Jordan ISCED Mapping
School Year reference: 2008
Used for indicators in
UIS
National ISCED
A B C D E F G H I J K L
Theoretical duration
Theoretical duration
entrance age
entrance age
Is the Programme
programme
destination
Theoretical
Theoretical
(in years)
ISCED97
Main diplomas, qualifications programme orientation or
Name of the education
ID Minimum entrance requirements or certificates awarded at end part of ISCED97 level Position in
programme
of programme Compulsory National
Education? Structure
Pre-primary
1 Kindergarten 3 years and 8 months old na 4 2 N 0 na na 4 2
education
Basic education, Yearly certificate grade by
2 5 years and 8 months old 6 6 Y Primary education 1 na na 6 6
1st cycle grade
Basic education, Completion of 1st cycle of basic Yearly certificate grade by Lower secondary
3 12 4 Y 2 A G 12 4
2nd cycle education grade education
Comprehensive secondary Completion of 2nd cycle of basic Secondary education
4 16 2 N A G
education education certificate
Upper secondary
3 16 2
education
Applied secondary Completion of 2nd cycle of basic Applied secondary
5 16 2 N C V
education education certificate
Secondary education certificate or
6 Bachelor community college diploma with Bachelor degree 18 4 N 4
high marks or teaching experience
First degree 18
Secondary education certificate or
7 Long bachelor community college diploma with Bachelor degree 18 5-6 N A 5-6
high marks
First stage of
5
8 Master Bachelor degree Master degree 22 2 N tertiary education Second degree 22 2
Community college diploma
Community college First
9 Secondary education certificate and success in the 18 2 N 18 2
programme qualification
comprehensive exam
B
Higher diploma Second
10 Bachelor degree Higher diploma 22 1 N 22 1
programme qualification
Second stage of
11 Doctorate Master degree Doctorate degree 24 3-4 N 6 na na 24 3-4
tertiary education
G = General
P = Pre-vocational
V = Vocational
na = not applicable
A, B, C = Destination categories
N.B: The mappings present the correspondence between the national structure and the international framework (ISCED). To produce internationally comparable indicators, the UIS calculates
participation indicators for ISCED levels 0-3, based on the entrance age and duration presented in columns K and L (ISCED), which may be different from columns E and F (national).
For tertiary education, however, UIS uses a standard formula to calculate the indicator for gross enrolment ratio (GER), which uses a population of the age-group corresponding to five
years following on from the secondary school leaving age (e.g. If the ending of secondary education is 17, then the age-group used for the tertiary GER will be 18-22).
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Used for indicators in
UIS
M
Notes
ISCED 5B qualifications may be
credited towards ISCED 5A
programmes.
Five year programmes in engineering,
pharmacy and dentistry; six year
programme in medicine.
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