National Statistical Institute

Education and Culture Statistics Department

Elena Tsankova

State expert

2, P. Volov Str.; 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria

[email protected]

+359 2 9857 511

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.

· 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).

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.

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.

Pupils/students enrolled and graduated

Participants in formal education.

Whole country.

2005 - 2024

Not applicable.

Number and per cent.

Calendar year.

· 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.

Not applicable.

· 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.

In compliance to the Law on Statistics (Articles 25 and 26).

In accordance to the dates defined in the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute.

The calendar is available on the NSI website: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/480

In accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services.

Annual

Regular press release on the NSI's webpage.

· Education in the Republic of Bulgaria;

· Statistical Yearbook;

· Statistical Reference Book;

· 'Bulgaria' (brochure).

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

In accordance to the Rules for Provision of Anonymised Individual Data for Scientific and Research purposes.

Information services on request in accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services.

· Methodological documents of Eurostat;

· Survey Methodology: http://www.nsi.bg/sites/default/files/files/metadata/Edu_Meth_en.pdf

Quality report in accordance to the Commission Regulation No 88/2011.

A set of quality criteria have been set up within the Commission Regulation No 88/2011.

The national quality report provides users with basic information about quality at national level.

State and regional authorities, international organisations, national and foreign users.

Information is not available.

Information is not available.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

· 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.

Data are published at national level and delivered to Eurostat in time.

Fully comparable with all EU member states.

Partially comparable due to changes in the national legislation.

Data are coherent with Adult Education Survey and Continuing Vocational Training Survey.

Carried out quality tests, mainly on the coherency of the gathered information.

Information is not available.

In accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services.

In accordance to the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Products and Services.

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.

Annual

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.

Data validation is done by the National Statistical Institute and quality tests are carried out by Eurostat.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.