Statistical report on students’ enrolment


Metadata
Period: Annual
Year: 2021

REFERENCE METADATA
01. Contact
02. Metadata update
03. Statistical presentation
04. Unit of measure
05. Reference Period
06. Institutional Mandate
07. Confidentiality
08. Release policy
09. Frequency of dissemination
10. Accessibility and clarity
11. Quality management
12. Relevance
13. Accuracy and reliability
14. Timeliness and punctuality
15. Coherence and comparability
16. Cost and Burden
17. Data revision
18. Statistical processing
19. Comment

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01. ContactTop
01.1. Contact organisation

Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia

 

01.2. Contact organisation unit

Sector of Social Statistics

Department of Statistics of Education, Science and Culture

 

01.3. Contact name

Maja Tošić

01.4. Contact person function

Statistician - researcher

 

01.5. Contact mail address

Belgrade, 11050 Milana Rakića 5, Serbia

01.6. Contact email address

maja.tosic@stat.gov.rs

01.7. Contact phone number

+381 11 2410414

01.8. Contact fax number

-


02. Metadata updateTop
02.1. Metadata last certified
19/06/2018
02.2. Metadata last posted
8/3/2023
02.3. Metadata last update
27/2/2023

03. Statistical presentationTop
03.1. Data description

The data are collected on the basis of the survey: "Statistical report for enrollment of students (SV-20)" conducted on the basis of the Law on Official Statistics ("Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia" No. 104/2009). 

Reporting units for tertiary education surveys are all higher education institutions – universities, faculties, art academies and higher schools whatever the ownership is.

03.2. Classification system
  • ISCED - International Standard Classification of Education
03.3. Coverage - sector

Higher education sector.

03.4. Statistical concepts and definitions

Students are enrolled in accredited study programs organized by a higher education institution in the manner prescribed by the Law on Higher Education.

Higher education institutions where students are enrolled are educational institutions where educational and scientific process is carried out in view of preparing specialists to work in corresponding areas, according to specially regulated curricula.

The activity of tertiary education is performed by the following higher education institutions: university, faculty, i.e. art academy within a university; academy of applied studies; higher school and higher school of applied studies.

03.5. Statistical unit
University, faculty, academy, academy of applied studies, higher school of applied studies are independent higher education institutions. Faculty, i.e. art academy is a higher education institution in the scope of a university that provides academic study programmes and develops R&D, specialist, i.e. art works in one or more fields. Faculty, i.e. art academy can also realize applied study programmes.
 
 

 

03.6. Statistical population
Students are enrolled and studied through academic and professional studies based on approved, or accredited study programs for acquiring higher education.

Academic studies involve academic study programmes that enable students to develop and apply scientific, specialist and art achievements.
 
Applied studies involve applied study programmes that enable students to apply knowledge and skills necessary to become included in work process.

First cycle of studies are undergraduate academic studies, undergraduate applied studies and specialized applied studies.

Second cycle of studies are master academic studies, master applied studies and specialist academic studies. Due to international comparability, for the purposes of statistics, intregrated academic studies are presented in the second cycle of studies.

Integrated studies of academic study programmes are organized as integrated in the scope of undergraduate and master academic studies leading to 360 ECTS credits after completion.
 
Third cycle of studies are doctoral academic studies.

 

03.7. Reference area

Republic of Serbia (without data for Kosovo and Metohija).

 

03.8. Coverage - Time

The school year is being watched.

03.9. Base period

Not applicable.


04. Unit of measureTop
04. Unit of measure

Number of students, number of higher education institutions.


05. Reference PeriodTop
05. Reference Period

Data refer to the last school year.


06. Institutional MandateTop
06.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements

National legislation

 

The Official Statistics Law („Official Gazette of the RS“, No. 104/09) specifies the legal framework for the production and dissemination of official statistics and also for the organization of the system of official statistics of the Republic of Serbia. Nevertheless, the Official Statistics Law, together with the five-year Statistical Programme over the period 2021 – 2025 and the annual implementation plans, provides the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia (SORS) with a clear and broad legal mandate to collect and access the data needed for the execution of the Statistical Programme and the Implementation Plan.

In addition, pursuant to Article 18, paragraph 2 of the Law on Official Statistics (“Official Gazette of the RS”, No 104/09) and Article 42, paragraph 1 of the Law on Government Administration (“Official Gazette of the RS” No 55/05, 71/05‐corrigendum, 101/07, 65/08, 16/11, 68/12 - decision of the Constitutional Court, 72/12, 7/14 - decision of the Constitutional Court, 44/14 and 30/18 - other law), the Government adopts every year a regulation that defines the plan for official statistics.

06.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing
The 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 exchanges information, data and experiences.
 
There is also intensive cooperation between different organizational units within the Institute itself.
 
 
 
 

 


07. Confidentiality Top
07.1. Confidentiality - policy

Pursuant to Article 46 of the Law on Official Statistics (“Official Gazette of RS”, number 104/09), Articles 7 and 35 of the Law on Government Administration (“Official Gazette of RS”, No 79/05, 101/07, 95/10, 99/14, 47/18 и 30/18 - other law) and Articles 9, 15, 16  and 18 of the Law on Free Access to Information of Public Interest (“Official Gazette of RS”, No120/04, 54 /07 104/09, 36/10  and 105/21), Director of the SORS hereby adopt Rulebook on statistical data protection in the statistical office of the Republic of Serbia. The Rulebook lays down the measures to be implemented so as to protect data and information in the SORS.

In addition, Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society.

07.2. Confidentiality - data treatment

The protection of secret data and documents shall be done in accordance with the Law on Data Secrecy. Confidential data from Article 3 of the Rulebook are considered official secret and cannot be published or communicated, that is, they cannot be part of aggregated data from which individual data can be identified. Individual data can be given only to the owner of those data. Only the employees of the Office authorized by decision of the Director of the Office shall have access to confidential data from administrative sources.

Also, if SORS transmits data with a confidentiality flag or an embargo date, these data are not disseminated until the confidentiality flag is lifted in a subsequent data transmission or the embargo expired.


08. Release policyTop
08.1. Release calendar

 This indicator is available at the end of June in the Statistical Release on the website of the SORS:

http://www.stat.gov.rs      

 

08.2. Release calendar access

External users can find the exact date of publication in the calendar located on the Institute's website.

http://www.stat.gov.rs

 

08.3. Release policy - user access

External users can find information in the Special publication on the Institute's website.

https://publikacije.stat.gov.rs/G2022/Pdf/G20226012.pdf

In line with the Community legal framework and the European Statistics Code of Practice Eurostat disseminates European statistics on Eurostat's website respecting professional independence and in an objective, professional and transparent manner in which all users are treated equitably. The detailed arrangements are governed by the Eurostat protocol on impartial access to Eurostat data for users


09. Frequency of disseminationTop
09. Frequency of dissemination

Annual.


10. Accessibility and clarityTop
10.1. Dissemination format - News release

Not applicable.

10.2. Dissemination format - Publications

Special publication "Higher Education"

https://publikacije.stat.gov.rs/G2022/PdfE/G20226012.pdf

10.3. Dissemination format - online database

Database on SORS and Eurostat website.

 

10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access

Available at the request of international organizations, researchers, etc. The request must be sent to the dissemination group (to the official email address: stat@stat.gov.rs) which will start the process of creating a cooperation agreement after receiving the approval of the top management.

 

10.5. Dissemination format - other

Not applicable.

10.6. Documentation on methodology

Abbreviated methodology on the web site of the SORS

https://publikacije.stat.gov.rs/G2023/Pdf/G202320001.pdf

 

10.7. Quality management - documentation

The ESS Metadata Handler.

 


11. Quality managementTop
11.1. Quality assurance

Quality is provided by strict implementation of definitions and conceptual frameworks of European Statistics and through validation of data. Major deviations and inconsistencies were not observed.

11.2. Quality management - assessment

Data is collected from reliable sources applying standards with regard to the OECD methodology and ensuring a high degree of comparability across countries.

 

 

 

 


12. Relevance Top
12.1. User needs

The main beneficiary is the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development as well as other ministries.

Also, beneficiaries are international institutions and researchers, students and all who are doing analysis in the field of higher education.

12.2. User satisfaction

Not applicable.

12.3. Completeness

Annual reports on students enrolled in higher education institutions provide a complete and consistent overview of enrolled students in the Republic of Serbia, in accordance with Eurostat's requirements.


13. Accuracy and reliabilityTop
13.1. Overall accuracy

High.

13.2. Sampling error

Not applicable.

13.3. Non-sampling error

Not applicable.


14. Timeliness and punctualityTop
14.1. Timeliness

According to Transmission Programme data should be transmitted to Eurostat within 6 months after the end of the reference year, as previous data (t+6), and t+12 month, as final data.

14.2. Punctuality

The SORS shall submit the data within the prescribed time limit.

 


15. Coherence and comparabilityTop
15.1. Comparability - geographical

Comparability is ensured by applying common definitions and methodological frameworks based on international methodologies and standards.

15.2. Comparability - over time

The data have been available since 2007 and the comparison is feasible because there is no deviation from the proposed international methodology.

15.3. Coherence - cross domain

Not applicable.

15.4. Coherence - internal

Not applicable.


16. Cost and BurdenTop
16. Cost and Burden

Not applicable.


17. Data revisionTop
17.1. Data revision - policy

The general audit policy as an official document is available on the RZS intranet site. Revised data is available in the RZS database as soon as their validation is performed.

17.2. Data revision - practice

Published data are considered final, unless otherwise stated. Corrections and revisions are possible.

Significant methodological changes are announced and users can be informed about them on the SORS website.


18. Statistical processingTop
18.1. Source data

The source of data is the Statistical Questionnaire on students enrolled in a higher education institution.

18.2. Frequency of data collection

Data are collected annually.

18.3. Data collection

One part of the reporting units-the higher education institution delivers filled-in questionnaires to the electronic SORS, and one part of the reporting units takes the questionnaire from the SORS website and returns statistics at the end of December of the current year (n) for the reference year (n-1) in an file form.

18.4. Data validation

Data on students enrolled in a higher education institution are controlled in order to ensure their accuracy and completeness. Control is done internally, by the SORS and externally, by Eurostat.

18.5. Data compilation

Not applicable.

18.6. Adjustment

Not applicable.


19. CommentTop
19. Comment

Not applicable.