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The structure of education systems varies widely between countries. In order to produce internationally-comparable education statistics and indicators, it is therefore necessary to have a framework to collect and report data on education programmes (and their resulting qualifications) with a similar level of educational content. It is for this purpose that the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) exists, as the official classification used to categorise and report cross-nationally comparable education statistics.
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The ISCED 2011 Operational Manual is intended to assist countries to classify national education programmes and qualifications in their ISCED mappings. The manual will also help users of international statistics to understand which kinds of programmes and qualifications are covered in indicators on education. It provides guidelines and explanatory notes for the interpretation of the revised classification and includes country examples of programmes and related qualifications that have been classified to ISCED 2011.
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