Interviewer instructions
Questions on education are not to be asked for people who are younger than five years old. For anyone under five years old, simply leave these columns blank.
The term “school” means formal schooling, which includes primary, secondary, and postsecondary schooling and any other intermediate levels of schooling in the formal school system. This definition of school does not include Bible school or Koranic school or short courses like typing or sewing. However, it does include technical or vocational training beyond the primary school level, such as long-term courses in mechanics or secretarial work.
If the person has never attended school, you will leave Columns (22) through (29) blank. If the person has attended school, you will record the highest level of school the person has attained in the first box on the left in Column (21). Do this by using the codes at the bottom of the page. Then record the highest grade (form/year) the person completed at that level in the two boxes to the right.
ü Example: A child who is currently in the third year of primary school (LEVEL 1) would have completed GRADE 02 (she has not yet completed the third year).
ü A man who completed all the grades of primary school would be LEVEL 1, GRADE 8.
ü A man who left during his first year of secondary school would be recorded as LEVEL 2 and GRADE 00 because the highest level he attended was secondary, but he did not finish any grade at that level.
ü A respondent knows her son went to primary school but does not know what grade he completed, you will record '1' for the level and '98' (DON'T KNOW) for the grade.
The questions in Column (23) through (25) are concerned with current school attendance. They should be asked of all persons age 5-24 years who ever attended school. The term “attending school” refers to whether the person generally attends school; it does not measure how often a person actually goes to school but whether the person attends school at all.
If a person goes to school occasionally, or usually goes to school but has been absent from school recently, record YES. Record 'NO' only if the person did not attend at all in the current school year. If the person was in school during the current school year, record the level (using the codes at the bottom of the page) and grade the person is attending in Column (24).
In column (25) we would like to find out the type of school the individual currently attends- whether it is a government school, a private or other type of school. If the respondent does not know the type of school then record 8.
For people age 5-24 who have ever been to school, you will also ask the question in column
(26) about whether the person attended school during the previous school year at the same time as the month of interview. If the person went to school during the previous school year, select 'YES' in Column (26) even if the person did not attend school for the entire school year. Record the level and grade the person attended during the previous school year in Column (27). When asking the questions in Columns (26) and (27) during school holidays, you should refer to the term preceding the school holidays.
