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DefinitionOfficial survey involving the whole population within a defined system. For example, a school census involves all the schools within the education system.Source definitionUNESCO Institute...
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DefinitionLevel of government whose political authority extends over the entire territory of the country, such as the federal government.Source definitionUNESCO Institute for Statistics
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DefinitionRoom or place in which teaching or learning activities can take place.Source definitionUNESCO Institute for Statistics
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DefinitionGroup of persons who jointly experience a series of events over a period of time. A school cohort is defined as a group of pupils who enter the first grade of a given cycle in the same...
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DefinitionAbility to mobilise and use internal resources such as knowledge, skills and attitude, as well as external resources such as databases, colleagues, peers, libraries, instruments etc., to...
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DefinitionNumber of years or age span during which children are legally obliged to attend school.Source definitionUNESCO Institute for Statistics
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DefinitionUnit of instruction comprising a sequence of educational activities in a particular field or range of related fields of education. This can also be referred to as a ‘module’, ‘unit’ or ‘...
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DefinitionData collection or measuring tools such as questionnaires and tests including their instruction manuals or guides.Source definitionUNESCO Institute for Statistics.