except for Germany and the United Kingdom (NUTS level 1).

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— number of graduates who have had a ‘credit mobility’ stay of a minimum duration of three months throughout the
cycle of study, by ISCED levels 5 to 8 (1-digit level of detail) and type of mobility scheme (EU programmes, other
international/national programmes, other programmes). Transmission of data for ISCED 5 at the 2-digit level of detail
is optional. Transmission of data for a further breakdown by type of mobility (study period, work placement) is
optional,
— number of graduates who have had a ‘credit mobility’ stay of a minimum duration of three months throughout the
cycle of study, by ISCED levels 5 to 8 (1-digit level of detail) and country of destination. Transmission of data for
ISCED 5 at the 2-digit level of detail is optional. Transmission of data for a further breakdown by type of mobility
(study period, work placement) is optional,
— optional transmission of data on number of graduates who have had a ‘credit mobility’ stay of a duration shorter than
three months throughout the cycle of study, by ISCED levels 5 to 8 (ISCED 5: 2-digit level of detail; ISCED 6 to 8: 1-
digit level of detail), country of destination and type of mobility (study period, work placement).
Data on graduates
— Number of graduates, by ISCED levels 3 to 8 (ISCED 3 to 7: 3-digit level of detail; ISCED 8: 1-digit level of detail), sex
and age,
— number of graduates, by ISCED levels 3 to 8 (ISCED levels 3 and 4: vocational only; ISCED 5: 2-digit level of detail;
ISCED 6 to 8: 1-digit level of detail), field of education (3rd level of detail) and sex. Transmission of data for ISCED 6
and 7 at the 2-digit level of detail is optional.
Data on personnel
Data on classroom teachers shall be provided by ISCED levels 0 to 4 with the following breakdown: ISCED 0: 2-digit level
of detail; ISCED 1 and 2: 1-digit level of detail; ISCED 3 and 4: 2-digit level of detail. Data on academic staff shall be
provided for ISCED levels 5 to 8 aggregated. Transmission of data for ISCED 01 is optional. Transmission of data for
ISCED levels 5 to 8 aggregated academic and ISCED levels 5 to 8 aggregated professional is optional:
— number of classroom teachers (by ISCED levels 0 to 4) and academic staff, by sex and age group,
— number of classroom teachers (by ISCED levels 0 to 4) and academic staff, by type of institution (public, private),
employment status (full-time, part time, full-time equivalent) and sex,
— number of students enrolled adjusted to data on education personnel, by ISCED levels 0 to 8 (ISCED 0, 3 and 4: 2-
digit level of detail; ISCED 1 and 2: 1-digit level of detail; ISCED 5 to 8 aggregated), type of institution (public, private)
and intensity of participation (full-time, part time, full-time equivalent). Transmission of data for ISCED 01 is optional.
Transmission of data for ISCED levels 5 to 8 aggregated academic and ISCED levels 5 to 8 aggregated professional is
optional,
— optional transmission of data on the number of school-level management personnel by ISCED levels 0 to 3 (1-digit
level of detail), employment status (full-time, part-time, full-time equivalent) and sex.
Data on education expenditure and number of students with coverage adjusted to education expenditure
Data on education expenditure and the number of students with coverage adjusted to statistics on education expenditure,
shall be provided for ISCED levels 0 to 8 in accordance with the following breakdown: ISCED 0: 2-digit level of detail
(ISCED 01, optional); ISCED 1 and ISCED 2: 1-digit level of detail; ISCED 3-4 aggregated at 2-digit level of detail (general,
vocational); ISCED 5: 1-digit level of detail; ISCED 6 to 8 aggregated. Transmission of data for ISCED levels 5 to 8
aggregated academic and ISCED levels 5 to 8 aggregated professional is optional. For all data on education expenditure,
there is an optional breakdown of the private institutions into government dependent private and independent private
institutions. R & D expenditure applies only to tertiary education:
— education expenditure by ISCED level, source and type of transaction:
— sources of expenditure: government expenditure (central, regional and local), funds from international agencies and
other foreign sources, expenditure of households and expenditure of other private entities,
— types of transaction for government expenditure: direct expenditure for public institutions, direct expenditure for
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designated for capital, for ancillary services and for R & D activities), transfers to regional governments (net),
transfers to local governments (net), scholarships and other grants to students/households, student loans, transfers
and payments to other private entities,
— types of transaction for funds from international agencies and other foreign sources: international payments direct
to all types of institutions (of which: payments for R & D expenditure), transfers from international sources to all
levels of government; optional: international payments direct to public institutions, international payments direct
to private institutions, transfers from international sources to central government, to regional governments and to
local governments,
— types of transaction for expenditure of households: payments to public institutions (net), payments to private
institutions (net), payments for educational goods and services other than to educational institutions; optional: fees
paid to institutions for ancillary services, payments on goods requested directly or indirectly by educational
institutions, payments on goods not directly needed for participation, payments for private tutoring,
— types of transaction for expenditure of other private entities: payments to public institutions, payments to private
institutions, payments to all types of institutions (of which: payments to other private entities for R & D
expenditure), scholarships and other grants to students/households, student loans; optional: payments of private
enterprises for specified educational activities, fees paid to institutions for ancillary services,
— education expenditure by ISCED level, nature and resource category. Nature of expenditure: expenditure in public
institutions and expenditure in private institutions. Resource categories: current expenditure for compensation of
personnel, other current expenditure, capital expenditure, adjustments for changes in fund balances, expenditure
for ancillary services, expenditure for R & D activities. There is an optional breakdown of current expenditure for
compensation of personnel: teachers, other pedagogical, administrative, professional and support personnel, salaries,
expenditure for retirement, other non-salary compensation,
— number of students with coverage adjusted to statistics on education expenditure by ISCED level, type of institution
and intensity of participation. Types of institution: public institutions and private institutions. Intensity of partici
pation: full-time, part-time, full-time equivalent.

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ANNEX II
Data quality requirements and standard quality reporting
Data quality requirements
The data quality requirements for data on education and training systems refer to the ESS ( 1 ) quality standard covering
relevance, accuracy, timeliness and punctuality, accessibility and clarity, comparability, and coherence.
In particular, the data shall comply with the definitions and concepts as stated in the detailed guidelines for the
Unesco/OECD/Eurostat data collection on education systems.
Standard data quality report
Every year, the Commission (Eurostat) shall supply Member States three months in advance of the transmission deadline
referred to in Article 4(2) with the standard annual quality report, partially pre-filled with information already available to
the Commission (Eurostat). Member States shall supply the Commission (Eurostat) with the completed quality report
referred to in Article 4(2).
The standard data quality report shall document compliance with the dimensions of relevance, accuracy, timeliness and
punctuality, accessibility and clarity, comparability, and coherence.
In particular, the data quality report shall document compliance with the definitions and concepts as stated in the detailed
guidelines for the Unesco/OECD/Eurostat data collection on education systems.
Deviations from the definitions and concepts as stated in the detailed guidelines for the Unesco/OECD/Eurostat data
collection on education systems shall be documented and explained, and if possible quantified.
In particular, Member States shall provide a description of sources used at the level of variables as described in Annex I,
and the use of estimates and revisions shall be clearly identified at the level of tables and breakdowns.
( 1 ) European Statistical System.

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