Key facts
Code summary
Code 853
Official title Secondary/High School Education
Version PSIC 2019
Source layer PSA / BSP
Parent 85 - Education
Section P - Education
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PSIC 2019 Navigation-first hub Group 853 - Secondary/High School Education
PSIC Group 853 covers Secondary/High School Education. Direct children below it include General secondary education for children without special needs, General secondary education for children with special needs, and...
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Nearby codes
851
Pre-primary/pre-school education
852 Primary/elementary education Elementary education refers to the stage of compulsory formal education primarily concerned with providing basic education, and usually corresponding to six or seven grades. The core at this level consists of education for children, the customary or normal age of entrance to which is seven years. Programs in this level are designed to give the pupils a sound basic education in reading, writing, and arithmetic along with an elementary understanding of other subject areas such as social studies, science, arts and music, practical arts, and values education.
854 Higher education
855 Other education services
856 Educational support services
About this level
Practical summary
Group 853 sits in the PSIC 2019 hierarchy under P Education > 85 Education. This group usually narrows the choice to a small family of classes such as General secondary education for children without special needs, General secondary education for children with special needs, and Technical and vocational secondary education for children without special needs. It is useful when two or three neighboring activities look similar but should not be collapsed into one code.
Administrative context
Where this code is used
This group is used when reviewers compare a short list of classes such as General secondary education for children without special needs, General secondary education for children with special needs, and Technical and vocational secondary education for children without special needs and need to decide which family is the closest fit. It is common in internal classification review and administrative lookup work.
Selection note
How to choose it
Use this group when the activity sits between similar classes such as General secondary education for children without special needs, General secondary education for children with special needs, and Technical and vocational secondary education for children without special needs. The safest choice is the one whose wording matches the actual production, service or operating model most closely.
Official note
Source-backed description
This group includes formal education following the elementary education level usually corresponding to four years of high school, concerned primarily with continuing basic education and expanding it to prepare the students for higher education and/or the world of work through the acquisition of employable/gainful skills. The students at this level normally begin at age 13. Also included is the special education for exceptional students including the gifted, the mentally, psycho-socially and differently- abled which is similar to that at the first level but more advanced in terms of subject matter.
FAQ
What does PSIC Group 853 cover?
PSIC Group 853 clusters a smaller family of classes under Secondary/High School Education and is useful when the business sits between closely related options.
How do I compare Group 853 with sibling groups?
Look at the parent class and the nearby sibling groups. On this page, the most relevant nearby options are 851 Pre-primary/pre-school education and 852 Primary/elementary education Elementary education refers to the stage of compulsory formal education primarily concerned with providing basic education, and usually corresponding to six or seven grades. The core at this level consists of education for children, the customary or normal age of entrance to which is seven years. Programs in this level are designed to give the pupils a sound basic education in reading, writing, and arithmetic along with an elementary understanding of other subject areas such as social studies, science, arts and music, practical arts, and values education..
Why is Group 853 useful for classification?
It sits at the point where a broad sector is already narrowed enough to compare a small family of similar classes before the final code choice.