METHODOLOGICAL EXPLANATION
STUDENTS IN TERTIARY EDUCATION
This methodological explanation relates to the data releases:
- Student enrolment in tertiary education, Slovenia, annually (First Release)
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PURPOSE
LEGAL BASIS
UNIT DESCRIBED BY THE PUBLISHED DATA
SELECTION OF OBSERVATION UNIT
SOURCES AND METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION
DEFINITIONS
EXPLANATIONS
PUBLISHING
REVISION OF THE DATA
OTHER METHODOLOGICAL MATERIALS
Prepared by: Andreja Kozmelj
Last updated: 11 May 2017
1 PURPOSE
The purpose of the statistical survey is to collect data on enrolment of students in
higher vocational colleges and at universities and single higher education institutions in
the current academic year. We collect personnal data on students (gender, age,
citizenship, permanent residence, former education) and data about enrolment (type
and field of education, education institution, grade, mode of study, type of enrolment
etc.).
2 LEGAL BASIS
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Annual Programme of Statistical Surveys (LPSR) (only in Slovene)
National Statistics Act (OJ RS, No. 45/95 and 9/01)
Regulation (EC) No 452/2008 of the European Parliament and the Council
3 UNIT DESCRIBED BY THE PUBLISHED DATA
Unit described is a student in vocational colleges or higher undergraduate studies at
universities and single higher education institutions.
4 SELECTION OF OBSERVATION UNIT
The survey covers all students in higher vocational colleges and at universities and
single higher education institutions. The data is collected and published as of 15
November.
5 SOURCES AND METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION
Since the academic year 2012/13 the data on students in higher education are
collected from the administrative database set up by the Ministry of education, science
and sport (administrative database on students and graduates in higher education –
eVŠ). Before 2012/13 the individual data were collected from the administrative
databases of single higher education institutions and via paper questionnaire ŠOLŠTUD.
In the academic year 2014/15 we have started to collect the data from the
administrative database CEUVIZ (MIZŠ). Before 2014/15 the data were collected via
paper questionnaire ŠOL-ŠTUD (individual data on students).
6 DEFINITIONS
The published definitions are in line with the Higher Education Act (OJ RS, No. 119/06)
and the Post-Secondary Vocational Education Act (OJ RS, No. 86/2004), which
regulate the field of higher education and higher vocational education, and the Decree
on the Introduction and Use of the Classification System of Education and Training (OJ
RS, No. 46/2006).
Education (and training) is an activity which relates to recognizing, accepting, giving
and/or creating knowledge, developing skills, developing personal and professional
competencies and values. The most common form of organization of educational or
training activities is educational or study programmes.
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Tertiary education covers higher vocational and higher undergraduate and
postgraduate studies taking place at public and private vocational colleges and public
and private higher education institutions. With the ŠOL-DIPL-TERC survey only the
data on graduates from publicly valid study programmes are collected.
A student is a person who enrols in a vocational college or a higher education
institution on the basis of a call for applications and who studies according to the
undergraduate or postgraduate study program. The student status is proven by a
student card. Candidates for graduation who have student status are also considered
to be students.
Vocational colleges perform programs for obtaining post-secondary vocational
education and advanced vocational programs (OJ RS, No. 86/04).
Higher education institutions are universities, faculties, academies of art and
professional higher education institutions.
A university is a legal person within which faculties and art academies but possibly also
professional higher education institutions are established. A university provides the
development of science and professional competence and in the educational process
via faculties, art academies and professional higher education institutions transmits
knowledge from several fields of science and arts. A university can directly organise
the implementation of scientific-research and interdisciplinary study programs.
A faculty performs predominantly scientific research from one or several related fields
of science and takes care of their development.
An arts academy performs predominantly artistic and educational activity from one or
several related fields of arts and takes care of their development.
A professional higher education institution performs educational activity from one or
several related fields and takes care of their development. It can also perform research
or artistic work if thus determined by the establishment act.
Educational or study programme is a form of organization in which learning activities
are organized as a series, with different methods of learning/teaching different subjects
are learnt/taught. Educational programs are defined on the basis of their content as a
series of activities organized in order to achieve a predetermined goal or a specific set
of educational tasks.
The data on tertiary education graduates are published by type of education which is
the lowest KLASIUS-SRV classification level. Types of education are:
 higher vocational
 short-term higher (former)
 professional higher (former)
 professional higher (1st Bologna cycle)
 academic higher (1st Bologna cycle)
 academic higher (former)
 master (2nd Bologna cycle) – uniform master
 master (2nd Bologna cycle) – after completing 1st Bologna cycle
 Specialization
 »Magisterij« of science (former)
 Doctorate of science (3rd Bologna cycle)
 Doctorate of science (former)
Field of education is as a rule determined indirectly through educational or study
programme which the person was attending or finished. "Field of education" is a
subject-specific characteristic (content) of the program. "Fields of education" are, for
example, engineering, manufacturing and construction, health and welfare, etc.
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In defining programmes by "field of education" the International Standard Classification
of Education ISCED 1997, namely that part of the classification referring to field of
education and the new national standard classification of fields of education
activities/outcomes (KLASIUS-P) were used.
7 EXPLANATIONS
7.1 CLASSIFICATIONS
KLASIUS (Classification System of Education and Training) is an obligatory national
standard intended for providing consistent data for statistical, analytical and research
monitoring of the participation of the population in education and training and for
monitoring educational and qualification structure of the population. It is used in official
administrative data collections (records, data collections, registers) and in statistical
surveys for classifying:
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activities of education and training – are planned and organized activities,
aimed to improve knowledge, competencies and abilities for life and work. They are
based on goals (purposes) of education and training, knowledge standards, vocational
standards etc. The most common form of activities of education and training are
educational programmes.
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outcomes of education and training are certificates that evidence someone’s
attainment of certain knowledge, competencies and abilities for life and/or work.
Outcomes are publicly valid educational attainment, as well as national vocational
qualifications and other outcomes, proved by public documents.
KLASIUS includes two subsystems:
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First subsystem is the Classification of Fields of Education and Training KLASIUS-P, which classifies activities and outcomes into fields according to their
content. KLASIUS-P is a hierarchic classification with four classification levels. First
three levels of KLASIUS-P are in line with The International Standard Classification of
Education ISCED 1997. The fourth level is adjusted to Slovene system of education
and training.
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Second subsystem is the Classification of Activities/Outcomes of Education and
Training - KLASIUS-SRV, which classifies education and training into segments (basic
education, certificate system of national vocational qualifications and complementary
education), levels and types of activities/outcomes of education and training.
For further information please visit:
http://www.stat.si/statweb/en/Methods/ClassificationsQuestionnairesMethods.
International standard classification of education ISCED, is a classification for
preparing the data for international purposes. For further information please visit:
http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statisticsexplained/index.php/International_Standard_Classification_of_Education_(ISCED)
7.2
DATA PROCESSING
STATISTICAL DATA EDITING
Data were statistically edited with the combination of systematic corrections and
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imputation procedures. The following imputation methods were used: logical
imputations and hot deck imputations.
For more, see the general methodological explanations Statistical data editing.
7.3 OTHER EXPLANATIONS
Since the academic year 2012/13 (since the data on higher education students are
collected from the administrative database of the Ministry of education, science and
sport) the data on students by field of education in published according to the
classification KLASIUS-P (before 2012/13 the data was published only according to the
International classification of education and training – ISCED 97). The data collected
from the Ministry of education, science and sport also make it possible to distribute
students enrolled in joint degree study programmes by fields of both study programmes
they are enrolled into – this is the reason for the decimal values in the data published.
For this reason there are minor differences in the data since 2012/13 and before .
Due to a new data source (CEUVIZ) for the data on students in higher vocational
education there has been a change in publishing the data on higher vocational
students by grade of study. The Ministry of education, science and sport does not
follow part-time students by grade in which they are enrolled to. Therefore we have
introduced a new cathegory for this type of students – 'no grade'.
8 PUBLISHING
Data are published:
Monthly: /Quarterly: /Annually:
- SI-STAT Data Portal: Demography and social statistics, Education, Tertiary
education
- First release (Education, Tertiary education): »Students in tertiary education«.
- Statøbook.
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), The
statistical office of the European Union (Eurostat), United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organizations (UNESCO).
9 REVISION OF THE DATA
9.1 PUBLISHING OF PRELIMINARY AND FINAL DATA
Only final data are published.
9.2 BREAKS IN TIME SERIES
There are no breaks in time series, so all points in time are comparable.
Methodological explanation on revision of statistical data is available on
http://www.stat.si/dokument/5299/RevisionOfStatisticalDataMEgeneral.pdf.
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10 OTHER METHODOLOGICAL MATERIALS
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Standard quality report for the surveys
- Students in tertiary education (ŠOL-ŠTUD), (only in Slovene)
theme: Education, sub-theme: Tertiary education.
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Annual quality report for the surveys
- Polni naziv raziskovanja (kratica raziskovanja),
theme: Education, sub-theme: Tertiary education.
http://www.stat.si/statweb/en/Methods/QuestionnairesMethodologicalExplanationsQuali
tyReports
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