Labour Market in the Czech Republic
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ISCED 97 : Published data on the level of education are in compliance with international standard ISCED 97 (International Standard Classification of Education) issued by UNESCO in November 1997. Before adoption of this international classification the JKOV was used for determination of the level and the field of education in the Czech Republic until the end of 1997.
According to ISCED 97, the levels of education break down as follows:
0 preprimary education (KKOV - level A) - educational programmes for preschool education. This level includes also persons without any educational attainment.
1 primary education (KKOV - level B) - the 1st level of basic education, i.e. completed 5th form of the basic school.
2 lower secondary education (KKOV - levels C, D, E) - above all the 2nd level of basic education, completed usually by 9th form. Also lower secondary vocational and lower secondary practical education, taking max. 3 years; the school leaver receives usually no certificate for the labour market.
3 secondary education - (KKOV - levels H, J, K, L, M (partially)) - technical and general secondary education at secondary technical, general and vocational schools, usually completed with the General Certificate of Secondary Education of final examination.
4 postsecondary education - (KKOV - levels M (partially) and N (partially)) - postsecondary qualifications, specialisation and innovation study not included into tertiary education.
5 first level of tertiary education - (KKOV - levels N (partially), R, T) - bachelor and master study programmes not leading directly to a scientific degree.
6 second level of tertiary education - (KKOV - level V) - tertiary educational programmes leading to a scientific degree.
A criterion of the “following education or purpose” is applied within individual levels. The present publication uses this for level 3 (e.g. school leavers of group 3A can continue to study for the bachelor or master degree, while programmes of group 3C directly channel school leavers into the labour market). Secondary education with GCE in the tables includes vocational and technical education.
CZ-NACE : With regard to the Czech Republic’s information obligations towards the European Union, UN, IMF and other international organisations, this standard is fully based on NACE, Rev. 1 used by the EU, which is compatible with the International Standard Industrial Classification of all Economic Activities - ISIC, Rev. 3.
CZ-ISCO-88 : The subject of this classification is occupation, i.e. activity executed by a person (even though it is not their profession) and which is their main source of income from work. The classification is based on ISCO-88 (International Standard Classification of Occupations) adopted by the 14th International Conference of Labour Statisticians in November 1987.
CZ-ICSE : CZ-ICSE is based on the revised International Classification of Status in Employment - ICSE-93, approved by the 15th International Conference of Labour Statisticians in January 1993. ICSE-93 is obligatory only at the one-digit level, more detailed breakdown is recommended. CZ-ISCE is obligatory down to the four-digit level. Only economically active persons are included.
CZ-NUTS : NUTS (La Nomenclature des Unités Territoriales Statistiques) was implemented by the Statistical Office of the European Communities in co-operation with the other EU authorities to allow to classify the standard unified structure of territorial units. It has been used in EU legislation, particularly for subsidies from the EU Structural Funds, since 1988.
There are 6 NUTS levels (NUTS 0, NUTS 1, NUTS 2, NUTS 3, NUTS 4 a NUTS 5), which represent the territorial size groups. The definition of each level depends on population and area. CZ-NUTS describes the territorial structure of the Czech Republic, using units that comply with the criteria of the European Union and approved by Eurostat for statistical purposes. This publication uses the following levels: NUTS 1 for the Czech Republic, NUTS 2 for Areas and NUTS 3 for Regions.