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DefinitionExpressed as statutory salaries, which are scheduled salaries according to official pay scales. They refer to the average scheduled gross salary per year for a full-time teacher with the...
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DefinitionGenerally calculated in person-years. The unit for the measurement of full-time equivalence is a full-time student. Thus, a full-time student equals one full-time equivalent. The full-time...
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DefinitionSuccessful completion of an educational programme. Note that it is possible for a single graduate to have more than one graduation (even within the same academic year) if they were enrolled...
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DefinitionParticipation in all components of an educational programme (including final exams if any), irrespective of the result of any potential assessment of achievement of learning objectives....
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DefinitionAverage number of completed years of education of a country's population aged 25 years and older, excluding years spent repeating individual grades.Data sourceNational population censuses,...
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DefinitionSample specific participation rate that accounts for the weight of each individual who participated to the survey.Source definitionUNESCO Institute for Statistics
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DefinitionSurvey that is conducted with few individuals of the target population or the sample of a survey, in order to test and refine the survey instruments (questionnaire and instruction manual,...
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DefinitionRelease of data to users through various media (new media and traditional media) such as internet or online media, press conference or release, article in print newspaper, television or...

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