Isced-t 2021 unesco

Digital credential.
The digital representation of the attainment of specific skills and 
competencies which can be shared in real time, thus enabling learners to have further control 
over the planning, tracking and sharing of educational accomplishments.
Duration.
Length of time needed to complete a programme and earn a qualification or part-
qualification.
Early childhood education (ISCED level 0).
Early childhood education provides learning and 
educational activities with a holistic approach to support children’s early cognitive, physical, 
social and emotional development and introduce young children to organized instruction 
outside of the family context to develop some of the skills needed for academic readiness and to 
prepare them for entry into primary education.
3 This glossary draws on ISCED 2011 as well as various other international glossaries, including from UNESCO UNEVOC, OECD, CEDEFOP, and 
the ILO. 

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Education programme.
A coherent set or sequence of educational activities designed 
and organised to achieve predetermined learning objectives or accomplish a specific set of 
educational tasks over a sustained period. Within an education programme, educational 
activities may also be grouped into subcomponents variously described in national contexts as 
‘courses’, ‘modules’, ‘units’ or ‘subjects’. A programme may have major components not normally 
characterised as courses, units or modules – for example, play-based activities, periods of work 
experience, research projects and the preparation of dissertations. 
Entrance examination.
An assessment conducted by institutions of learning in order to 
determine whether learners should be granted admission to a qualification or part-qualification.