Idnskoli

Country: Iceland

Grammatical variants: I5nsk6la, idnskolar

Level: ISCED 3 and 4

Explanatory note: Institution offering:

• Full-time industrial vocational upper secondary education to students from the age of 16. Ad­mission is based on completion of > Grunnskoli. The majority of programmes last 4 years. Cour­ses in the certified trades end with the journey­man's examination, sveinsprof. Successful stu­dents receive the sveinsbref certificate, which gives access to the labour market for certified trades and to extension courses. Some other vocational programmes are offered conclu­ding with different final examinations. Evening courses for adults are also provided in idnskoli. One idnskoli offers distance learning courses.

• Post-secondary education courses open to those who have the sveinsprof qualification and one year's work experience in the trade. They last from one to three years leading to the meis-tarandm I idn examination and successful train­ees receive the meistarabref certificate. Holders of the certificate may exercise supervisory re­sponsibilities in the given field and recruit ap­prentices.

The Ministry of Education, Science and Culture has overall responsibility for these state-funded institutions, which are public. They are co-educa­tional and non-denominational. There are no tui­tion fees (except in the case of evening and dis­tance learning courses) but students pay an enrol­ment fee, the cost of their textbooks and in some vocational education courses part of the cost of materials.

Idrottsutbildningscenter Country: Finland

Grammatical variants: -centret, -centren

Level: ISCED 3 (A.Ed.)

Explanatory note: Swedish term for > Liikunnan koulutuskeskus.

IEES

Country: Luxembourg Level: ISCED 5

Explanatory note: Abbreviation of > Institut d'etudes educatives et sociales.

IEK

Country: Greece

Level: ISCED 4

Explanatory note: Abbreviation of > Institouto epaggelmatikis katartisis.

IES

Country: Spain Level: ISCED 2, 3 and 5

Explanatory note: Abbreviation of > Instituto de educacion secundaria.

Infant school

Country: United Kingdom (ENG/WLS) Level: ISCED 0 and 1

Explanatory note: A > Primary school which caters only for pupils up to the age of 7. Pupils move on to a > Junior school.

Instelling voor deeltijds kunstonderwijs Country: Belgium (Flemish Community) Grammatical variants: Instellingen voor deeltijds kunstonderwijs

Level: ISCED 1, 2, 3 and 4

Explanatory note: Institution offering part-time primary, secondary and post-secondary artistic education to children from the age of 6, young people and mature adults who enrol voluntarily and pay an enrolment fee. This part-time provi­sion complements full-time compulsory educa­tion and may be in one or more of 4 disciplines, namely visual arts, music, wordcraft and dance. Each discipline has its own structure, with levels and options laid down by law. In the disciplines of music, wordcraft and dance, provision begins when children are aged 8. Activities in each dis­cipline are at lower, intermediate and higher lev­els. Only in the discipline of visual arts is there

Institouto epaggelmatikis katartisis

also a specialist level. On successful completion of every level, pupils or students are awarded a cer­tificate (getuigschrift) to indicate that they have achieved the level concerned. For information on the authority responsible, status and funding, see I Basisschool.

Institouto epaggelmatikis katartisis (Ivotitouto ЕлаууЕЛцсгпкпс. катартюпс) Country: Greece

Grammatical variants: Institouta epaggelmatikis katartisis, institout*

Level: ISCED 4

Explanatory note: Institution offering full-time post-secondary vocational training to those who have satisfactorily completed I Gymnasio (in the case of certain areas of specialisation only), I Eniaio lykeio, or the second stage of I Techniko epaggelmatiko ekpaideftirio. The curriculum com­prises compulsory theoretical and practical sub­jects. Training lasts four semesters for trainees who hold the apolytirio eniaiou lykeiou. Those who have completed techniko epaggelmatiko ekpaideftirio continue to specialise in the same field as at TEE, while former gymnasio pupils undergo training lasting two semesters. The Organisation for Voca­tional Education and Training, which is supervised by the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs, is administratively responsible for these pub­lic and private institutions and funds only public institutions; private institutions are self funded. Tuition fees are payable in private institutions; in public institutions trainees pay only registration fees. Courses lead to the diploma of completion (diploma) that gives access to employment in the field of specialisation. Abbreviation: IEK.