Vocational training in Vocational Training Centers, Vocational Gymnasiums and Vocational Colleges| Contact |
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| Contact organisation | National Statistical Institute |
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| Contact organisation unit | Education and Culture Statistics Department |
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| Contact name | Elena Tsankova |
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| Contact person function | State expert |
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| Contact mail address | 2, P. Volov Str.; 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria |
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| Contact email address | ETsankova@nsi.bg |
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| Contact phone number | +359 2 9857 511 |
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| Contact fax number | |
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| Metadata update |
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| Metadata last certified | 20 May 2025 |
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| Metadata last posted | 20 May 2025 |
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| Metadata last update | 20 May 2025 |
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| Statistical presentation |
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| Data description | Statistics on vocational training in Vocational Training Centers, Vocational Gymnasiums and Vocational Colleges provide data on vocational training against payment for persons aged 16 years and over for the attainment of professional qualification level. |
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| Classification system | · International Standard Classification of Education, 2011 version (ISCED 2011); · Eurostat Fields of Education and Training, 1999 (FOET) and list of professions for vocational education and training; · ISCED Fields of Education and Training 2013 (ISCED-F 2013). |
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| Sector coverage | The survey covers all licensed Vocational Training Centers, Vocational Gymnasiums and until 2021 Vocational Colleges in Bulgaria, according to the Law on Vocational Education and Training. |
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| Statistical concepts and definitions | A pupil/student is every person enrolled in an educational program of formal education according to ISCED irrespective of the mode of attendance. Formal education includes educational programmes implemented in legitimate educational institutions created according to the existing legal order. Graduates are those pupils/students who have received a document for a completed level of education and/or professional qualification level from a legitimate educational institution, containing all the necessary records and stamps according to the law. |
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| Statistical unit | Pupils/students enrolled and graduated |
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| Statistical population | Participants in formal education. |
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| Reference area | Whole country. |
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| Time coverage | 2005 - 2024 |
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| Base period | Not applicable. |
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| Unit of measure |
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Number and per cent. |
| Reference period |
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Calendar year. |
| Institutional mandate |
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| Legal acts and other agreements | · Regulation (EC) N 452/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the production and development of statistics on education and lifelong learning; · Commission regulation (EU) No 88/2011; · Methodological documents of Eurostat; · Law on Statistics; · Law on Vocational Education and Training. |
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| Data sharing | Not applicable. |
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| Confidentiality |
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| Confidentiality - policy | · Law on Statistics; · 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. |
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| Confidentiality - data treatment | In compliance to the Law on Statistics (Articles 25 and 26). |
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| Release policy |
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| Release calendar | In accordance to the dates defined in the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute. |
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| Release calendar access | The calendar is available on the NSI website: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/480 |
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| User access | In accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services. |
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| Frequency of dissemination |
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Annual |
| Accessibility and clarity |
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| News release | Regular press release on the NSI's webpage. |
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| Publications | · Education in the Republic of Bulgaria; · Statistical Yearbook; · Statistical Reference Book; · 'Bulgaria' (brochure). |
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| On-line database | Data for Vocational training in Vocational Training Centers, Vocational Gymnasiums and Vocational Colleges are available to all users on the NSI's website under the heading Education and Lifelong Learning: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/4919 and via Information System Infostat: https://infostat.nsi.bg/infostat/pages/module.jsf?x_2=165 |
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| Micro-data access | In accordance to the Rules for Provision of Anonymised Individual Data for Scientific and Research purposes. |
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| Other | Information services on request in accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services. |
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| Documentation on methodology | · Methodological documents of Eurostat; · Survey Methodology: http://www.nsi.bg/sites/default/files/files/metadata/Edu_Meth_en.pdf |
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| Quality documentation | Quality report in accordance to the Commission Regulation No 88/2011. |
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| Quality management |
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| Quality assurance | A set of quality criteria have been set up within the Commission Regulation No 88/2011. |
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| Quality assessment | The national quality report provides users with basic information about quality at national level. |
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| Relevance |
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| User needs | State and regional authorities, international organisations, national and foreign users. |
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| User satisfaction | Information is not available. |
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| Completeness | Information is not available. |
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| Accuracy and reliability |
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| Overall accuracy | Not applicable. |
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| Sampling error | Not applicable. |
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| Non-sampling error | Not applicable. |
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| Timeliness and punctuality |
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| Timeliness | · Reference date: December 31; · Fieldwork: January - February (Vocational Gymnasiums and Vocational Colleges); · Processing: March - April; · Dissemination of national results: until 2023 - April from 2024 - May · Transmission of data to Eurostat: September. |
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| Punctuality | Data are published at national level and delivered to Eurostat in time. |
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| Coherence and comparability |
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| Comparability - geographical | Fully comparable with all EU member states. |
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| Comparability - over time | Partially comparable due to changes in the national legislation. |
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| Coherence - cross domain | Data are coherent with Adult Education Survey and Continuing Vocational Training Survey. |
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| Coherence - internal | Carried out quality tests, mainly on the coherency of the gathered information. |
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| Cost and burden |
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Information is not available. |
| Data revision |
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| Data revision - policy | In accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services. |
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| Data revision - practice | In accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services. |
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| Statistical processing |
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| Source data | Vocational Gymnasiums and Vocational Colleges. Vocational Training Centres provide data to the National Agency for Vocational Education and Training (NAVET), which are aggregated and processed by the NSI. |
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| Frequency of data collection | Annual |
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| Data collection | Exhaustive survey via electronic questionnaire 'Report on vocational training against payment for attaining a level of professional qualification from Vocational Gymnasiums and Vocational Colleges'. Exhaustive survey of Vocational Training Centres in collaboration with NAVET via information system. |
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| Data validation | Data validation is done by the National Statistical Institute and quality tests are carried out by Eurostat. |
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| Data compilation | Not applicable. |
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| Adjustment | Not applicable. |
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