Education in Figures: Pocket Data Book
Education in Figures: Pocket Data Book — Moscow: National Research University — Higher School of Economics (HSE), 2012 — 80 p. — ISBN 978-5-7218-1273-6 (pbk).
Editorial Board:
Leonid Gokhberg, Yaroslav Kouzminov and Natalia Kovaleva
Authors:
Leonid Gokhberg, Vera Kouznetsova, Galina Kovaleva, Natalia Kovaleva, Olga Ozerova, Olga Shuvalova and Irina Zabaturina
The pocket data book contains main indicators characterizing trends in the development of preschool, general education, lower and secondary vocational education as well as higher and postgraduate professional education in the Russian Federation. It covers also key education indicators for the OECD countries.
The data book includes information of the Federal Service for State Statistics, Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) as well as results of own methodological and analytical studies of the Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge, National Research University – Higher School of Economics.
In some cases, data for 2010 is preliminary.
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