2008 - 2009
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SCHOOL
P O P U L AT I O N
school population in full-time education: 1,291,018 school population by educational level: nursery education primary education
245,459 409,425
elementary education 654,884
non-university tertiary education university education
secondary education (1) 454,694
tertiary education (2) (3)
109,795 71,645 181,440
500,000 454,694
nursery education primary education
409,425
400,000
non-university tertiary education university education 300,000 245,459
200,000 109,795
100,000
71,645
0
elementary education
secondary education
tertiary education
distribution over the educational networks in elementary and secondary education
regular elementary and secondary education OGO 16.7%
GO 15.1%
VGO 68.2%
special elementary and secondary education OGO 14.7%
GO 23.3%
VGO 62.0%
LIFELONG LEARNING adult education adult education (4) secondary adult education linear 11,127 modular 259,693 higher vocational adult education linear 3,215 modular 19,542 adult basic education Data not available B.I.S. (Supervised Individual Study) (5) 2,201
part-time art education: 167,647
(1) Not included: number of pupils in part-time secondary education: 6,935. (2) Bachelor courses, Master courses, Master courses following professional oriented bachelor, Candidate and Licence (old system; declining). (3) The data refer to all active inscriptions in a diploma contract in an institution for higher education on 30 June 2009. A student can have several inscriptions.
(4) Data for the reference period 1/9/2007-31/3/2008. (5) Work year 2008.
INSTITUTIONS institutions for full-time education: 3,596 institutions by educational level: autonomous nursery schools 170 autonomous primary schools 275 schools providing nursery and primary education 2,057 elementary education (1)
non-university tertiary education 22 university education 7
2,502 secondary education (2) 1,065 tertiary education
2,500 2,227
2,332
29
nursery education primary education
2,000
non-university tertiary education university education 1,500 1,065
1,000
500 22
0
elementary education
secondary education
7
tertiary education
distribution over the educational networks in elementary and secondary education
regular elementary and secondary education OGO 18.0%
special elementary and secondary education
GO 17.6%
VGO 65.9%
VGO 64.4%
adult education (3)
part-time art education:
GO 17.9%
OGO 16.2%
LIFELONG LEARNING secondary adult education higher vocational adult education adult basic education (4)
107 61 29
167
(1) The sum of the number of nursery schools and primary schools is higher than the number of elementary schools as 2,057 schools provide nursery as well as primary education. (2) Number of institutions in part-time secondary education: 48. (3) Data for the reference period 1/2/2007-31/3/2008. (4) The number of adult basic education centres is reduced to 13 regional centres (implementation of the Decree Adult Education since 1 September 2008).
GO stands for Community education VGO stands for subsidised private-authority education OGO stands for subsidised public-authority education
S TA F F number of staff members (1): 191,230 number of staff members by educational level: elementary education 68,713 secondary education 79,007 non-university tertiary education 12,460 university education (1) 11,268
adult education adult basic education part-time art education other (2)
7,360 809 5,530 6,083
40,000
17,699
35,939
35,347
35,000
13,482
men women
30,000
31,006 26,145
25,000
19,428
20,000
55+
15,000
14,685
13,391
10,000
8,293
5,000
3,662 3,334
0
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60+
age
staff members expressed as full-time equivalents 16,656 42,247
elementary education
58,903
secondary education
19,277 51,416
non-university tertiary education
70,693
3,828 9,838 6,010
university education(1)
8,175
adult education
2,244 3,257 5,501
adult basic education
619
part-time art education
temporary posts 1,075 3,045
tenured posts
4,120
total
1,580 3,453 5,033
other (2)
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
(1) Data for university education: academic year 2007-2008. (2) Staff of Pupil Guidance Centres, education inspectorate, pedagogic counselling, boarding schools,...
70
80
BUDGET Overall education budget (policy credits 2009): 9,206,871 thousand euro. Share of the education budget in the Flemish budget: 37.85%. education budget by educational level
(in thousands of euros) 4,000,000 3,595,763
3,500,000 3,000,000
2,881,017
2,500,000 2,000,000 1,633,483
1,500,000 1,000,000 592,675
500,000 0
307,274
elementary education
secondary education
tertiary education
adult education
196,659
part-time art education
not related to educational levels
percentage distribution of the education budget
not related to educational levels 6.4% part-time art education 2.1% adult education 3.3% elementary education tertiary education 31.3% 17.7% secondary education 39.1%
In 2006, the BBB operation remodelled the Flemish authorities into 13 homogeneous policy domains that are built on the same internal structure. The Education and Training policy area is the umbrella name for: • six autonomous bodies, which make up the Flemish education administration: o the Department of Education and Training that designs Flemish policy on education and training, and five agencies that implement this policy: o the Agency for Higher Education, Adult Education and Study Grants o the Agency for Infrastructure in Education o the Agency for Educational Communication o the Agency for Educational Services (nursery and primary education, secondary education, part-time education in the arts, pupil guidance centres, education inspectorate, educational supervision) o the Agency for Quality Assurance in Education and Training (since 1 May 2009) The Department as well as the five agencies function autonomously and are each managed by a senior civil servant. • the Flemish Minister for Education and Training, who, together with the senior civil servants of the six entities, sits on the Policy Council that directs and follows up on the policy domain. The Policy Council is the forum where the political and administrative levels consult each other and which supports the government in managing the policy domain. • the Flemish Education Council (VLOR), which acts as a strategic advisory body for the policy domain.
Education and Training policy area Minister
Policy Council Flemish Ministry of Education and Training
Department of Education and Training
Agency for Educational Services
Agency for Higher Education, Adult Education and Study Grants
Agency for Educational Communication
Management Committee
Agency for Quality Assurance in Education and Training
Agency for Infrastructure in Education
Responsible editor: L. Van Buyten, Secretary General
Flemish Education Council (VLOR)