Instruction time in compulsory education
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This dataset presents internationally comparable data on instruction time in full-time compulsory education. It covers primary and lower secondary general education, but excludes pre-primary education and upper secondary general education, even if compulsory. Total number of instruction hours and the distribution of hours per subject is available by level of education.

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Data on teachers' teaching and working time are from the 2019 OECD-INES Survey on Working Time of Teachers and School Heads.

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Bibliographic citation:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development: OECD Education Statistics(2020 Edition). UK Data Service. https://doi.org/10.5257/oecd/educ/2020

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9th July 2021

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Further detail as to the methodology used during the data collection for each indicator, the references to the sources and the specific notes for each country are available in Annex 3 of Education at a glance.

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Start: 2011
End: 2019

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Detailed presentation and explanation of the ISCED 2011 classification and Key statistical concepts, definitions and methodologies underlying the indicators are available in the OECD Handbook for Internationally Comparative Education Statistics

Instruction time in compulsory educationAbstract

This dataset presents internationally comparable data on instruction time in full-time compulsory education. It covers primary and lower secondary general education, but excludes pre-primary education and upper secondary general education, even if compulsory. Total number of instruction hours and the distribution of hours per subject is available by level of education.

Contact person/organisation

Get in touchhttps://ukdataservice.ac.uk/about-us/contactName of collection/source

Data on teachers' teaching and working time are from the 2019 OECD-INES Survey on Working Time of Teachers and School Heads.

Direct source

Bibliographic citation:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development: OECD Education Statistics(2020 Edition). UK Data Service. https://doi.org/10.5257/oecd/educ/2020

Reference period

Start: 2011
End: 2019

Date last updated

9th July 2021

Other data characteristics

Further detail as to the methodology used during the data collection for each indicator, the references to the sources and the specific notes for each country are available in Annex 3 of Education at a glance.

Annex 3 - Education at a glancehttps://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/education/education-at-a-glance-2020_69096873-enKey statistical concept

Detailed presentation and explanation of the ISCED 2011 classification and Key statistical concepts, definitions and methodologies underlying the indicators are available in the OECD Handbook for Internationally Comparative Education Statistics

OECD Handbook for Internationally Comparative Education Statistics 2018https://doi.org/10.1787/9789264304444-en