Academic qualifications refer to people's learning experience of receiving scientific and cultural knowledge training in educational institutions. At what level of educational institutions and training, a person has a corresponding education level. Broadly speaking, any learning experience can be an "education" for learners.
In society, what people usually call "educational background" refers to the educational background with specific significance and value, that is to say, what kind of educational background a person has refers to the last and highest level of a person's learning experience, which is proved by the educational certificates issued by schools and other educational institutions approved by the administrative department of education and with the power of issuing diplomas recognized by the state.