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18. Type of the highest level school graduated ____
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64. Educational attainment (column 18). The highest level of graduated (completed) school is referring to the highest educational institution the enumerated person graduated from regardless of if this is proved by a certificate or graduation diploma (of the secondary school or of university).

If the enumerated person graduated from two or more educational institutions, at the same level, (for example the Faculty of Low and the Mathematics) only one of them, namely the one given by the enumerated person, will be recorded on the form.

The following will not be recorded as a graduated educational institution:
a) specialization courses at the working place, with or without production process interruption;
b) apprenticeship at the working place (exception: apprenticeship at the working place for a period during 1-3 years, assimilated to the vocational school);
c) courses for specialization of short duration, for the theoretical high schools graduates;
d) course for specialization improvement;
e) post- university courses;
f) popular universities;
g) trade union schools:
h) political schools etc.


In this respect, the name of the graduated educational institution will be written, as it was at the graduation moment, without [text not readable] educational institution [text not readable] or equivalency with other similar existing educational institutions at the census moment.

For example, it will be recorded according to the following cases:

a) Four classes of Primary School, 7 (8) years Elementary School, 10 years General School;
b) Industrial Chemistry High School (secondary school), Commercial High School, Medium General School, Industrial Gymnasium, Theoretical High School -- first 4 years (first degree), Sanitary Medium Technical School, Pedagogical school, Pedagogical High School;
c) Metallurgical vocational school, first degree Wine-grower school, Art and craft school, Forestry rangers school, Vocational school group for public food industry, Vocational school for economics;
d) Institute (university) for Constructions: civil constructions Faculty (Department), Polytechnic Institute the Faculty of Automatics (Department), Academy for Economic Sciences -- the Planning Faculty (Department), Veterinary Medical Faculty (Department), Polytechnic Institute, the Faculty (Department) for machines building -- sub-engineering section, etc.


When the enumerated persons graduated abroad: the name of this institution will be recorded, as declared (for example: University of Cracovia -- the faculty (department) of history, the Moscow's Institute for economics and statistics).

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When a person is attending a school or educational institution (day, evening, extra-mural courses or without attendance), or interrupted the courses of an educational institution, will be recorded in the column 18 the name of the last school or educational institution.

For example, for persons attending or interrupting the courses of a faculty (department) high school or any secondary school will be recorded as the graduated school. For persons who interrupted the second degree of the high school (classes XI and XII) the graduated educational institution will be recorded as high school first degree. For persons who interrupted the first degree of high school, it will be considered as graduated of the general 8 years school; and for those who interrupted the gymnasium's cycle (classes V-VII or V-VIII), it will be recorded as graduated of the primary school (4 classes).

For the children born after 1965 that are attending or have interrupted the classes I-IV are not considered as having graduated any school and a line will be drawn. Also a line will be drawn for preschool age children.

For aged persons who attended only the read and write courses for illiterates, it will be recorded "read and write courses for illiterates".

For persons born before 1966, who didn't graduate and are not attending any educational institution, the enumerator will record, on the basis of their personal statement, as is the case "they know to read and write", or" knowing only to read", or" didn't know to read and write".

The code box from column 18 will not be filled by the enumerator.