Statistics on education and lifelong learning

SUMMARY OF:

Regulation (EC) No 452/2008 — production and development of statistics on education and lifelong learning

Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 establishing a common framework for European statistics relating to persons and households and amending Regulation (EC) No 452/2008

WHAT IS THE AIM OF THE REGULATION?

It establishes a common framework on statistical standards for the production of harmonised data in the area of education and lifelong learning.

KEY POINTS

The regulation covers the following domains:

1.
education and training systems;
2.
other statistics on education and lifelong learning (such as statistics on human capital and on the social and economic benefits of education).

The production of statistics at European Union (EU) level is implemented by individual statistical actions including:

for the first domain, regular and timely delivery of statistics by EU countries;
within the scope of the second domain, the use of supplementary variables and indicators from other statistical information systems and surveys;
developing, improving and updating standards and manuals that define frameworks, concepts and methods;
improving data quality within the context of the quality framework.

The European Commission will take into consideration the available capacities of EU countries with regard to the above actions. For the collected data, consideration will be given to regional and gender aspects whenever possible.

The Commission (Eurostat) will also collaborate with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation’s (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and other international organisations to ensure the comparability and avoid the duplication of data at international level.

Education systems (UOE)

From school year 2012/2013 onwards: Commission Regulation (EU) No 912/2013 of 23 September 2013 as regards statistics on education and training systems.

Adult education survey (AES)

2016 AES: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1175/2014 of 30 October 2014 as regards statistics on the participation of adults in lifelong learning.

FROM WHEN DOES THE REGULATION APPLY?

Regulation (EC) No 452/2008 has applied since 24 June 2008.

Amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 applies from 1 January 2021.

BACKGROUND

The production of comparable statistical data is essential for the development of education and lifelong learning strategies, and to monitor the implementation of these strategies.
The strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training adopted in May 2009 sets a number of benchmarks to be achieved by 2020. Progress is assessed in the EU countries through the yearly country analysis, with the EU also providing recommendations.
On the basis of the information provided, a 2015 joint report on EU cooperation in education and training identifies priority areas and concrete issues for future work at European level. The joint report was adopted in November 2015.
For more information, see:
- Education and training (Eurostat).

MAIN DOCUMENTS

Regulation (EC) No 452/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2008 concerning the production and development of statistics on education and lifelong learning (OJ L 145, 4.6.2008, pp. 227-233)

Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 October 2019 establishing a common framework for European statistics relating to persons and households, based on data at individual level collected from samples, amending Regulations (EC) No 808/2004, (EC) No 452/2008 and (EC) No 1338/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 (OJ L 261I , 14.10.2019, pp. 1-32)