Participants who have not successfully completed ISCED level 1 should be treated in different ways depending on their age in relation to the customary exit age for ISCED level 1 (nationally defined but typically 10-12 years old):
- Those who are below the customary exit age should be considered as if ISCED level 1, and therefore recorded under the indicator for ISCED levels 1 and 2.
- Those who are above the customary exit age should be considered as ISCED level 0 and be recorded as “Other disadvantaged” and not counted in any of the educational attainment indicators (see Annex C1 and section 5.6.4 of Annex D of the EC Guidance document on Monitoring and Evaluation).