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[Questions 10-11 were asked of persons who are attending or ever attended school, per question 9]
10. Level of education
[Questions 10-11 were asked of person who are attending or ever attended school, per question 9]
Question 10 - Level of education
The individual must indicate the level of education that he/she is attending or the highest level of education reached, even if he did not complete it.
10. Level of education
[] 2 Basic -- 1st degree
[] 3 Basic -- 2nd degree
[] 4 Secondary -- 1st degree
[] 5 Secondary -- 2nd degree
[] 7 Post-secondary
[] 8 Tertiary -- 1st and 2nd degree
[] 9 Tertiary -- 3rd and 4th degree
Question 10: Level of education
The individual must indicate the highest level of education reached, even if he/she did not complete it and whether or not she is attending it.
Pre-Primary -- education level given to children 3 years old or younger and that are not on compulsory school age.
Basic -- 1st degree -- corresponds to the first four years of school.
Basic -- 2nd degree -- includes the fifth and sixth years of school.
Secondary -- 1st degree -- includes the seventh, eighth and ninth years of school.
Secondary -- 2nd degree -- includes the tenth, eleventh and twelfth years of school.
Post-secondary -- includes those situations of old courses of medium degree, like for example primary school teacher, old commercial studies, etc.
Tertiary -- 1st and 2nd degrees (Bac. and Lic.) -- includes bachelor and licentiate degrees
Tertiary -- 3rd and 4th degrees (Master and PhD.) -- Master and Doctor in Philosophy degrees
For individuals that attended or are attending professional courses, we can encounter one of the following two situations:
b) If the course has no equivalence with the official education bureau, we must assign the education level that the individual had before the course.
[Questions 10-24 were asked of persons born before December 31, 1999, who consider this living quarter their usual place of residence, according to questions 3 and 9]
13. Highest education level that you attend or have attended:
[] 11 Pre-Primary
[] 12 Basic - 1st degree
[] 13 Basic - 2nd degree
[] 14 Basic - 3rd degree
[] 15 Secondary
[] 16 Post-secondary
[] 17 Tertiary - 1st degree (Bac.)
[] 18 Tertiary - 2nd degree (Lic.)
[] 19 Tertiary - 3rd degree (Master)
[] 20 Tertiary - 4th degree (Phd)
Question 13 - (Please indicate the) highest education level that you attend or have attended.
2. If you are studying, indicate the level of education you are attending.
Pre-school - classes taught to children aged 3 or more and who have not reached the compulsory school age.
Basic education (lower primary), 1st degree - represents the first 4 years of compulsory education, formerly called the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th years of primary school.
Basic education (upper primary), 2nd degree - includes the following: preparatory degree (5th and 6th years of schooling), preparatory degree of Tele-education, formerly the 1st degree of grammar school (1st and 2nd years), complementary degree of primary education (5th and 6th classes), preparatory degree of the former technical schools.
Basic education (lower secondary), 3rd degree - includes any one of the following: 7th, 8th and 9th years of schooling, technical-vocational secondary education (commercial, industrial, agricultural, visual art programs, etc.), the former general lyceum program (formerly, the 3rd, 4th and 5th years of schooling).
(Upper) secondary - includes the following: 10th, 11th and 12th years of schooling, preparatory sections of the complementary technical vocational programs (commercial, industrial programs, etc.), former complementary lyceum program (former 6th and 7th years), the former pre-university year.
Post secondary - includes the following: nursery teacher training program, primary teacher training program, other programs officially recognized as post secondary, when they have been attended.
For persons who attended or who are attending vocational programs (programs which despite not being part of the state education system and whose objective is to prepare pupils for a specific occupation), two situations may apply:
b) If the program is not equivalent to a level of state education, the level of education remains unchanged and you should tick the level of education held when you began to attend the vocational program.
[Questions 16 to 36 are only asked of persons who have entered the formal education system]
[Questions 17 and 18 are asked of persons who attended/are attending primary school and over]
17. What is the highest level of education you have completed?
Question 17- What is the highest level of education that you have completed?
[There is an image of question 17]
To record the level of education completed, implies that the person has completed the last year of school for that level.
Examples:
The person that is in 12th year and marked "10th, 11th, or 12th" in the previous question, must respond in this question "3rd stage of basic education" since that person has not concluded the final year of that level.
If the individual is studying to attain a Master's degree regardless of the year, you must record "Master" for the answer to Question 16- What is the level of education you are currently attending, or the highest level you have attended, even if not complete? This means that the answer to question 17 -What is the highest level of education that you have completed?
"Secondary education" or licentiate for situations in which the first cycle of studies has been completed and the person has obtained the number of required credits. In order to facilitate the equivalencies of education levels for the current and former systems, see the following table.
[There is an image of table with level equivalences.]