National Classification of Education 2014. Classification of programs, degrees and certifications in levels of training achieved (ISTAC: CL_CNED_A_2014)

The National Classification of Education CNED-2014 facilitates the comparison, integration and analysis of education data between various statistical operations and between countries. It is the result of the adaptation of the previous version, CNED-2000, to the changes introduced in the national education and training system since 2000, and to the new international framework defined by the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 2011, approved by UNESCO in 2011 and the Classification of Fields of Education and Training of ISCED 2013 (ISCED-F-2013), approved two years later.

The CNED-2014 is composed of three subclassifications:

• The classification of programs in educational levels (CNED-P)
• The classification of programs, degrees and certifications in levels of training achieved (CNED-A)
• The classification of programs and degrees in study sectors (CNED-F)

Like ISCED, the CNED has been revised in two phases: the first revised CNED-P and CNED-A, which entered into force in January 2014, and then revised CNED-F, which entered into force in January 2016. With this observation, and due to similarity with the CNED-2000, the 3 subclassifications are kept together with the general name of CNED-2014.