Codes and Frequencies
Description
EDUCKG indicates the person's educational attainment in the Kyrgyz Republic in terms of the level of schooling completed.
Comparability — General
Only the level of education was recorded, and not the years of schooling.
"Primary general" includes persons with complete primary education, and "basic general" refers to persons with incomplete secondary. Details are described in the table below:
| Primary general (Code 6) |
|---|
| Completed: |
| 3rd grade of a three-year primary general education school in 1972 or later |
| 4th - 6th grade |
| 7th grade in 1962 or later |
| 8th grade in 1990 or later |
| Attends 5th - 9th grades |
| Dropped out of: |
| 4th grade between the 1972-73 and 1989-89 academic years |
| 5th - 7th grade |
| 8th grade in the 1962-63 academic year or later |
| 9th grade in 1989-90 academic year or later |
| Basic General (Code 5) |
| Completed: |
| 7th grade in 1961 or before |
| 8th grade between 1962 and 1989 |
| 9th grade between 1990 and 1992 |
| 10 years of an eleven- or twelve-year secondary school after 1993 |
| 11 years of a twelve-year secondary school after 1993 |
| Attends 10th, 11th (12th) grade |
| Dropped out of: |
| 8th grade in the 1961-62 academic year or before |
| 9th grade in the 1988-89 academic year or before |
| 10th, 11th (12th) grade |
"Incomplete higher" refers to persons who currently attend or previously attended higher education institutions and completed at least half of a basic program. In the 1999 sample, persons who completed less than half of a higher program were classified as having either secondary general or specialized education.
The 2009 sample has more detail in the higher education category, differentiating persons with Bachelor's, Specialist, and Master's degrees. Additionally, the 2009 sample includes the "Basic vocational" category within the secondary educational level; it applies to persons who graduated from primary vocational education establishment and received a certificate of secondary general education (graduates of vocational (technical) schools, etc.).
See the enumeration text for more details.
Universe
- Persons age 6+
Availability
- Kyrgyzstan: 1999, 2009
