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DefinitionNumber of students from abroad studying in a given country, expressed as a percentage of total tertiary enrolment in that country.Data sourceUIS survey of formal education and the joint...
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DefinitionNumber of students from a given country studying abroad, expressed as a percentage of total tertiary enrolment in that country.Data sourceUIS survey of formal education and the joint UNESCO...
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DefinitionThe number of persons that cannot read and write. Illiteracy is typically measured according to the inability to comprehend a short simple statement on everyday life. The adult illiterate...
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DefinitionStudents who are older than the official school-age range for the educational programme they are enrolled in.Source definitionUNESCO Institute for Statistics
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DefinitionStudents who, during the course of the reference school or academic year, enter a programme at a given level of education for the first time, irrespective of whether the students enter the...
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DefinitionIndividuals officially registered in a given educational programme, or stage or module thereof, regardless of age.Source definitionISCED 2011http://uis.unesco.org/sites/default/files/...
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DefinitionSub-level of an educational programme, defined in terms of theoretical duration or a specified set of modules to complete or credits to achieve. A specific stage has characteristics which...
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DefinitionCourse or part of a course in the context of a modular programme. A module may be taken singularly or combined with other modules offered.Source definitionISCED 2011http://uis.unesco.org/...