NACE-BEL Q—Education

Where Q sits

1. Q Education

Contains 1 narrower code

• 85 Education

What Q includes

• This section includes instruction at all levels and in all disciplines. Courses may be delivered orally or in writing and may be broadcast on radio, television, the internet, or via correspondence.
• Educational activities are those that include an educational program, a timetable, and an assessment of acquired knowledge.
• This section includes formal initial education at various levels, provided by institutions within the traditional school system, designed for students as a continuous educational pathway before their first entry into the labor market, as well as formal education outside the regular school system whose curriculum content and qualifications are equivalent to those of this initial education (adult education, literacy programs, etc.).
• Also included are activities provided at their respective levels by military schools and academies, prison schools, etc.
• This section includes compulsory and non-compulsory education, as well as public and private education.
• For each level of education, special education for individuals with physical or mental disabilities is also included.
• Groups 85.1 to 85.4 cover formal educational activities delivered according to the International Classification of Educational Programs (ICS-P 2011). The breakdown of categories in this section is based on the level of education delivered as defined by the ISC-P 2011 levels*. The activities of educational institutions providing courses at ISCED 2011 Level 0 are classified under class 85.10, at ISCED 2011 Level 1 under class 85.20, at ISCED 2011 Level 2 Category 24 and Level 3 Category 34 under class 85.31, at ISCED 2011 Level 2 Category 25 and Level 3 Category 35 under class 85.32, at ISCED 2011 Level 4 under class 85.33, and at ISCED 2011 Levels 5 to 8 under group 85.4.
• Educational institutions classified in groups 85.2 to 85.4 are authorized to certify successful completion of an educational program, generally in the form of a document officially recognized by the competent national education authorities.
• Note: * The correspondences between educational levels and the names of qualifications in the national language are available here: https://europa.eu/!mDwYbG
• This section is also based on the distinction between formal and non-formal educational programs provided by the European Classification of Learning Activities (ECLA). It therefore also includes non-formal education primarily focused on sports, arts, and recreational activities, as well as teaching support activities, under groups 85.5 and 85.6.
• This section also includes teaching activities carried out by independent/self-employed/individual/self-employed teachers (tutors, academics, instructors); these activities must be classified in group 85.5.
• This section also includes activities related to the administration, inspection, operation, or support of schools and other educational institutions, as well as the coordination of sports programs.

What Q excludes

• Childcare (daycare) activities, see 88.91

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