International Standard Classification of Education : fields of education and training ISCED: fields of education and training

Child care and youth services are the study of the development and non-medical care of children and youths. It includes the study of recreation and leisure activities as a social service for school children and young adults.

Programmes and qualifications with the following main content are classified here:

• Child care
• Child recreation programmes
• Day care
• Non-medical care of disabled children
• Youth services
• Youth worker programmes

Study of early childhood education in pre-schools is excluded from this detailed field and included in detailed field 0112 'Training for pre-school teachers'.

Study of health care of children is excluded from this detailed field and included in detailed field 0913 'Nursing and midwifery'.