secondary education (ISCED levels 2 and 3 – EQF levels 2 to 4)

Educational activities building on primary education and preparing for labour market entry, postsecondary non-tertiary education or tertiary education.

Comment
  • ISCED distinguishes between lower and upper secondary education;
  • secondary education aims at learning at an intermediate level of complexity.
Source

Based on UNESCO, 2011.

Related term(s)
European qualifications framework for lifelong learning (EQF)
International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 2011
lower secondary education (ISCED level 2 – EQF level 3)
post-secondary (non-tertiary) education (ISCED level 4 – EQF level 5)
primary education (ISCED level 1 – EQF levels 1 or 2)
secondary school leaving certificate
upper secondary education (ISCED level 3 – EQF levels 3 and 4)