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Glossary  Change language to  --Select-- English French Spanish Arabic The UIS Glossary contains Education terms in English, French, Spanish, and Arabic. For some terms, only the name translation is available while for others (e.g. indicators) there is more information. Indicators are marked with an asterisk (*). This Glossary is intended to be a dynamic document, i.e. it will be updated as new terms or indicators are used in UIS publications, and if corrections are made to the existing terms. In order to enrich the Glossary and to improve its quality, the users are invited to send their comments and suggestions to the following focal point: Said Belkachla, s.belkachla@uis.unesco.org List terms Search All the terms alphabetically Terms by letter  A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z    Academic (school) year Administrative data Adult education ADULT LITERACY OR ILLITERACY RATE* Adults Age AGE SPECIFIC ENROLMENT RATE (ASER)* Age unknown Analysis Assessment Attendance (school) Attrition Average (or mean) Basic education Basic Learning Needs Both sexes Budget Capacity building Capital expenditure on education* Capping Category not applicable (a) Census Central government Change Children Class Classroom COEFFICIENT OF EFFICIENCY Cohort Cohort analysis Communication Comparison Compensation of staff Competences Compilation Compulsory education Correlation Cost-effective approach Country Course Coverage Cross-national Currency Current expenditure on education* Curriculum Data collection instruments Data included in another category (x) Data missing (m) Data quality assessment framework Database Definition Degree Delivery system Determinants Developed countries (regions) Developing countries (regions) Diagnosis Direct expenditures Disaggregation Distance education Dropout DROPOUT RATE BY GRADE (DR)* Duration Early childhood care and education (ECCE) Education For All (EFA) Education Management and Information System (EMIS) Education providers Education system Educational activity EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF THE POPULATION AGED 25 YEARS AND ABOVE* Educational content Educational expenditure by nature of spending as a % of total educational expenditure on public institutions, by level.* Educational finance Educational institutions Educational outputs Educational Personnel Educational policy Educational Programme Estimation Evaluation EXPECTED GROSS INTAKE RATIO IN THE LAST GRADE OF PRIMARY (EGIRLG) EXPECTED GROSS PRIMARY GRADUATION RATIO (EGPGR) Expenditure not allocated Female Fields of education Financial aid Financial resources First stage of basic education First stage of tertiary education (ISCED 5) Formal Education Full-time equivalent number of teachers* Full-time students Full-time teacher Functional literacy Gender Gender analysis Gender equality Gender equity Gender parity GENDER PARITY INDEX (GPI)* General education Global Education Digest Glossary Government dependent private institution Grade Graduate Grants Graph Gross Completion Ratio, ISCED 5A, first degrees* Gross Domestic Product (GDP)* Gross Domestic Product per capita* GROSS ENROLMENT RATIO (GER)* GROSS ENROLMENT RATIO IN EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND EDUCATION (GER/ECCE)* Gross entry ratio to tertiary education Gross graduation ratio GROSS INTAKE RATIO (GIR) IN THE FIRST GRADE OF PRIMARY* GROSS INTAKE RATIO IN THE LAST GRADE OF PRIMARY (GIRLG)* Gross National Product (GNP)* Gross National Product per capita* Gross outbound enrolment ratio (outbound GER)* GROSS PRIMARY GRADUATION RATIO (GPGR) Growth Household Households Surveys (HHS) Human resources Inbound mobility rate Independent private institution Indicator Information system Initial education Instruction manual Intergovernmental transfers Internal efficiency International (or internationally mobile) students ISCED : International Standard Classification of Education ISCED 0 : Pre-primary education ISCED 1 : Primary education ISCED 2 : Lower Secondary Education ISCED 2A ISCED 2B ISCED 2C ISCED 3 : Upper secondary education ISCED 3A ISCED 3B ISCED 3C ISCED 4 : Post-secondary non tertiary education ISCED 4A ISCED 4B ISCED 5 : First stage of tertiary education ISCED 5A ISCED 5B ISCED 6 : Second stage of tertiary education ISCED fields of study ISCED levels Knowledge Learning Learning conditions Level of education Life skills Lifelong learning Literacy Literacy programs LITERACY RATE AND ILLITERACY RATE* Local government Lower Secondary Education (ISCED 2) Median Methodology Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Monitoring NET ENROLMENT RATE (NER)* Net flow of intenational students* Net flow ratio of mobile students* NET INTAKE RATE (NIR) IN THE FIRST GRADE OF PRIMARY* New Entrants Non-formal education Non-teaching staff NUMBER OF ADULT ILLITERATES* NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN TERTIARY EDUCATION PER 100,000 INHABITANTS* Numeracy Organized programs Outbound mobility ratio Outcomes OUT-OF-SCHOOL CHILDREN-PRIMARY (OOS)* Over-age children Parameters Participation rates Part-time education Part-time students Part-time teachers Pedagogical and administrative personnel PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF ENROLMENT IN SECONDARY EDUCATION BY ORIENTATION OF EDUCATION PROGRAMME* PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF GRADUATES BY ISCED FIELDS OF EDUCATION AT THE TERTIARY LEVEL* PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLIC CURRENT EXPENDITURE ON EDUCATION BY LEVEL* PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF STUDENTS IN TERTIARY EDUCATION BY ISCED FIELDS OF EDUCATION.* PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF STUDENTS IN TERTIARY EDUCATION BY ISCED LEVEL* Percentage of female students* PERCENTAGE OF FEMALE STUDENTS IN EACH ISCED LEVEL OF TERTIARY EDUCATION* PERCENTAGE OF FEMALE TEACHERS* Percentage of foreign students* PERCENTAGE OF NEW ENTRANTS TO PRIMARY EDUCATION WITH ECCE EXPERIENCE* PERCENTAGE OF PRIVATE ENROLMENT* PERCENTAGE OF REPEATERS* PERCENTAGE OF TEACHING STAFF IN PRIVATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION* Percentage of technical/vocational enrolment* PERCENTAGE OF TRAINED TEACHERS* PERSONNEL COMPENSATION AS % OF PUBLIC CURRENT EXPENDITURE ON EDUCATION.* Policy analysis Policy-makers Population Post-secondary non tertiary education (ISCED 4) Pre-primary education (ISCED 0) Pre-vocational or pre-technical education Primary Completion Primary education (ISCED 1) Private educational institution Private entity Program destination Programme orientation Progress Progression PROMOTION RATE BY GRADE (PR)* PUBLIC CURRENT EXPENDITURE ON EDUCATION AS % OF TOTAL PUBLIC EXPENDITURE ON EDUCATION* Public current expenditure on primary education as percentage of GNP* Public current expenditure on primary education as percentage of total public current expenditure on education* Public current expenditure on primary education per pupil (unit cost)* Public current expenditure on primary education per pupil as % of GNP per capita* PUBLIC CURRENT EXPENDITURE PER PUPIL (STUDENT) AS % OF GROSS NATIONAL INCOME (GNI) PER CAPITA* Public educational institution PUBLIC EXPENDITURE ON A SPECIFIC ISCED LEVEL AS % OF TOTAL PUBLIC EXPENDITURE ON EDUCATION* Public expenditure on education* PUBLIC EXPENDITURE ON EDUCATION AS % OF TOTAL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE* Public expenditure on education as percentage of GDP* PUBLIC EXPENDITURE ON EDUCATION AS PERCENTAGE OF GROSS NATIONAL INCOME* Public expenditure per pupil/student as a % of GDP per capita, by level* Pupil/Student Pupil-cohort PUPIL-TEACHER RATIO (PTR)* Pupil-year Purchasing PowerParities (PPPs) Qualification Quality of education Quantity nil (n) Questionnaire Ranking Reconstructed-cohort method Regional average Regional government Regression coefficient Relevance Reliability Repeater REPETITION RATE BY GRADE (RR)* Scholarships School access School achievement School books School Enrolment School-age population SCHOOL-LIFE EXPECTANCY (SLE)* Second Stage of basic Education Second stage of tertiary education (ISCED 6) Secondary education Sex-disaggregated data Skills Sources funds Special Needs Education Standard deviation Standards Statistical surveys Statistical Yearbook Statistics of education Structure Student Support personnel Surveys operations SURVIVAL RATE BY GRADE (SR)* Sustained Table Teachers (or teaching staff) Teachers headcount Teachers’ salary as percentage of public current expenditure on education* Teaching material Technical and vocational education Technical notes Tertiary or higher education Theoretical entrance age Time series Tools Total expenditure on educational institutions and educational administration as a % of GDP, by source and level Total public expenditure on education Trained teacher Training Transition countries TRANSITION RATE (TR)* Transition rate to secondary education* Trend Tuition fees Type of program UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Unit cost Universal Primary Education (UPE) Upper secondary education (ISCED 3) Validity Variables Variance Verification Weighted average Welfare services World Education Indicators project (WEI) YEARS-INPUT PER GRADUATE* Youth YOUTH LITERACY RATE* At least one of the words The exact phrase