Educational Statistics

National Center for Education Statistics

The National Center for Education Statistics is an organization dedicated to carrying out national educational statistics projects belonging to the Korea Educational Development Institute, a government-funded research institute under the Prime Minister. The educational statistics project, which has been in place since 1962, is one of the key statistical projects in the social sector out of more than 1,000 state-approved statistics.

Educational statistics, becoming increasingly important as an essential element in enhancing national competitiveness, are used as core information for planning, implementing, evaluating, and researching various education programs, including scientific and comprehensive policy-making process in Korea.

The National Center for Education Statistics is continuously working to collect, analyze, and provide information on human resources necessary for the proper establishment and implementation of relevant policies in response to the national demands for statistics.

It was designated as the National Center for Education Statistics in 2017. Since 2018, the organization has been divided into the Center for Education Statistics Center and the Center for Education Indicators Research.

Basic research

A Study on the Innovation of Educational Statistics System / A Study on the Reliability, Accuracy, and Timeliness of Educational Statistics Survey/ A Study on the Analysis of Educational Statistics Survey results/ A Study on the Education Statistics Information Service

Statistical Survey

Early childhood, primary and secondary education statistics, Higher education statistics, Employment statistics of vocational upper-secondary education and higher education graduates,

Lifelong Education Statistics, International Education Statistics /OECD Educational Finance Survey / Development and Management of Survey Systems / Data Base development / Monitoring committees (i.e. education statistics committee)

Analysis & Information Service

Publication of Education Statistics Data Collection (i.e. Education Statistical Yearbook) / Education Statistics Service Call Center / Data-Base Analysis Service /

Education Statistics Service web-site, blog and mobile service portals / Open-lab for Education Statistics

System development

Survey system development / Upgrade & Development for Education Statistics Information Service System

Data-Base partnership and sharing system for relevant agencies / Computer resources management

International Cooperation

OECD's Indicators of Education Systems (INES) programme / Translation of "OECD indicators: Education at a Glance" into Korean / UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) partnership project / SDG4- Education 2030 partnership / Monitoring on the Global Education Competitiveness Indicators and World University Rankings