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853 Secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education


This group includes the provision of general secondary and technical and vocational secondary education.

This group also includes the provision of education programmes within or outside the school system, which are equivalent in content to programmes in secondary education but are intended for those considered too old to enter secondary schools. Examples of such programmes are adult literacy programmes, second chance or re-integration programmes.

This group excludes:

  • non-formal education and training, see 855