ElementaryOVERVIEW education Leerlingen SCHOOL POPULATION 1 GENERAL 1 School population in Flemish education 2011-2012 Full-time education
Part-time secondary education
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION (1)
Part-time vocational secondary education (1)
Nursery education
Adult education
1,967
Primary education
432,291
Special primary education
24,645
Secondary adult education (3)
311,779
Adult basic education (3)
65,950
725,282
Total
Part-time arts education
SECONDARY EDUCATION (1) Full-time regular secondary education Special secondary education
419,207 20,130 439,337
Total HOGER ONDERWIJS Associate degree nursing (2)
7,062
Higher vocactional adult education (3)
16,947
Specific teacher training (3)
8,500
University colleges Universities
8,864
266,379
Special nursery education
120,081
(4)
108,728
(4)
Part-time arts education
2013-2014
2014-2015
2015-2016
2016-2017
Part-time vocational secondary education (1)
8,241
8,636
8,867
8,807
8,754
8,864
322,744
328,087
324,903
325,870
316,860
311,779
45,283
45,780
47,861
52,506
58,850
65,950
173,486
174,102
175,251
175,804
177,798
178,624
Adult education Secondary adult education (3) Adult basic education (3) Part-time arts education
178,624
(5)
2012-2013
Part-time secondary education
(1) Elementary and secondary education: number of pupils enrolled (all enrolments) on 1 February 2017. (2) Associate degree nursing: number of pupils enrolled on 1 February 2017. (3) Higher vocational adult education, specific teacher training, secondary adult education and adult basic education: number of unique enrolments on a programme for the reference period 1/4/2016 - 31/3/2017. (4) University colleges and universities: Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes. Data refer to all active enrolments in a degree contract in an institution for higher education on 30 June 2017. A student may have several enrolments. (5) Part-time arts education: number of students eligible for funding. Individuals enrolled on more than one course of study are counted more than once.
Part-time arts education (5)
(1) Elementary and secondary education: number of pupils enrolled (all enrolments) on 1 February. (2) Associate degree nursing: number of pupils enrolled on 1 February. (3) Higher vocational adult education, specific teacher training, secondary adult education and adult basic education: number of unique enrolments on a programme for the reference period 1 April - 31 March. (4) University colleges and universities: Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes. Data refer to all active enrolments in a degree contract in an institution for higher education on 30 June. A student may have several enrolments. (5) Part-time arts education: number of students eligible for funding. Individuals enrolled on more than one course of study are counted more than once.
2 Changes in the school population by level of education 2011-2012
2012-2013
2013-2014
2014-2015
2015-2016
2016-2017
Full-time education NURSERY EDUCATION (1) Regular
262,603
265,953
269,197
268,453
267,756
266,379
1,986
2,023
2,042
2,000
1,984
1,967
264,589
267,976
271,239
270,453
269,740
268,346
Regular
386,696
392,351
399,729
411,097
422,911
432,291
Special
28,566
28,481
28,307
27,483
25,578
24,645
Special Total PRIMARY EDUCATION (1)
Total
415,262
420,832
428,036
438,580
448,489
456,936
Total elementary education
679,851
688,808
699,275
709,033
718,229
725,282
420,685
418,817
417,469
416,847
418,228
419,207
SECONDARY EDUCATION (1) Regular Special Total secondary education
19,835
20,177
20,495
20,661
20,333
20,130
440,520
438,994
437,964
437,508
438,561
439,337
6,255
6,869
7,383
7,402
7,434
7,062
18,235
17,913
17,989
17,862
17,442
16,947
9,199
9,305
9,425
9,355
8,840
8,500
128,498
132,120
112,360
115,359
117,587
120,081
82,113
84,177
108,771
108,896
108,757
108,728
TERTIARY EDUCATION Associate degree nursing (2) Higher vocational adult education Specific teacher training University colleges Universities
(4)
(4)
(3)
(3)
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ElementaryOVERVIEW education Leerlingen EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS 1 GENERAL 1 Educational institutions in Flemish education Full-time education ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
ElementaryOVERVIEW education Leerlingen STAFF 1 GENERAL 1 Staff by level of education expressed in number of persons
Part-time secondary education Part-time vocational secondary education
(1) (2)
Tenured posts (4)
M
48
Autonomous nursery schools
162
Autonomous primary schools
250
Adult education
Schools providing nursery and primary education
2,191
Secondary adult education (5)
99
Associate degree nursing
Adult basic education
13
Higher vocational adult education and specific teacher training
Total
2,603
Special secondary education (2) Total
Secondary education
939
Part-time arts education
168
119 1,058
TERTIARY EDUCATION Associate degree nursing (3)
20
Higher vocational adult education and specific teacher training (5)
33
University colleges
16
Universities
(1)
6
(1) Autonomous nursery schools organise nursery education only. Autonomous primary schools organise primary education only. (2) Excluding the so-called ‘type 5-schools’. These schools organise special education of type 5 only (for pupils with long-term illness). In special elementary education, 6 schools organise nursery and primary education. In special secondary education there are 5 schools organising type 5-education. In order to avoid double counts, the pupils enrolled in special education type 5 are not included in the figures. (3) 16 of the 939 schools organising full-time regular secondary education also organise the courses for the associate degree in nursing. Beside these schools, 4 schools only organise the courses for the associate degree in nursing. In the table above, the 16 schools referred to in this footnote are reported under both full-time regular secondary education and associate degree nursing. (4) 42 of these 939 schools also organise part-time vocational secondary education. There are 5 schools that only organise part-time vocational secondary education. In the table above, the 42 schools referred to in this footnote are reported under both full-time secondary education and part-time vocational education. (5) During reference period 1/4/2016-31/3/2017 there were 117 centres for adult education, 99 of which offered secondary adult education and 33 of which offered higher adult education. This means some centres organized secondary as well as higher adult education.
Secondary adult education Adult basic education
Staff of pupil guidance centres, education inspectorate, educational advisory service, boarding schools, … Total Universities
M
F
T
M
F
T
47,483
54,598
2,615
18,537
21,152
9,730
66,020
75,750
20,172
36,643
56,815
7,025
12,219
19,244
27,197
48,862
76,059
153
993
1,146
65
349
414
218
1,342
1,560
244
312
556
364
308
672
608
620
1,228
2,441
3,706
6,147
1,983
2,631
4,614
4,424
6,337
10,761
1,138
2,833
3,971
959
1,845
2,804
2,097
4,678
6,775
-
-
-
192
1,118
1,310
192
1,118
1,310
1,600
2,418
4,018
710
1,026
1,736
2,310
3,444
5,754
903
3,348
4,251
339
1,686
2,025
1,242
5,034
6,276
33,766
97,736
131,502
14,252
39,719
53,971
48,018
(4)
Part-time arts education
T
Total
7,115 (2)
University colleges (3)
Part-time arts education
SECONDARY EDUCATION Full-time regular secondary education (3) (4)
Elementary education
F
Temporary posts
137,455 185,473
n/a
(5)
n/a
n/a
2 Staff by level of education expressed in number of full-time equivalents Tenured posts M Elementary education Secondary education
(1)
Associate degree nursing
(2)
Higher vocational adult education and specific teacher training University colleges (3) Secondary adult education Adult basic education
(4)
Part-time arts education Staff of pupil guidance centres, education inspectorate, educational advisory service, boarding schools, … Total Universities
(5)
F
Temporary posts T
M
F
Total T
M
F
T
6,641
41,055
47,696
2,222
15,493
17,715
8,863
56,548
65,411
19,035
31,763
50,798
6,285
10,759
17,044
25,320
42,522
67,842
124
835
959
42
276
318
166
1,111
1,277
187
247
434
170
202
372
357
449
806
2,156
3,028
5,184
1,236
1,894
3,130
3,392
4,922
8,314
952
2,255
3,207
623
1,337
1,960
1,575
3,592
5,167
-
-
-
156
824
980
156
824
980
1,382
1,909
3,291
392
601
993
1,774
2,510
4,284
821
2,672
3,493
295
1,341
1,636
1,116
4,013
5,129
31,298
83,764
115,062
11,421
32,727
44,148
42,719
116,491
159,210
n/a
n/a
n/a
(1) Staff in full-time and part-time secondary education. (2) The nursing courses at the 4th stage of vocational education became associate degree (HBO5) programmes in 2009-10. (3) In the data on the university colleges, visiting professors and mandate fees are not included in the number of full-time equivalents. (4) Since 1 September 2008 the staff members working at adult basic education centres have been paid directly by the Education and Training policy area. The Education and Training policy area functions as a third-party payment provider for staff members who have an employment contract with the adult basic education centre but are not paid through any other channel. This third-party payment scheme was introduced on the basis of the Decree on Adult Education (15 June 2007). (5) The data for February 2017 were not yet available at the time of publication.
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ElementaryOVERVIEW education Leerlingen STAFF 1 GENERAL 3 Staff by age group and gender (1)
5 Changes in staff by level of education expressed in number of full-time equivalents
age
2011-2012 (6) 3,526
60+
4,988
13,958
50-59
40-49
30-39
5,855
20-29
22,079
55,334
56,242
56,863
Special elementary education
8,312
8,468
8,520
8,596
8,623
8,548
61,593
61,079
60,513
60,078
59,793
59,580
7,416
7,661
7,944
8,110
8,245
8,262
978
1,047
1,143
1,233
1,262
1,277
805
786
791
811
821
806
University colleges (3)
9,831
9,923
8,643
8,282
8,280
8,314
Secondary adult education
4,832
4,918
4,983
5,071
5,117
5,167
672
692
707
812
899
980
Part-time arts education
4,237
4,259
4,270
4,314
4,305
4,284
Staff of pupil guidance centres, education inspectorate, educational advisory service, boarding schools, ...
5,144
5,149
5,152
5,147
5,153
5,129
154,942
157,850
157,212
157,788
158,740
159,210
8,618.20
8,690.06
10,420.47
10,503.44
10,528.87
n/a
Adult basic education
number
30,000
20,000
10,000
Men
0
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
Women
(1) Excluding staff employed by universities.
Total Universities
4 Changes in staff by evel of education expressed in number of persons 2011-2012
2012-2013
2013-2014
2014-2015
2015-2016
2016-2017
Regular elementary education
60,377
62,203
63,171
64,013
64,793
65,838
Special elementary education
9,620
9,712
9,799
9,907
9,889
9,912
Regular secondary education
69,507
68,527
67,973
67,419
66,809
66,830
Special secondary education
8,296
8,472
8,801
9,020
9,151
9,229
Associate degree nursing (2)
1,203
1,291
1,399
1,498
1,537
1,560
Higher vocational adult education and specific teacher training
1,308
1,261
1,245
1,248
1,243
1,228
12,592
12,705
11,142
10,637
10,607
10,761
6,331
6,417
6,511
6,585
6,627
6,775
899
914
950
1,077
1,194
1,310
Part-time arts education
5,708
5,728
5,755
5,761
5,737
5,754
Staff of pupil guidance centres, education inspectorate, educational advisory service, boarding schools, ...
6,270
6,269
6,282
6,228
6,248
6,276
182,111
183,499
183,028
183,393
183,835
185,473
12,169
12,405
15,085
15,346
15,487
n/a
(1)
University colleges (3) Secondary adult education Adult basic education
Total Universities
(5)
(4)
2016-2017
54,546
(1)
(2)
Higher vocational adult education and specific teacher training
41,308
12,943
2015-2016
53,868
Associate degree nursing
34,938
2014-2015
51,122
Special secondary education 11,736
2013-2014
Regular elementary education Regular secondary education
34,142
2012-2013
(5)
(4)
(1) Staff in full-time and part-time secondary education. (2) The nursing courses at the 4th stage of vocational education became associate degree (HBO5) programmes in 2009-10. (3) In the data on the university colleges, visiting professors and mandate fees are not included in the number of full-time equivalents. (4) Since 1 September 2008 the staff members working at adult basic education centres have been paid directly by the Education and Training policy area. The Education and Training policy area functions as a third-party payment provider for staff members who have an employment contract with the adult basic education centre but are not paid through any other channel. This third-party payment scheme was introduced on the basis of the Decree on Adult Education (15 June 2007). (5) The data for February 2017 were not yet available at the time of publication. (6) The number of full-time equivalents in January 2012 may be lower than normal due to a strike. This strike is not taken into account in the calculation of the budgetary full-time equivalents.
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ElementaryOVERVIEW education Leerlingen BUDGET 1 GENERAL
ElementaryOVERVIEW education Leerlingen INFRASTRUCTURE 1 GENERAL
1 Overall education budget (in thousands of euros)
1 Approved subsidy amounts and approved subsidy applications by educational level in 2016 (1)
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
Changes in the Flemish education budget
10,386,131
10,649,922
10,876,663
10,810,834
11,122,196
11,370,673
The education budget as a percentage of the Flemish budget
38.63%
38.50%
38.84%
28.60%
27.50%
25.88%
2 Distribution of the education budget by educational level
2.1% 3.8%
6.1%
34.5%
16.6%
37.0%
Elementary education
Adult education
Secondary education
Part-time arts education
Tertiary education
Not related to educational levels
VGO
2017
44,304,087
64
143,867,863
1,154
Special elementary education
5,978,302
60
1,418,910
3
7,397,212
63
Full-time regular secondary education
68,526,226
614
5,595,137
21
74,121,363
635
Special secondary education
9,107,998
44
1,061,432
3
10,169,430
47
Part-time vocational secondary education
-
-
-
-
-
-
8,276,637
43
65,415
1
8,342,053
44
46,698
2
-
-
46,698
2
1,315,372
20
-
-
1,315,372
20
2,086,263
57
-
-
2,086,263
57
194,901,272
1,930
52,444,981
92
247,346,253
2,022
Total
2015
2016
2017
Elementary education
3,467,787
3,641,127
3,711,241
3,737,469
3,874,401
3,921,519
Secondary education
4,097,863
4,138,240
4,209,647
4,145,601
4,183,404
4,204,167
1,644,017
1,683,145
1,746,645
1,707,300
1,753,481
1,883,323
Tertiary education Adult education
370,347
374,996
388,591
393,344
426,183
432,795
Part-time arts education
224,098
228,895
232,842
232,296
238,933
238,312
Number of subsidy applications
Amount (in euros)
1,090
Boarding schools
2014
Number of subsidy applications
Amount (in euros)
99,563,776
Pupil guidance centres
2013
Total
Regular elementary education
Part-time arts education
2012
Number of subsidy applications
Amount (in euros)
Adult education
3 Changes in the education budget by educational level (in thousands of euros)
OGO
2 Approved subsidy amounts and approved subsidy applications by province in 2016 VGO Amount (in euros)
OGO
Number of subsidy applications
Amount (in euros)
Total
Number of subsidy applications
Amount (in euros)
Number of subsidy applications
Antwerp
39,317,570
466
32,820,753
38
72,138,323
504
Flemish Brabant
25,282,721
259
7,976,758
9
33,259,479
268
BCR
11,529,793
60
442,744
6
11,972,537
66
West Flanders
45,437,046
437
3,867,150
8
49,304,195
445
East Flanders
52,315,892
470
7,336,104
30
59,651,996
500
Limburg
21,018,250
238
1,471
1
21,019,721
239
194,901,272
1.930
52,444,981
92
247,346,253
2,022
Total
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ElementaryOVERVIEW education Leerlingen SCHOOL AND STUDY ALLOWANCES 1 GENERAL 1 School and study allowances by educational level
ElementaryOVERVIEW education Leerlingen NARIC 1 GENERAL
(National Academic Recognition Information Centre)
1 Number of applications in 2016 Number of applications
Number of applications
Number of allowances granted (1)(2)
Percentage of allowances granted
Total amount of allowances granted (in euros)
Equivalence Average allowance (in euros)
Nursery education
79,380
49,234
62.02%
4,589,101
93.21
Primary education
161,706
104,385
64.55%
13,800,571
132.21
Secondary education of which
181,786
115,455
63.51%
50,333,256
435.96
- Full-time secondary education
175,794
112,621
64.06%
49,534,631
439.83
- Part-time secondary education
5,992
2,834
47.30%
798,626
281.80
3,642
1,587
43.57%
2,047,574
1,290.22
852
474
55.63%
120,986
255.25
Tertiary education of which
78,959
43,566
55.18%
74,199,325
1,703.15
- University colleges
48,139
28,129
58.43%
46,058,101
1,637.39
- Universities
27,823
15,111
54.31%
27,313,551
1,807.53
2,997
326
10.88%
827,672
2,538.87
506,325
314,701
62.15%
145,090,813
Associate degree nursing Syntra
- Unknown Total
(3)
(1) As known on 20/08/2017. (2) School allowances are awarded to pupils in nursery, primary and secondary education; study allowances are awarded to students in higher education. (3) The type of tertiary education is not known (because the student is studying abroad or in another Community of Belgium).
Note: The data above are not yet final as a number of applicants are still under consideration (47,148 applicants) for the school year 2016-2017. Due to this, the number of allowances granted may increase further.
79
Higher education: level equivalence
645
Higher education: full equivalence
1,442
Secondary education: level equivalence
1,453
Secondary education: full equivalence
218
Certificates
258
Professional recognition
119
Referrals/rejections
153
Legal precedents
1
Total
4,368
2 Number of decisions in 2016 (1) Procedure
Positive (2)
Negative (3)
Other (4)
Higher education: level equivalence
303
7
41
Higher education: full equivalence
512
58
331
Secondary education: level equivalence
986
5
8
Secondary education: full equivalence Total
49
11
1
1,850
81
381
(1) A file needs to be completed before a final decision can be taken. For this reason incomplete files are not taken into account. (2) The person concerned receives the equivalence (s)he applied for or for which the file was initially examined. (3) In case of a negative decision equivalence is not granted.
3 Top 10 countries of origin of applicants in 2016 Country
Number
The Netherlands
537
Syria
419
Belgium
256
Iraq
229
Morocco
217
Romania
139
Poland
129
Russia
112
Ukraine
93
Germany
91
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ElementaryOVERVIEW education Leerlingen EXAMINATION BOARD 1 GENERAL A Elementary education 1 Number of participants to obtain a certificate of elementary education by province in 2016 (1)(2) Number of participants Antwerp
Elementary educationBOARDING LeerlinOVERVIEW SCHOOLS 1 GENERAL 1 Number of subsidised/financed boarding schools and boarders (1)(2)(3) Number of boarders
Number of passed
Number of boarding schools
Nursery education
Primary education
Secondary education
Associate degree nursing
Total number of boarders
121
96
Flemish Brabant
14
13
West Flanders
8
5
GO
31
32
361
1,821
4
2,218
East Flanders
7
5
VGO
104
65
814
6,702
130
7,711
Limburg
4
2
OGO
4
7
58
78
31
174
154
121
Total
139
104
1,233
8,601
165
10,103
(1) Een deelnemer is een kandidaat die minstens 1 examen heeft afgelegd.
Total
(1) A participant is a candidate who has passed at least 1 examination. (2) The data by province refer to the province of the schools (where the examination takes place).
(1) Count date: 1 February 2017. (2) Boarding schools with fewer than 30 boarders for two consecutive school years are not included, as they cannot be financed or subsidised. (3) The following pupils and students are not reported in the data: 51 boarders in university colleges, 16 boarders in universities and 24 boarders in European schools.
B Secondary education 1 Number of registrations, enrollments and participants in 2016 Number of registrations
Number of enrolments
Number of participants
Male
2,448
2,179
2,919
Female
2,038
1,875
2,452
4,486
4,054
5,371
Total
The figures above reflect the number of unique candidates who in 2016 were effectively enrolled in and paid for a course of study (enrolments) after they registered (registrations) at an information session.
2 Succes rate by stage and type of secondary education in 2016 For 67% of all individual exams held by the Examination Board of the Flemish Community the candidate gained at least 50% of the marks. Subdivided according to type of education the success rate proved highest in vocational secondary education, followed by secondary education in the arts and technical secondary education. In general secondary education only slightly more than half of the candidates passed the examination. Number of exams Examination Board
Passed
35,276
Failed 23,538
Passed Per stage
11,738 Failed
67% % passed
1st stage
359
161
69%
2nd stage
894
466
66%
3rd stage
22,285
11,111
67%
Passed Type of secondary education
% passed
1st stage General Vocational Arts Technical
Failed
% passed
359
161
69%
3,772
3,092
55%
15,759
5,867
73%
288
176
62%
3,360
2,442
58%
3. Study certificates awarded by the Examination Board in 2016 Certificate 1st stage
23
Certificate 2nd stage
31
Diploma Secondary education
1,447
Total
1,501
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ElementaryOVERVIEW education Leerlingen PUPIL GUIDANCE CENTRES 1 GENERAL 1 Number of pupil guidance centres by educational network GO
VGO
Pupil guidance centres Permanent support units Total
ElementaryOVERVIEW education Leerlingen PUPIL TRANSPORT 1 GENERAL 1 Number of transported pupils by educational level and educational network
OGO
GO (1)
Total
F
5
72
Regular elementary education
1,063
853
257
2,173
1
1
1
3
Special elementary education
7,027
16,021
4,062
27,110
25
44
6
75
Total elementary education
8,090
16,874
4,319
29,283
Regular secondary education
38
92
-
130
Special secondary education
5,143
11,522
2,099
18,764
Total secondary education
5,181
11,614
2,099
18,894
13,271
28,488
6,418
48,177
Temporary posts T
M
F
Total
T
M
F
T
GO
60
408
468
16
181
197
76
589
665
VGO
178
1,155
1,333
39
498
537
217
1,653
1,870
OGO
26
129
155
2
82
84
28
211
239
Total
264
1,692
1,956
57
761
818
321
2,453
2,774
2 Number of transported pupils by transport mode GO (1) Pupils transported collectively Pupils transported individually Total
3 Changes in staff of pupil guidance centres (full-time equivalents) 2011-2012 Tenured posts Temporary posts Total
2012-2013
Total
43
Total M
OGO
24
2 Staff of pupil guidance centres by legal status and gender (full-time equivalents) Tenured posts
VGO
2013-2014
2014-2015
2015-2016
2016-2017
2,040
2,001
2,004
1,964
1,975
1,956
702
748
735
775
778
818
2,742
2,749
2,739
2,739
2,753
2,774
(2) (3)
VGO
OGO
Total
11,114
21,994
4,966
38,074
2,157
6,494
1,452
10,103
13,271
28,488
6,418
48,177
(1) For Community education only pupils within the zones are taken into account. (2) A collectively transported pupil is a pupil using a special transport service with a minimum capacity of 7, financed or subsidised by the Flemish Community. Since 1 September 2001 this transport has been organised by the Flemish public bus company. (3) An individually transported pupil is a pupil using public transport or a transport service with a capacity lower than 7, for which the Flemish Community contributes to the transport costs based on official public transport fares.
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