Preschool upbringing and education

Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia.

Group for statistics on pre-university education and lifelong learning

Sava Boškoćević

Statistician-analyst

Belgrade, Milana Rakica 5

sava.boskocevic@stat.gov.rs

011/2412-922 lok. 440

As of 1 December 2023, according to the main and additional indicators - the number of preschool institutions and facilities where educational work is carried out, number of children by sex, age, mother tongue and length of stay, number of educational groups according to the languages ​​on which the educational institution is conducted educational work and length of stay, number of children according to socioeconomic status of parents and the amount of payments paid by parents, number of employees by sex, type of work, level of education, professional development and length of working time, number of children per sex in preparatory preschool programu.

International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED 2011).

Nomenclature of Statistical Territorial Units (NSTJ).

Register of Spatial Units.

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Children of pre-school age are children from six months to the beginning of elementary school. The activity of preschool education and education is carried out in the PU, and it can also be done exceptionally in elementary school. This research provides data on the number and type of preschool institutions, the type of property, the language in which the educational work is carried out, the mother tongue of the child, the number of educational groups, the age and sex of children, the length of the daily stay, the children according to the socioeconomic status of the parents, mixed groups, long-term treatment groups and development groups, the number and age of children with disabilities for whom the Individual Education Plan (IOP) and children for whom an Individual Support Plan (IPP) has been developed, employees by age, gender, cooking and working hours; special and specialized programs organized by the institution; the participation of parents in the costs of preschool education and the income of preschool institutions by sources.

The statistical units are all preschool institutions (PU), state and private, which implement programs of preschool education and elementary schools where the pre-school education program takes place.

All pre-school institutions (PUs) that have the approval for the work of the competent minister, and which implement programs of preschool education, as well as the primary schools in which the pre-school education program takes place. The statistical report is submitted by each preschool institution, primary school and other organization for the parent institution, ie the school and for the selected department (if the PU / school performs activities outside the head office).

The data refer to the territory of the Republic of Serbia.

As of 1999, Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia do not collect data for AP Kosovo and Metohia, se they are not included in this data set for the Republic of Serbia (total).

Annually from 2009.

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Number of children, institutions, facilities, educational groups, employees.

Schools year.

The survey is conducting on the basis of the Law on official statistics ("Official Gazzete of the Republic of Serbia" number 104/2009).

Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia has an agreement on cooperation with a large number of organizations and institutions, both nationally and internationally, with which it exchange information, data and experiences. There is also intensive cooperation between different organizational units within the Office itself.

Data confidentiality is guaranteed by the Law on the official statistics which prescribes the use of data solely for statistical purposes and Rulebook on statistical data protection in Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia.

All obtained data from units are published on aggregate level. Individual data can be provided exclusively with special authorisation from Director.

The data collected by this research are published in the Announcement of the Institution for Preschool upbringing and education at the end of April.

The publication can be found at Statistical Office's website (www.stat.gov.rs).

The data are publicly available on website. Users can also get other aggregated data if they send a request listing what they want.

The data are collecting and publishing on annual level.

Pre-school education announcement in the Republic of Serbia, school year - end of April.

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SORS database-area Education-sublevel-Preschool education and upbringing

Data are available in complex statistical publications (Statistical Yearbook, Municipality in Serbia...). Data are used for preparation, development and monitoring of strategy for education.

Methodology on preschool education is available on the website of the Institute (www.stat.gov.rs).

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Various domestic and foreign institutions,

public: ministries, agencies, institutes, other public institutions...

private: enterprises, media, non-governmental organizations...

On biennial basis (once in two years), by the means of web interview, implemented is the User Satisfaction Survey. The survey results are available at SORS website: http://www.stat.gov.rs/en-US/o-nama/sistem-upravljanja-kvalitetom.

The PES form has been altered and harmonized with international statistical standards and provides the presentation of data on preschool education and education according to the International Classification of Education (ISCED-2011, level 0, sub-categories 01 and 02).

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Nationally: 5 months for the entire round of creating, collection, processing and data publishing.

For Eurostat: 6 months for delivering all required data (through UOE questionnaire), as of 2014.

All deadlines according publications calendar are respected.

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Data are comparable in series from 2009 with no interuption.

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Since it is an annual survey, no significant burden in on reporting units.

The published data should be treated as final, unless otherwise stated. Corrections and revisions might occur.

The pre-school education and education statistics report is provided by each pre-school (state and private) institution for the home institution and for other facilities - the settlement, including the primary schools in which the preparatory preschool program is organized.

Annual.

The main methods are postal and through web application.

All reports go through thorough analysis and logic control before publishing. All discovered errors and vagueness are being rectified in consultation with the reporting unit.

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