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Compiled by: Flemish authorities Education and Training policy area Hendrik Consciencegebouw Koning Albert II-laan 15 1210 Brussel Co-ordination: Departmental Staff Website: http://www.ond.vlaanderen.be/onderwijsstatistieken Responsible editor: Ludy Van Buyten, Secretary-General Deposit number: D/2008/3241/216 Layout and printing: Goekint Graphics, Oostende
Data may be reproduced if the sources are stated.
PUPILS
The number of pupils in this leaflet refers to the number of pupils and students enrolled on February 1, 2008. For non-university tertiary education and university education regular (first) enrolments in professional and academic bachelor courses, master courses and basic and initial teacher training courses are registered. In social advancement education, part-time education in the arts and supervised individual study (B.I.S.), enrolment rates are recorded. These rates may be higher than the number of physical persons as a pupil may be enrolled in several courses. In social advancement education, enrolments are counted for training programmes which were started in the period of reference (from 1 February 2006 up to and including 31 January 2007). The data for the reference period that starts 1/2/2007 were not available at time of publication In order to avoid double counts, the pupils enrolled in special education due to long-term illness (pupils in type 5 special education) are not included in the figures of special education (139 pupils in special nursery education, 216 pupils in special primary education and 238 pupils in special secondary education). Pupils and students enrolled in French language schools or in French language sections of Dutch language schools coming under the authority of the Flemish authorities are not included in the figures either. Yet, for higher education, courses in other languages are included in the figures. Since the 2004-2005 academic year, Flemish tertiary education has been organising courses leading to Bachelor and Master degrees. In Flanders, Bachelor courses are professionally oriented or academically oriented. Academically oriented bachelor programmes are mainly intended to make students pass on to master courses. A professionally oriented bachelor can take a master course after successful completion of a bridging programme. The study volume of bachelor courses amounts to minimum 180 credits. The study volume of master courses amounts to minimum 60 credits. As from the 2005-2006 academic year, the traditional year system is replaced by a more flexible system of credits.
SCHOOLS
A school is an institution which provides education and which is managed by one school head. In continuing education, the term “centre for adult education� is used. Institutions providing special education type 5 are not included in the figures (6 schools in special nursery education, 6 schools in special primary education and 4 schools in special secondary education).
STAFF
Staff statistics only register staff members either paid directly by the Education and Training policy domain or staff members whose salaries are covered by the block grant awarded to higher education. As a consequence, staff members benefiting from the pre-pension scheme (TBS55+) are included in the figures. Maintenance, technical and service staff in subsidised educational networks is not included. Subsidised contractual staff is not taken into account either, as these staff members are not fully paid by the Education and Training policy domain. Contractual staff in tenured posts are included in the figures. Staff data on the 2007-2008 school year relate to January 2008, as known in June 2008. University staff data were provided by the Flemish Interuniversity Council (Vl.I.R.) and relate to February 1, 2007. Data on the 2007-2008 academic year were not available at the time of going to press of this publication.
As far as education staff is concerned, a distinction is made between managing and teaching staff on the one hand and other staff categories on the other. Managing staff consists of school heads and deputy heads. Teaching staff carries out a teaching assignment or benefiting from the pre-pension sheme. Other staff categories comprise administrative staff, manual staff of Community education, educational support staff, paramedic staff, staff of Pupil Guidance Centres, inspectorate staff, educational supervision staff, staff in boarding schools and child carers in nursery education. In elementary education, managing and teaching staff includes, as of the 2003-2004 school year, physical education teachers (in nursery education) and special care co-ordinators. Numbers of staff members are expressed in physical persons. Physical persons are registered for the education level and education network where they carry out their main teaching assignment. The number of staff members expressed in full-time equivalents is the sum of all partial assignments of all staff members (in other words including the replacements of less than one year). In colleges of higher education, teaching assignments of visiting professors and mandate fees are not included in the full-time equivalents. As for university education, figures on staff include visiting professors and early retired in terms of staff members, but not in the budgetary full-time equivalents.
BUDGET
The budget is expressed in terms of available operating appropriations which are estimated annually and entered into the (adjusted) expenditure budget of the Flemish authorities. The operating appropriations comprise non-differentiated appropriations, differentiated commitment appropriations, variable appropriations, authorisations and additional appropriations of previous years, decreased by appropriations intended to cover the liquidation of commitments and by expenditure intended to cover debt load. The term available appropriations means that these appropriations in addition to the appropriations mentioned above also comprise the share of overall provisions (mainly index and collective agreement) and reallocations of appropriations. Data for 2008 relate to the appropriations after the first budgetary control. Certain cross-level expenses, of which the breakdown among the different levels is known, are allocated to the respective levels (amongst other things educational priority policy and investments). Without this adjustment one gets a distorted picture of the actual expenses per level. For 2008 the actual data are not available yet and the same breakdown as in 2007 was proposed. Thus, these figures do not take account of the efforts paid by other (local) authorities, nor of the efforts paid by parents, schools and private companies. The cost per pupil is calculated on the basis of the number of pupils eligible for funding. A pupil eligible for funding is a regularly registered pupil who gets a weighting factor on the grounds of certain criteria such as education level, course of study, origin, ... The number of pupils eligible for funding defines the size of the operating budget and the staff of each education institution. Amounts are expressed in thousands of euros, unless specified otherwise.
STRUCTURE OF FLEMISH EDUCATION STRUCTURE OF FLEMISCH EDUCATION SCHOOL YEAR 2005-2006 SCHOOL YEAR 2007 - 2008
Bachelor following bachelor
Minimum of 60 study points Minimum of 60 study points
study points
Minimum of 60
Master following master
Master Bridging course
Minimum of 180 study points
TERTIARY EDUCATION
Doctor (Universities only)
Professional bachelor
Academic bachelor
COLLEGES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION ONLY (3)
UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES FOR HIGHER EDUCATION (ASSOCIATION) (4)
Theoretical age
Vocational (1)
4th stage
years
16
VII General
VI V
VII Art
VI V
VII Technical
VI V
VII
VI V
Vocational
3rd stage
16 14
General
IV III
IV III
Art
PART-TIME
IV III
Technical
V IV III
Vocational
2nd stage
14 12
II I
A
Pre-vocational
B
SPECIAL EDUCATION
SECONDARY EDUCATION (2)
18
II I
1st stage years
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
12
VI V IV III II I
6 PRIMARY EDUCATION 6
2,5
NURSERY EDUCATION
(1) Everyone who succeeded in the second year of the third stage or passed an entrance exam, can enrol in the 4th stage of vocational education. (2) Modular education is not split up into stages and years and is therefore not included in this scheme. (3) The former one-cycle courses at the colleges for higher education are transformed into professional bachelor courses from the academic year 2004-2005 on. (4) The former two-cycle courses at the colleges for higher education and the academic courses at the universities are transformed into academic bachelor courses and master courses from the academic year 2004-2005 on. These courses are transformed from an at least two-year candidate course and an at least one-year master course. Candidate degrees are not declared equal to bachelor degrees.
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SCHOOL
P O P U L AT I O N
school population in full-time education: 1,276,301 school population by educational level: nursery education primary education
239,480 411,697
elementary education 651,177
non-university tertiary education university education
secondary education (1) 456,578
500,000
456,578 411,697
400,000
tertiary education (2)
104,174 64,372 168,546
nursery education primary education non-university tertiary education university education
300,000 239,480
200,000 104,174
100,000
64,372
0
tertiary education
distribution over the educational networks in elementary and secondary education
regular elementary and secondary education OGO 16.6%
GO 15.0%
special elementary and secondary education OGO 14.6%
GO 22.9%
VGO 62.4%
VGO 68.4%
LIFELONG LEARNING adult education social advancement education (3) secondary linear modular tertiary linear modular adult basic education (4) B.I.S. (Supervised Individual Study) (5)
part-time art education:
168,066
(1) Not included: number of pupils in part-time secondary education: 6,889. (2) Bachelor courses, Master courses and basic courses (declining).
(3) Work year 2006-2007. (4) Work year 2006-2007. (5) Work year 2007.
30,695 270,899 3,977 22,108 33,463 13,688
INSTITUTIONS institutions for full-time education: 3,579 institutions by educational level: autonomous nursery schools 169 autonomous primary schools 275 schools providing nursery and primary education 2,055 elementary education (1)
non-university tertiary education 22 university education 7
2,499 secondary education (2) 1,051 tertiary education
2,500 2,224
2,330
29
nursery education primary education
2,000
non-university tertiary education university education 1,500 1,051
1,000
500 22
0
primary education
secondary education
7
tertiary education
distribution over the educational networks in elementary and secondary education
regular elementary and secondary education OGO 18.1%
GO 17.7%
special elementary and secondary education GO 17.9%
OGO 16.2%
VGO 64.2%
VGO 65.9%
LIFELONG LEARNING adult education social advancement education secondary tertiary adult basic education
part-time art education:
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 2,055 schools provide nursery as well as primary education. (2) Number of institutions in part-time secondary education: 48.
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): 187,421 number of staff members by educational level: elementary education 68,932 secondary education 77,860 non-university tertiary education 11,936 university education (1) 11,180
social advancement education part-time art education other (2)
7,283 5,470 4,760
40,000 17,027
35,834
35,000
33,459
men women
30,000
13,332 30,163
25,642
25,000
19,559
20,000
55+ 15,057
15,000
12,666
10,000
8,238
5,000
3,614 3,189
0
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60+
age
staff members expressed as full-time equivalents elementary education
16,213 42,572
58,785
secondary education
18,535 51,107
non-university tertiary education
69,642
3,589 5,972 9,561
university education (1)
8,194
social advancement education
2,241 3,153 5,394
part-time art education
1,103 2,973 4,076
other (2)
1,129 2,753 3,882
0
10
temporary posts tenured post total 20
30
40
50
60
70
(1) Data for university education: academic year 2006-2007. These data are not included in upper chart. (2) Staff of Pupil Guidance Centres, education inspectorate, pedagogic counselling, boarding schools,...
80
BUDGET Overall education budget (policy credits 2008): 9,242,702 thousand euro. Share of the education budget in the Flemish budget: 38.84%. education budget by educational level
(in thousands of euros) 4,000,000
3,688,610
3,500,000 3,000,000
2,899,774
2,500,000 2,000,000 1,610,935
1,500,000 1,000,000 559,852
500,000 0
299,939
elementary education
secondary education
tertiary education
adult education
183,592
part-time art education
not related to educational levels
percentage distribution of the education budget
not related to educational levels 6.1% part-time art education 2.0% adult education 3.2%
primary education 31.4%
tertiary education 17.4%
secondary education 39.9%
In 2006, the BBB operation, which aims to improve administrative management, remodelled the Flemish authorities into 13 homogeneous policy domains that are built on the same internal structure. The Education and Training policy domain is the umbrella name for: • five 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 four 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) The Department as well as the four 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 five 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. The education inspectorate monitors the quality of education on the authority of the Flemish authorities.
Education and Training policy area Minister
Policy Council
Agency for Infrastructure in Education (AGIOn)
Agency for Educational Services (AgODi)
Agency for Higher Education, Adult Education and Study Grants (AHOVOS)
Agency for Educational Communication (AOC)
Department of Education and Training
Responsible editor: L. Van Buyten, Secretary General.
Flemish Education Council (VLOR)
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PUPILS number of pupils: nursery education
primary education
totaal totaal elementary education: 651,177
totaal
regular special
237,530 1,950
regular special
239,480
384,557 27,140
411,697
distribution over the provinces (1) 120,000
7,308
nursery education
100,000
regular special
primary education
regular special
6,051
80,000
4,003
5,346
519
60,000 410
40,000 106,400
20,000 0
4,432
443
285
73.024
65,886
48,754
Antwerp
68,219 39,762
Flemish Brabant and B.C.R.
87,122
293
53,337
West Flanders
East Flanders
Limburg
proportion nursery/primary/regular/special special primary 4.2%
regular primary 59.1%
regular nursery 36.5%
special nursery 0.3%
distribution over the educational networks nursery education OGO 22.9%
primary education OGO 22.3%
GO 14.2% VGO 62.9%
GO 14.4% VGO 63.3%
(1) Not included in the chart: Henegouwen Province.
49,776
29,777
INSTITUTIONS number of schools:
regular special
elementary education (1)
2,309 190
nursery education
regular special
2,130 94
regular special
primary education
2,140 190
total
2,499
total
2,224
total
2,330
distribution over the provinces (2) 800 700
elementary education regular special
nursery education regular special
44
600
24
primary education regular special
44 43 30
500
11 30
43
21
45 24
45
400
28
300
14 28
200 100 0
541 609
428 561
460
Antwerp
400 417
428
Flemish Brabant and B.C.R.
474 413
West Flanders
500
286 468
311
East Flanders
280 Limburg
distribution over the educational networks elementary education OGO 21.9%
nursery education
GO 15.4%
OGO 21.4%
GO 16.7% VGO 61.9%
VGO 62.7%
primary education OGO 22.0%
GO 16.4% VGO 61.6%
(1) The sum of the number of nursery schools and primary schools is higher than the number of elementary schools as 2,055 schools provide nursery as well as primary education. (2) Not included in the chart: Henegouwen Province.
B.C.R stands for Brussels Capital Region 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:
regular elementary education special elementary education
men
women
10,614
58,318
9,031 1,583
total total elementary education: 68,932
total
50,163 8,155
59,194 9,738
68,932
staff members by gender and age 20,000 17,091
men women
6,731
15,634
15,000 13,044
2,083 11,238
10,000
55+
5,000 2,116
1,825
3,136
3,007
1,311
530
0
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60+
age
staff members expressed in full-time equivalents tenured posts in regular elementary education OGO 23.5%
tenured posts in special elementary education OGO 13.7%
GO 13.9%
GO 28.8%
VGO 62.7%
VGO 57.5%
temporary posts in regular elementary education
temporary posts in special elementary education
OGO 23.0%
OGO 13.1%
GO 21.1%
VGO 48.7%
VGO 55.8%
managing and teaching staff other staff
GO 38.3%
regular elementary education 46,228 regular elementary education 4,100
special elementary education 5,789 special elementary education 2,668
BUDGET Budget elementary education (policy credits 2008): 2,899,774 thousand euro. Share of elementary education in the overall education budget: 31.37%. Budget regular elementary education: 2,536,274 thousand euro of which 12.93% for operation, 7.27% for investment and 79.80% for salaries paid directly by the Education and Training policy area. Budget special elementary education: 358,615 thousand euro of which 8.00% for operation, 2.58% for investement and 89.42% for salaries paid directly by the Education and Training policy area. distribution over the eductional networks regular elementary education Cross educational networks 0.1%
special elementary education
GO 14.9% VGO 62.0%
GO 29.8%
OGO 23.0%
VGO 56.5%
OGO 13.7%
evolution of the educational expenditure per pupil
(in EUR)
regular elementary education
special elementary education
15,000 11,937.05
12,000 10,236.10
10,587.66
12,413.74
12,411.39
11,191.11
9,000
6,000 3,424.35
3,627.94
3,704.95
3,944.36
4,088.45
4,239.40
3,000
0
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Elementary education is administered by four bodies – two are responsible for policy preparation and two for policy implementation – jointly responsible for mainstream and special elementary education. Department of Education and Training – Institutions and Pupils in Elementary Education and Part-time Education in the Arts This division is responsible for policy preparation, policy assessment and drawing up regulations on organizational and financing mechanisms of education institutions in mainstream and special nursery and primary education and part-time education in the arts (more specifically issues concerning staffing hours, school structures, funding, equal opportunities in education, truancy policy, rights and duties of parents and pupils etc, …). You can contact this division at basisonderwijsbeleid@vlaanderen.be and deeltijdskunstonderwijsbeleid@vlaanderen.be Agency for Educational Services – Schools of Elementary Education and Pupil Guidance Centres This division provides services to nursery and primary schools as well as to pupil guidance centres (CLBs). Schools can call on this division for: • accreditation, financing or funding of institutions • changing school structures and educational provision • checking pupil numbers and pupil attendance rates • calculation and audit of staffing support • calculation and audit of the different types of funding • composition and staffing hours of school clusters • derogations from the organisation of the school year • support of local consultative bodies (LOPs) • support of school administrations • pupil countings • recognition of equivalence of foreign diplomas • obtaining resources for children with special needs, necessary for these children to participate CLBs can call on this agency for: • accreditation, financing or funding of pupil guidance centres • calculation and audit of staffing support • calculation and audit of the different types of funding
Department of Education and Training – Working conditions policy This division is responsible for the working conditions policy in the education sector (with the exception of higher education). In order to develop the most appropriate working conditions policy, this division works in close consultation with Flemish, federal and international organizations and interest groups, taking into account labour market evolutions, recent evolutions in the education sector as well as the views of policy makers. Evolutions in working conditions in other sectors are studied and if necessary incorporated into policy proposals. You can contact this division at personeelsbeleid.onderwijs@vlaanderen.be. Agency for Educational Services – Staff of Elementary Education and Pupil Guidance Centres This agency ensures that staff members of mainstream and special nursery and primary education, Pupil Guidance Centres, the education inspectorate and educational supervision are paid correctly and on time. It manages personnel files containing financial and administrative information. This starts from the first engagement, continues for the permanent appointment and goes all the way until the preparation of the retirement dossier. In addition, all service interruptions are recorded in an electronic personnel file. Information about these matters is provided to the Head Masters and secretarial staff of elementary schools and Centres for Pupil Guidance (Centra voor leerlingenbegeleiding, CLB’s) and in second instance to members of staff themselves. You can contact the agency at personeel.basisonderwijs.agodi@vlaanderen.be and clb.agodi@vlaanderen.be
Responsible editor: L. Van Buyten, Secretary General.
Parents and pupils can contact the agency for: • reports of school screenings • home education • follow-up of compliance with compulsory education requirements • questions on the rights and duties of pupils You can contact the agency at scholen.basisonderwijs.agodi@vlaanderen.be and clb.agodi@vlaanderen.be
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PUPILS number of pupils: full-time secondary education regular 438,315 special 18,263 total full-time: 456,578
part-time secondary education part-time vocational secondary education part-time offshore fishing secondary education total part-time:
6,687 2 6,689
distribution over the provinces regular secondary education
special secondary education
part-time secondary education
150,000 2,578
120,000
4,946 1,453 1,191
90,000 631
3,988
3,894
836
2,205
60,000
3,230
30,000
0
121,476
72,654
Antwerp
Flemish Brabant and B.C.R.
84,243
97,088
62,854
West Flanders
East Flanders
Limburg
distribution over the educational networks
regular secondary education OGO 7.8%
special secondary education OGO 13.0%
GO 16.5%
VGO 75.7%
GO 22.8%
VGO 64.2%
distribution over education types in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th stage and modular education of regular full-time secondary education
GO ASO 38.8%
BSO 35.7% TSO 23.1% KSO 2.4%
VGO
KSO 1.3%
BSO 22.9% TSO 32.8%
OGO
ASO 43.0%
ASO 11.8% BSO 45.0%
TSO 35.4% KSO 7.8%
INSTITUTIONS number of schools: full-time secondary education regular 939 special 112 total full-time: 1,051
part-time secondary education (1) part-time vocational secondary education part-time offshore fishing secondary education total part-time:
47 1 48
distribution over the provinces regular secondary education 300
special secondary education
part-time secondary education
12 30
250
11 10
200
6
26
20
19
9
150 100
17
258
168
Antwerp
Flemish Brabant and B.C.R.
181
195
137
50 0
West Flanders
East Flanders
Limburg
distribution over the educational networks regular secondary education OGO 7.9%
GO 23.7%
VGO 68.4%
special secondary education OGO 15.2%
GO 17.9% VGO 67.0%
(1) The centres for part-time secondary education are always linked to a school for regular full-time secondary education, except one.
B.C.R. stands for Brussels Capital Region GO stands for Community Education VGO stands for subsidised private-authority education OGO stands for subsidised public-authority education
ASO stands for general secondary education TSO stands for technical secondary education KSO stands for artistic secondary education BSO stands for vocational secondary education
S TA F F number of staff members: regular secondary education special secondary education total total secondary education: 77,860
men 27,322 2,651 29,973
women 43,239 4,648 47,887
total 70,561 7,299 77,860
staff members by gender and age 15,000
12,000
13,660
men women
6,855
12,145
11,561
7,393
10,698 9,225
9,000
7,034 6,245
6,000
55+
4,484
3,000 1,512
0
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
1,296
60+
age
staff expressed in full-time equivalents tenured posts in regular secondary education
OGO 9.4%
GO 17.5%
OGO 13.6%
VGO 73.2%
GO 27.3%
OGO 12.4%
regular secondary education lower secondary school teachers and approved higher secondary school teachers and approved other regular secondary education
temporary posts in special secondary education GO 27.4%
VGO 60.2%
VGO 62.9%
managing and teaching staff other staff
GO 21.5%
VGO 64.8%
temporary posts in regular secondary education
OGO 9.8%
tenured posts in special secondary education
56,255 25,410 20,036 10,809 6,822
special secondary education 5,565
special secondary education 1,000
BUDGET Budget secondary education (policy credits 2008): 3,688,610 thousand euro. Share of secondary education in the overall education budget: 39.91%. Budget regular secondary education: 3,374,626 thousand euro of which 11.96% for operation, 5.20% for investment and 82.84% for salaries paid directly by the Education and Training policy area. Budget special secondary education: 307,476 thousand euro of which 7.26% for operation, 6.19% for investment and 86.54% for salaries paid directly by the Education and Training policy area.
distribution over the educational networks
regular secondary education
special secondary education
Cross educational networks 0.7%
Cross educational networks 0.2%
GO 20.43%
GO 22.02% OGO 8.96%
VGO 69.87%
VGO 62.35%
OGO 15.40%
evolution of the educational expenditure per pupil
(in euros)
regular secondary education
special secondary education
20,000 16,166.68
15,000
15,186.67
14,764.72
14,695.34
16,658.14
15,124.17
10,000 6,878.63
7,009.72
7,037.59
7,167.20
7,376.44
7,572.44
5,000
0
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Secondary education is administered by four bodies – two are responsible for policy preparation and two for policy implementation – jointly responsible for mainstream and special secondary education and part-time secondary education. Department of Education and Training – Institutions and Pupils in Secondary Education and Adult Education This division is responsible for policy preparation, policy assessment and drawing up regulations on organisational and funding mechanisms of education institutions in mainstream and special secondary education and adult education (more specifically issues concerning staffing hours, school structures, funding, equal opportunities in education, rights of pupils, Regional Technological Centres etc,…). You can contact this division at secundaironderwijsbeleid@vlaanderen.be and volwassenenonderwijsbeleid@vlaanderen.be Agency for Educational Services - Schools of Secondary Education and Part-time Education in the Arts This agency provides services to secondary schools and pupils as well as to Part-time Education in the Arts. This includes amongst other things: • different models of allocation of teaching staff and credits; • allocation of different types of funding; • checking pupil data; • recognition of equivalence of foreign diplomas; • follow-up of truancy problem. You can contact this agency at scholen.secundaironderwijs.agodi@vlaanderen.be and deeltijdskunstonderwijs.agodi@vlaanderen.be
Agency for Educational Services - Staff of Secondary Education and Part-time Education in the Arts This agency ensures that staff members of mainstream and special secondary education as well as part-time education in the arts are paid correctly and on time. It manages personnel files containing financial and administrative information. This includes: • keeping up to date, following up on and processing of various systems of leave such as sick leave, career break, different systems of leave or absence in the context of part-time work or the performance of other tasks in the education sector,… • keeping up to date, following up on and processing of various systems of placing staff members on a redundancy list in education (due to illness, because of lack of jobs, for personal reasons, before retiring,...) The agency provides information and data to both internal and external customers. You can contact this agency at personeel.secundaironderwijs.agodi@vlaanderen.be and deeltijdskunstonderwijs.agodi@vlaanderen.be
Responsible editor: L. Van Buyten, Secretary General
Department of Education and Training – Working conditions policy This division is responsible for the working conditions policy in the education sector (with the exception of higher education). In order to develop the most appropriate working conditions policy, this division works in close consultation with Flemish, federal and international organizations and interest groups, taking into account labour market evolutions, recent evolutions in the education sector as well as the views of policy makers. Evolutions in working conditions in other sectors are studied and if necessary incorporated into policy proposals. You can contact this division at personeelsbeleid.onderwijs@vlaanderen.be
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STUDENTS NON-UNIVERSITY TERTIARY EDUCATION number of enrolments (bachelor and master courses; basic courses and initial teacher courses (old system, declining)) (1) men women total PBA + one cycle 33,581 46,429 80,010 ABA + MA + two cycles 14,187 9,977 24,164 total non-university tertiary education: 47,768 56,406 104,174 NUMBER OF ENROLMENTS PER COLLEGE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION (‘HOGESCHOOL’)
men
total
Arteveldehogeschool
2,492
5,510
8,002
EHSAL - Europese Hogeschool Brussel
1,762
2,074
3,836
Erasmushogeschool Brussel
2,004
2,237
4,241
Groep T - Leuven Hogeschool
1,151
513
1,664
Hogere Zeevaartschool
472
60
532
Hogeschool Antwerpen
2,976
3,473
6,449
Hogeschool Gent
6,992
7,239 14,231
Hogeschool Sint-Lukas Brussel
466
359
825
Hogeschool voor Wetenschap & Kunst
3,056
2,298
5,354
Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen
2,414
1,565
3,979
Karel de Grote-Hogeschool
3,889
4,134
8,023
Katholieke Hogeschool Brugge-Oostende
1,373
1,911
3,284
Katholieke Hogeschool Kempen
2,434
3,289
5,723
Katholieke Hogeschool Leuven
1,890
3,073
4,963
Katholieke Hogeschool Limburg
2,164
2,809
4,973
Katholieke Hogeschool Mechelen
1,561
2,550
4,111
Katholieke Hogeschool Sint-Lieven
2,843
1,825
4,668
Katholieke Hogeschool Zuid-West-Vlaanderen
2,580
3,949
6,529
Lessius Hogeschool
756
2,121
2,877
Plantijn-Hogeschool
1,227
1,994
3,221
Provinciale Hogeschool Limburg
1,648
2,086
3,734
XIOS Hogeschool Limburg
1,618
1,337
2,955
0
women
3,000
6,000
9,000
12,000
15,000
(1) It concerns the first enrolment of the students in an institution of tertiary education in the recent academic year. PBA: stands for Proffesional Bachelor ABA: stands for Academic Bachelor MA: stands for Master
STUDENTS TERTIARY EDUCATION number of enrolments in tertiary education per finality (1) (2) men Professionally oriented non-university tertiary education 33,581 Total professionally oriented tertiary education 33,581 Academically oriented non-university tertiary education 14,187 Academically oriented university education 28,734 Total academically oriented tertiary education 42,921
women 46,429 46,429 9,977 35,638 45,615
total 80,010 80,010 24,164 64,372 88,536
Total tertiary education:
92,044
168,546
women 35,638
total 64,372
76,502
UNIVERSITY EDUCATION number of enrolments (in academic basic courses) (1) (2) total
men 28,734
NUMBER OF ENROLMENTS PER UNIVERSITY men Katholieke Universiteit Brussel
105
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
total
260
10,820 13,241 24,061
transnationale Universiteit Limburg
400
245
645
Universiteit Antwerpen
3,778
4,382
8,160
Universiteit Gent
9,827 13,237 23,064
Universiteit Hasselt
747
575
1,322
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
3,057
3,803
6,860
0
155
women
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
(1) Bachelor courses, Master courses, Masters following professional oriented bachelors, Candidate and Licence courses. (2) It concerns the first enrolment of the students in an institution of tertiary education in the recent academic year.
S TA F F number of staff members to be paid by the operation block-grant funding of non-university tertiary education: men women total managing and teaching staff 4,989 4,756 9,745 other staff 691 1,500 2,191 total
5,680
6,256
managing and teaching staff
11,936
other staff 1,354
2,000
1,910
men
894
1,500
women
1,438
1,295 1,374 1,421
999
1,000
55+
55+ 500
431
416 275
0
30-39
40-49
50-59
480
381 185
20-29
200
125
95
60+
192
20-29
age
176
413 219
172
40-49
50-59
number of staff members to be paid by the operation allowances of university education: academic year 2006-2007 men women autonomous academic staff 3,215 764 assisting academic staff 1,390 1,345 administrative and technical staff 1,968 2,498 total
6,573
autonomous academic staff
34
29
30-39
total 3,979 2,735 4,466
4,607
assisting academic staff
60+
11,180
administrative and technical staff
1,099 1,200 1,080 1,000
464
844
796
800 681 600
706
664
625
594
552
55+
429
400
148
305 210
200
671
529
491
0
542
men women
1,078
209
184
266 130
55+ 61
14 4 20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60+
57 age
20-29
30-39
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60+
BUDGET Tertiary education budget (policy credits 2008): 1,610,935 thousand euro. Share of tertiary education in the overall education budget: 17.43%. Due to the new budget structure and the Decree on tertiary education, it is no longer possible to make a subdivision in the budget for colleges of higher education and universities.
evolution of the tertiary education budget
(in thousands of euros) 2,000,000
1,500,000
1,342,391
1,368,790
1,404,737
2003
2004
2005
1,464,120
1,528,040
1,610,935
1,000,000
500,000
0
2006
2007
2008
With the introduction of the BBB operation (better administrative policy), the Higher Education and Scientific Research Administration was abolished. Today, two entities – one of which is competent for policy preparation and the other for policy implementation – are responsible for higher education. Department of Education and Training – Higher Education This entity is in charge of preparing and evaluating policy. Together with colleges of higher education, universities and intermediary organisations, the Higher Education Division wishes to proactively develop, promote and expand future-oriented initiatives in the fields of higher education and research. The entity will: • contribute to the development of the knowledge-based society by continuously increasing the quality and the relevance of higher education and research; • strengthen the ability to adapt and innovate of colleges of higher education and universities and of the higher education system by extending the autonomy of colleges of higher education and universities through deregulation and simplification; • increase the international recognition and recognisability of the Flemish higher education system; • ensure high-quality and relevant regulations; • provide timely and correct information to all stakeholders so as to allow them to correctly interpret Flemish Parliament Acts and Decrees; • ensure good communication, dialogue and consultation with all stakeholders, especially with students and institutions; • contribute to international developments in the fields of higher education and scientific research. It is also responsible for drawing up regulations for the institutions of higher education (colleges of higher education and universities) as well as regulations on the legal position of the staff of colleges of higher education. This entity also monitors the integration of higher education into a European and international context, for instance as regards the policy for the recognition of diplomas. You can contact the Division at hogeronderwijsbeleid@vlaanderen.be Agency for Higher and Adult Education – Higher Education Division. This agency is responsible for implementing the policy on higher education It is, among other things, in charge of the funding/financing of the colleges of higher education and universities and acts as social secretariat vis-à-vis the colleges of higher education.
The support of the Flemish Government commissioners for the universities and the colleges of higher education respectively also comes under this entity. You can contact the Division at hogeronderwijs@vlaanderen.be
Responsible editor: L. Van Buyten, Secretary General
The Division has set itself the following goals: • It provides financial services to the staff of the colleges of higher education, so that the salaries can be paid correctly and on time. • It grants the operating budget to the institutions of higher education. This implies, among other things, providing estimates on time, correctly calculating the operating resources and paying them on time, and drawing up budget proposals on time. • It is responsible for managing the data relating to higher education. This includes, among other things, the timely and correct collection of student data, so as to make these available for purposes of financing, public accountability and information provision. • It examines the feasibility of new regulatory initiatives, in order to inform those who prepare policy about the consequences of the regulations for the implementation. • It examines and provides the equivalence of foreign diplomas. • It organises the entry examination for doctors/dentists. • The Division ensures a customer-friendly provision of services to institutions, students and staff.
2007 - 2008
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ADULT
E D U C AT I O N
SOCIAL ADVANCEMENT EDUCATION SCHOOL POPULATION
(reference period 1/2/2006-31/1/2007)
number of course participants: secondary social advancement education tertiary social advancement education men women total men women total linear 9,780 20,915 30,695 linear 1,835 2,142 3,977 modular 111,568 159,331 270,899 modular 9,126 12,982 22,108 total 121,348 180,246 301,594 total 10,961 15,124 26,085
distribution over the educational networks 120,000
secondary social advancement education
tertiary social advancement education
110,537
100,000
linear modular
88,781
80,000
71,581
60,000 40,000 20,000
12,603
10,280
0
GO
7,812
VGO
661 5,512
OGO
GO
INSTITUTIONS
2,851
12,553
465 4,043
VGO
OGO
(reference period 1/2/2006-31/1/2007)
number of centers for adult education: secondary social advancement education: 107
tertiary social advancement education: 61
distribution over the educational networks 60
53
50
secondary social advancement education tertiary social advancement education
40
32
28
30
26
20
17
12
10 0
GO
VGO
OGO
STAFF secondary social advancement education: staff members expressed in men women physical persons: 2,100 3,878 1,645 2,986 full-time equivalents:
total 5,978 4,631
secondary social advancement education (full-time equivalents) 1,200 1,000 800
tertairy social advancement education: staff members expressed in men women physical persons: 765 540 full-time equivalents: 395 368
tertairy social advancement education (full-time equivalents)
1,094 857
782
713
tenured posts temporary posts
811
600 374
400 200 0
117
106
GO
VGO
OGO
total 1,305 763
GO
199
175
VGO
86
80
OGO
ADULT
E D U C AT I O N
ADULT BASIC EDUCATION work year 2006-2007
number of course participants: 33,463
number of centres for adult basic education: 29
distribution of participants hours over the various learning fields
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) 8.9%
other arithmetic 4.3% 2.2% literacy education for non-Dutch speakers 23.2%
Dutch as a mother tongue 6.3% Dutch as a second language 48.0%
combined courses 0.5% social knowledge and skills 6.7%
SUPERVISED INDIVIDUAL STUDY (B.I.S.) work year 2007
number of course participants: 13,688
number of tutors (December 2007): 125
distribution of course participants over the various learning fields
BIS online 7.5%
other 6.9%
technics 10.0%
languages 44.3%
economics 5.6% mathematics 2.7% administration 2.7% science 5.5%
informatics 15.0%
GO stands for Community education VGO stands for subsidised private-authority education OGO stands for subsidised public-authority education
PA R T- T I M E A R T E D U C AT I O N SCHOOL POPULATION number of course participants visual arts music, wordcraft and dance total part-time art education
youngsters (-18) 39,912 89,480 129,392
distribution over the educational networks 120,000 120,000 100,000 100,000 80,000 80,000
linear linear modular modular
adults 18,591 20,083 38,674
proportion youngsters/adults
101,555 101,555 89,480 89,480
60,000 60,000
54,162 54,162 39,912 39,912
40,000 40,000 20,000 20,000 0 0
total 58,503 109,563 168,066
20,083 20,083 18,591 18,591
8,008 8,008 2,385 2,385
1,956 1,956
GO GO
VGOVGO
OGOOGO
youngsters youngsters (-18)(-18)
adults adults
INSTITUTIONS number of institutions: 167
distribution over the educational networks 147
150 120 90 60 30
15
0
5
GO
VGO
OGO
STAFF staff members expressed in physical persons: staff members expressed in full-time equivalents:
men 2,353 1,846
3,000
women 3,117 2,230
total 5,470 4,076
2,704
2,500 2,000 1,500 994
1,000 500 0
230
98
GO
39
11
VGO
OGO
BUDGET Lifelong learning budget (policy credits 2008): 483,531 thousand euro. Share of Lifelong learning in the overall education budget: 5.23%. evolution of the adult education and part-time art education budget adult education
(in thousands of euros)
part-time art education 299,939
300,000
282,549
270,364
250,000
233,526
246,211
209,305 180,943
200,000 150,009
141,177
178,982
183,592
157,907
150,000
100,000
0
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
evolution of the cost per course participant (in euros) 1,200 1,000
1,147.30 969.57
1,001.92
1,103.99
1,111.62
2007
2008
1,028.37
800 600 400 200 0
2003
2004
2005
2006
ADULT EDUCATION Adult education aims to teach the knowledge, skills and attitudes course participants need to : - personal development - function in society, - continuing participation to education - exercise a profession, - master a language and enables the course participant to acquire an officially recognised certificate. Adult Education is made up of: - Basic Adult Education - Secondary Adult Education - Higher Vocational Education 1) Basic Adult Education targets low qualified adults and has courses in 7 study areas, organised at the level of primary education and 1st stage of full time secondary education 2) Secondary Adult Education has courses in 37 study areas, organised t the level of full time secondary education 3) Higher Vocational Education are vocationally oriented courses in 6 study areas at the level of higher education. These courses are not at the level of Bachelor or Master Degree. BIS (Individually Coached Studying) On 12 December 2006 it was decided to gradually reduce BIS activities (distance learning). In practice this means that registrations for BIS Classic were ceased for the main puplic on 16 April 2007. Registration for BIS Online were already ceased in the autumn of 2006. Only the target groups “examencommissie� and detainees can still register for written courses and coaching by BIS. Dutch Language Houses The assignment of the Dutch Language Houses is to contribute on the one hand to the integration of non-Dutch speaking adults and on the other hand the integration of non-Dutch speaking newcomers into the Flemish society (now expanded by the changes in the Vlaamse Wooncode (Flemish Living Code). The Decree of 7 May 2004 organises the functioning of the DLH, spread over all of Flanders counting 8 DLH of which 3 are urban and 5 are provincial. Together with the integration services (reception bureaus) and VDAB (Flemish Employment Services and Vocational Training Agency), the DLH are part of an interlinked cooperation, aiming to provide an efficient service for non-Dutch speaking persons (newcomers). part-time education in the arts DKO offers a wide variety of artistic courses for youngsters and adults. DKO has 4 study courses: visual arts, music, wordcraft and dance. Each of those courses of study is subdivided into a number of options. All aspects of perception and practice of art are dealt with. Participants gain artistic insight, learn basic techniques and acquire theoretical knowledge that can be applied in practice. Music education provides music classes teaching how to play 70 different musical instruments, the visual arts course of study organises 30 types of workshops. Courses in wordcraft and dance largely involve hands-on sessions.
You can contact the following bodies using these e-mail addresses: Department of Education and Training Institutions and Pupils in Secondary Education and Adult Education: volwassenenonderwijs@vlaanderen.be
Agency for Higher Education, Adult Education and Study Grants Adult Education: levenslangleren@vlaanderen.be B.I.S.: bis@vlaanderen.be Agency for Educational Services - Schools of Secondary Education and Part-time Education in the Arts: deeltijdskunstonderwijs.agodi@vlaanderen.be - Staff of Secondary Education and Part-time Education in the Arts: deeltijdskunstonderwijs.agodi@vlaanderen.be
Responsible editor: L. Van Buyten, Secretary General
Young people can prepare themselves in a serious and goal-oriented way for higher education in the arts. For adults, education in the arts can be an interesting pass time or a first step towards becoming an amateur or professional arts practitioner. Part-time education in the arts offers youngsters and adults a chance to fully develop their own artistic personality.