Education

This section includes education at any level or for any profession. The instructions may be oral or written and may be provided by radio, television, Internet or via correspondence. Education activities are those having an educational programme, a time frame and some evaluation of the knowledge achieved. It includes formal initial education at its different levels provided by the different institutions in the regular school system designed for students as a continuous educational pathway before their first entrance to the labour market, as well as formal education outside the regular school system with programme content and qualifications that are equivalent to those of such initial education (adult education, literacy programmes etc). Also included are activities provided by military schools and academies, prison schools etc. at their respective levels. This section includes compulsory and non-compulsory schooling and public as well as private education. For each level of education, the classes include special education for physically or mentally disabled persons. Groups 851, 852, 853 and 854 take into account the formal education activities. Educational institutions classified in groups 852 to 854 are authorised to certify successful completion of an educational programme, usually in the form of a document officially recognized by the relevant national education authorities.

This section includes nonformal instruction primarily concerned with sport and recreational activities such as tennis or golf and education support activities (in groups 855-856).