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Indicator 4.c.1 - Proportion of teachers in: (a) pre-primary (b) primary (c) lower secondary and (d) upper secondary education who have received at least the minimum organized teacher training (e.g. pedagogical training) pre-service or in-service required for teaching at the relevant level in a given country

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Unit: percent [%]
Source of data: the Ministry of Education and Science

Information about indicator

Name of the indicator 4.c.1 Proportion of teachers in (a) pre-primary (b) primary (c) lower secondary and (d) upper secondary education who have received at least the minimum organized teacher training (e.g. pedagogical training) pre-service or in-service required for teaching at the relevant level in a given country
Sustainable Development Goal Goal 4. Quality education
Target 4.c By 2030, substantially increase the supply of qualified teachers, including through international cooperation for teacher training in developing countries, especially least developed countries and small island developing States
Definition Number of teachers with appropriate education and pedagogical preparation, which allows them to teach at a given level of education in relation to the number of all teachers teaching at a given level.
Unit percent [%]
Available dimensions levels of education
Methodological explanations

The data comes from the Educational Information System (SIO), administered by the Ministry of National Education.

The presented values apply only to class teachers in institutions / schools for children and youth, teaching at education levels from 0 to 3 according to the ISCED 2011 classification. In order to avoid double counting, teachers teaching at different levels of education are allocated to the level at which they work the largest number of hours. Reference year: 2011 includes data for the school year 2010/2011, year - 2012 - data for the school year 2011/2012 etc.

Classification according to educational levels was made according to the International Standard Classification of Education ISCED 2011, where:

  • • ISCED 0: Early childhood education (less than primary for educational attainment)
  • • ISCED 1: Primary education
  • • ISCED 2: Lower secondary education
  • • ISCED 3: Upper secondary education
  • • ISCED 4: Post-secondary non-tertiary education
  • • ISCED 5, 6, 7, 8: Tertiary education

The adopted levels of education correspond to the following levels of ISCED 2011:

  • - pre-school education - ISCED 0
  • - primary school - ISCED 1
  • - junior high school - ISCED 2
  • - upper secondary school - ISCED 3
Source of data the Ministry of Education and Science
Data availability Annual data, since 2010
Notes In 2017/2018, a reform of the education structure was introduced. Due to the fact that nearly 100% of teachers in Poland are fully qualified, the indicator is no longer calculated. The value for 2020 is the last one published. Employment of a person who does not meet the qualification requirements provided for by the provisions of the education law takes place only in exceptional circumstances. Statistics from the SIO database show that in education levels ISCED 1 (pre-primary) to ISCED 4 (post-secondary), the proportion of teachers with incomplete qualifications is below 2%.
Data updated on 27-04-2021
Metadata updated on 28-04-2021