Statistical report for primary schools - beginning of school yearMetadataPeriod: AnnualYear: 2022 |
01. Contact | Top |
01.1. Contact organisation | |
Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia | |
01.2. Contact organisation unit | |
Group for pre-university education and lifelong learning. | |
01.3. Contact name | |
Stefan Živković | |
01.4. Contact person function | |
Statistician-analyst, Advisor | |
01.5. Contact mail address | |
5 Milana Rakića street, 11000 Belgrade | |
01.6. Contact email address | |
01.7. Contact phone number | |
+381 11 2412922 ext. 285 | |
01.8. Contact fax number | |
Not applicable. |
02. Metadata update | Top |
02.1. Metadata last certified | |
28/06/2021 | |
02.2. Metadata last posted | |
14/11/2023 | |
02.3. Metadata last update | |
14/11/2023 |
03. Statistical presentation | Top |
03.1. Data description | |
State of play at the begining of school year by main and additional indicators - number of schools (main and satellite classrooms), number of students by sex and grades and age (regular, children with disabilities and adults who attend primary education), number of classes, number of students who attend inclusive education and number of teachers by sex, working hours and ISCED 1 or 2. | |
03.2. Classification system | |
The Internation Standard Classification of Education (ISCED 2011). | |
03.3. Coverage - sector | |
Not applicable. | |
03.4. Statistical concepts and definitions | |
The survey provide data on status, structure and development of schools and classes, sex and age structure and movement of primary and lower secondary students, students who attend inclusive education (IEP 1 and IEP 2) i teaching stuff executing primary and lower secondary education. | |
03.5. Statistical unit | |
Statistical unit is every primary school in the Republic of Serbia. | |
03.6. Statistical population | |
Children attending primary and lower secondary education (regular or for children with disabilities), as well as adults who attend schools for primary education for adults. | |
03.7. Reference area | |
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). | |
03.8. Coverage - Time | |
Annually from 2010. | |
03.9. Base period | |
Not applicable. |
04. Unit of measure | Top |
04. Unit of measure | |
Number of students, schools, classes, teachers (in thousands). |
05. Reference Period | Top |
05. Reference Period | |
Schools year. |
06. Institutional Mandate | Top |
06.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements | |
National legislation
- Official Statistics Law
- Resolution on the Programme of official statistics
- Regulation on the Plan of official statistics for the current year
* The above documents are available at SORS website:
http://www.stat.gov.rs/en-US/o-nama/dokumenti.
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06.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing | |
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. |
07. Confidentiality | Top |
07.1. Confidentiality - policy | |
Data confidentiality is stipulated by:
- Official Statistics Law (Official Gazette of RS, number 104/2009), Articles 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, and 49.
(http://www.stat.gov.rs/media/2322/zakon_o_statisticie.pdf)
- Rulebook on statistical data protection in the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia
(http://www.stat.gov.rs/media/2343/rulebook-on-statistical-data-protection-in-sors.doc) and
- Guidelines on measures of data and information protection in the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia
(http://www.stat.gov.rs/media/2341/guidelines-on-measures-of-data-and-information-protection-in-the-sors.doc).
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07.2. Confidentiality - data treatment | |
All obtained data from units are published on aggregate level. Individual data can be provided exclusively with special authorisation from Director. |
08. Release policy | Top |
08.1. Release calendar | |
Calendar of releases is available at SORS website on the 1st day of December every year for the forthcoming year (http://www.stat.gov.rs/en-US/calendar).
All SORS releases are launched at 12.00. Any divergence from the defined time schedule are announced in advance and explained in the Calendar.
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08.2. Release calendar access | |
Calendar of releases is available at SORS website: http://www.stat.gov.rs/en-US/calendar. | |
08.3. Release policy - user access | |
The data obtained through statistical surveys are released at the internet presentation (http://www.stat.gov.rs/en-US/), in the database (http://data.stat.gov.rs/?caller=SDDB&languageCode=en-US), in statistical releases and publications (http://www.stat.gov.rs/en-US/publikacije/).
The results of official statistics are available at the same time to all users on impartial basis; any privileged access by external users before their release is not allowed.
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09. Frequency of dissemination | Top |
09. Frequency of dissemination | |
The data are collecting and publishing on annual level. |
10. Accessibility and clarity | Top |
10.1. Dissemination format - News release | |
Statistical release Primary education - the begining of the school year - end of March. | |
10.2. Dissemination format - Publications | |
Not applicable. | |
10.3. Dissemination format - online database | |
Database of SORS. | |
10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access | |
On request, the access to anonymized microdata is ensured to scientific and research institutions. The request can be placed by email at stat@stat.gov.rs, or by regular mail addressed at
5 Milana Rakića St, Belgrade.
For more information, please see http://www.stat.gov.rs/en-US/korisnicka-podrska/micropodaci.
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10.5. Dissemination format - other | |
Not applicable. | |
10.6. Documentation on methodology | |
Methodology on primary education is available on SORS' website (http://www.stat.gov.rs/istrazivanja/methodology-and-documents/?a=11&s=0) | |
10.7. Quality management - documentation | |
Not applicable. |
11. Quality management | Top |
11.1. Quality assurance | |
The SORS quality management system is relied on the Serbian official statistics mission and vision, as well as on the European Statistics Code of Practice – CoP and the Total Quality Management – TQM principles, which together make the common quality framework of the European Statistical System (ESS).
For more information, please see the documents at http://www.stat.gov.rs/en-US/o-nama/sistem-upravljanja-kvalitetom.
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11.2. Quality management - assessment | |
Not applicable. |
12. Relevance | Top |
12.1. User needs | |
Various domestic and foreign institutions, public: ministries, agencies, institutes, other public institutions... private: enterprises, media, non-governmental organizations... | |
12.2. User satisfaction | |
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. | |
12.3. Completeness | |
Not applicable. |
13. Accuracy and reliability | Top |
13.1. Overall accuracy | |
Not applicable. | |
13.2. Sampling error | |
Not applicable. | |
13.3. Non-sampling error | |
Not applicable. |
14. Timeliness and punctuality | Top |
14.1. Timeliness | |
Nationally: 7 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. | |
14.2. Punctuality | |
End of March. |
15. Coherence and comparability | Top |
15.1. Comparability - geographical | |
Not applicable. | |
15.2. Comparability - over time | |
Data are comparable in series from 2010 with no interuption. | |
15.3. Coherence - cross domain | |
Not applicable. | |
15.4. Coherence - internal | |
Not applicable. |
16. Cost and Burden | Top |
16. Cost and Burden | |
Since it is an annual survey, no significant burden in on reporting units. |
17. Data revision | Top |
17.1. Data revision - policy | |
The SORS general revision policy constitutes the global frame ensuring that each statistical domain shall define its own revision policy in compliance with its specific nature.
The general SORS revision policy determines:
- general rules of revisions of the published data,
- forms of informing users as regards the possible causes of revisions,
- categories of revisions, and
- documents covering all aspects of revisions.
The general SORS revision policy is available at http://www.stat.gov.rs/media/2332/general-revision-policy.docx.
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17.2. Data revision - practice | |
The published data should be treated as final, unless otherwise stated. Corrections and revisions might occur. |
18. Statistical processing | Top |
18.1. Source data | |
Statistical report for the begining of the school year is submitted by every primary school (public and private) for main school and classes in ther settlements, if any, including schools for children with disabilities and schools for adult education. | |
18.2. Frequency of data collection | |
Annual. | |
18.3. Data collection | |
The main methods are postal and through web application. | |
18.4. Data validation | |
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. | |
18.5. Data compilation | |
Not applicable. | |
18.6. Adjustment | |
Not applicable. |
19. Comment | Top |
19. Comment | |
Not applicable. |