FLEMISH EDUCATION IN FIGURES 2020-2021
I TABLE OF CONTENTS
Definitions
3
Structure of Flemish education
5
1
4
GENERAL OVERVIEW
HIGHER EDUCATION
School population
6
Students and course participants
26
Educational institutions
7
Staff
28
Staff
7
Budget
30
Budget
9
Infrastructure
31
Infrastructure
9
Study allowances
31
School and study allowances
10
NARIC
10
5
Examination board
11
School population
32
Boarding schools
11
Educational institutions
33
Pupil guidance centres
12
Staff
34
COLOPHON
Pupil transport
12
Budget
35
Infrastructure
36
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Coordination Flemish Ministry of Education and Training Department of Education and Training Communication Division Layout and production Flemish Ministry of Education and Training Communication Division Kim Baele Website onderwijs.vlaanderen.be/onderwijsstatistieken Published by Ann Verhaegen Secretary-General Department of Education and Training Koning Albert II-laan 15, 1210 Brussels
ADULT EDUCATION
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
School population
13
6
Educational institutions
14
School population
37
Staff
15
Institutions
38
Budget
16
Staff
39
Infrastructure
17
Budget
40
Examination board
18
3
PART-TIME ARTS EDUCATION
SECONDARY EDUCATION
School population
19
Educational institutions
21
Staff
22
Budget
23
Infrastructure
24
Examination board
25
Photos Cover: Kim Baele; Getty Images Legal deposit number D/2022/3241/048
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II DEFINITIONS SCHOOL POPULATION The number of pupils in elementary and secondary education in this publication refers to all pupils and students enrolled (including pupils not eligible for funding) on 1 February 2021. In order to avoid double counting, pupils enrolled in special education due to long-term illness (type 5 special education) are not included in the figures for special education (192 pupils in special nursery education, 290 pupils in special primary education and 595 pupils in special secondary education on 1 February 2021). Pupils and students enrolled in French language schools or in French language sections of Dutch language schools under the control of the Flemish authorities are not included in the figures either. For non-university tertiary education (university colleges), the data refer to all active enrolments in a degree contract in an institution for higher education on 30 September 2021 (enrolments in academic initial programmes, graduate courses and higher vocational adult education (phasing out)). Courses in a language other than Dutch are also taken into account in the figures. A student may be enrolled in several programmes. In adult education, the number of unique enrolments on a programme during the school year is recorded. Students can enroll on more than one programme. The data on school population in adult education for the school year 2020-2021 were not yet available at the time of publication. Therefore figures of the school population for 2019-2020 are published in this brochure. In part-time arts education, the number of pupils/students eligible for funding is reported. Individuals enrolled on more than one domain are counted more than once. Higher education In the academic year 2013-2014 the higher education sector was thoroughly reorganised. With the exception of the academically oriented arts programmes and the academically oriented programmes offered by the Maritime Academy (Hogere Zeevaartschool), the university colleges have transferred their academically oriented bachelor and master programmes to the universities. Today the university colleges continue to offer their professionally oriented programmes and, in the context of a ‘School of Arts’, also academically oriented arts programmes. The Maritime Academy continues to organise both professionally and academically oriented programmes within the field of Nautical Sciences. Associate degree programs From the academic year 2019-2020 on, associate degree programs of higher vocational education are organized by university colleges. In this way, they form the third gateway to higher education, in addition to professional and academic bachelor’s programs. Previously, these courses could be followed at the centers for adult education. An
exception to this is the HBO5 nursing course, which will still be organized by secondary schools, in a partnership with a university college. In addition to the associate degree programs, the university colleges also offer the hbo5 courses (phasing out) for students who had already started this course at a center for adult education. Because the associate degree programs are now organized by the university colleges, the students in these courses can qualify for a study grant and gain access to the student facilities of the university colleges. Reform of teacher training From the academic year 2019-2020 on, teacher training courses in Flanders have been reformed. On the one hand, this reform strengthens existing teacher training courses in the field of subject content, teaching methodology, classroom management and dealing with diversity and the metropolitan context, and on the other hand also creates new teacher training courses. From September 2019 there will be 6 teacher training courses: • An educational graduate course in secondary education, specifically for teachers for technical and practical subjects; • An educational bachelor’s degree in pre-primary education; • An educational bachelor’s degree in primary education; • An educational bachelor’s program in secondary education, with a choice of 2 educational subjects; • An educational master’s program in secondary education, with a choice of one or more subject didactics; • An educational master’s program in the arts, with a choice of one or more didactics. The specific teacher training will only be offered in phasing out from 2019-2020. Specific teacher training from adult education was transferred to higher education. SCHOOLS A school is an institution which provides education and which is managed by one principal. In adult education, the term ‘centre for adult education’ is used; in adult basic education the term ‘centre for adult basic education’. Institutions providing type 5 special education are not included in the figures (six schools in special nursery education, six schools in special primary education and seven schools in special secondary education). STAFF Staff data for the 2020-2021 school year relate to January 2021, as known in June 2021. University staff data were provided by the Flemish Interuniversity Council (VLIR) and reflect the position on 1 February 2020. Data on the 2020-2021 academic year were not available at the time of publication.
Staff statistics only record staff members who are either paid directly by the Education and Training policy area or whose salaries are covered by the block grant awarded to higher education. Maintenance, technical and service staff in subsidised educational networks are not included. Subsidised contractual staff are not taken into account either, as these staff members are not fully paid by the Education and Training policy area. Contractual staff in tenured posts is included in the figures. In this publication, most data in the tables and charts refer to staff members expressed as numbers of physical persons. Replacements of less than one year are taken into account. Physical persons are registered for the education level and education network where they carry out their main teaching assignment. In a limited number of tables and charts the number of staff members is expressed in budgetary full-time equivalents. This is explicitly mentioned in the title. The number of budgetary full-time equivalents is the sum of all partial assignments of all staff members (i.e. including the replacements of less than one year). In university colleges, teaching assignments of visiting professors and mandate fees are included in the figures. For university education, staff figures include visiting professors and those in early retirement in terms of staff members, but not in the budgetary full-time equivalents. In 2019-2020, two major changes occurred in higher education: the transfer of the associate degree programs (former HBO5 courses from adult education) to the university colleges and the reform of teacher training, including the transfer of the specific teacher training from the centers for adult education to the colleges and universities. On 1 September 2009, the fourth stage vocational secondary education programme in nursing was converted into the associate degree programme. Until school year 2016-2017 staff figures of the associate degree programme only included staff of institutions offering 100% associate degree nursing (only 4 institutions). Staff of the 16 institutions offering associate degree nursing as well as full-time secondary education was not taken into account. From the 2017-2018 school year, an estimate of staff for associate degree nursing of these 16 institutions was included in the staff figures of associate degree nursing, thus giving more accurate staff figures. BUDGET The budget is expressed in terms of available operating appropriations which are estimated annually and included in the (adjusted) expenditure budget of the Flemish authorities. The operating appropriations comprise differentiated new commitment appropriations, variable appropriations and authorisations. 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 labour agreement) and reallocations of appropriations.
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II DEFINITIONS Certain cross-level expenses, of which the breakdown among the different levels is known, are allocated to the respective levels (including educational priority policy and investments). Without this adjustment, the picture of actual expenditure per level is distorted. For 2021, the actual data are not available yet, so either an estimate is used or the same breakdown as in 2020 is assumed. The cost per pupil is calculated on the basis of the number of pupils enrolled. These figures do not take account of the contributions by other (local) authorities, nor of the contributions by parents, schools and private companies.
In 2019-2020 there were two important changes in higher education: • the transfer of the associate degree programs (enrolments in higher vocational adult education) to the university colleges • the reform of teacher training (among others the transfer of specific teacher training in adult education to university colleges and universities). Students in these programs are eligible for a study allowance since 2019-2020.
OTHER SECTIONS The information relating to infrastructure, NARIC and the examination board relate to the calendar year 2020. INFRASTRUCTURE The governing board of the educational institutions, boarding schools and pupil guidance centres in both subsidised public and subsidized private education can file an application for infrastructure subsidies to the Agency for Infrastructure in Education (AGION). Infrastructure work in primary schools is 70% subsided and other educational levels, boarding schools and the pupil guidance centres can receive a grant of 60% of their building cost. The school buildings of the Flemish Community are financed by GO! Education of the Flemish Community. NARIC NARIC-Flanders is responsible for the recognition of foreign diplomas in higher education (academic recognition), higher vocational education, adult education and secondary education, as well as for professional recognition for teachers from the EEA. In addition, NARIC-Flanders issues certificates to holders of a Flemish diploma who want to go abroad to work or study. EXAMINATION BOARD The Elementary Education Examination Board issues the certificate of elementary education. The Secondary Education Examination Board issues the diploma of secondary education. Exams are permanently oganised STUDY ALLOWANCES From the school year 2019-2020 on, school allowances are included in ‘Groeipakket’. Groeipakket’ is the new name for child benefit in Flanders. The name says exactly what this financial support is for: to help your children grow into people who get every opportunity in life. From 2019-2020 on, the Ministry of Education and Training is only responsible for study allowances.
ABBREVIATIONS M Male F Female T Total
GO Community education VGO Subsidised private education OGO Subsidised public education aso General secondary education tso Technical secondary education kso Arts secondary education
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
bso Vocational secondary education
Educational administration onderwijs.vlaanderen.be/nl/over-onderwijs-en-vorming
BCR Brussels-Capital Region
Elementary Education Examination Board onderwijs.vlaanderen.be/nl/examencommissie-basisonderwijs
CLB Pupil guidance centre NARIC National Academic (& Professional) N/A Not available
Secondary Education Examination Board http://examencommissiesecundaironderwijs.be
SLO Specific teacher training
Infrastructure www.agion.be
PBA Professionally oriented Bachelor’s
Study allowances www.studietoelagen.be
MA Master’s degree VLIR Flemish Interuniversity Council
NARIC http://naricvlaanderen.be
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III STRUCTURE OF FLEMISCH EDUCATION SCHOOL- AND ACADEMIC YEAR 2020-2021
TERTIARY EDUCATION
Doctorate Advanced Master’s Master’s Degree Advanced Bachelor’s degree
Bridging course
Academic Bachelor’s degree
Professional Bachelor’s degree
Associate degree programmes & Associate degree nursing (4)
18 16
years
VII General
VI V
VII Arts
Se-n-Se
VI V
Se-n-Se Technical
VI V
VII
VI V
Vocational
System of learning and working (3)
3rd stage 16 14
General
IV III
Arts
IV III
Technical
IV III
Vocational
V IV III
2nd stage 14 12
2nd grade A 1st grade A
II I
2nd grade B 1st grade B
II I
1st stage ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
BASISONDERWIJS
12
VI V IV III II I
12
6
6
PRIMARY EDUCATION
6
2,5
6 2,5
NURSERY EDUCATION
SPECIAL EDUCATION
SECONDARY EDUCATION
theoretical age
(1) In the 2nd and 3rd stage of vocational secondary education and the 3rd stage of technical secondary education, training can be offered through both dual and non-dual learning. In addition, dual learning is also possible in special secondary education courses 3 and 4, in part-time vocational secondary education and during apprenticeships. (2) Modular education is not divided into stages or grades and is therefore not included in the schedule. (3) System of learning and working: You can start in the system of learning and working from the age of 16. Or from the age of 15 if you have completed the first two years of full-time secondary education, passed or not. You then meet the conditions to start part-time compulsory education. There are two systems: • Part-time vocational secondary education (dbso) • Apprenticeship In this system you can obtain professionally oriented certificates and study certificates or your secondary education diploma. The system of learning and working is being reformed into a system of dual learning. (4) From 2019-2020 you can follow associate degree programmes at Flemish university colleges. There is one exception to this: the associate degree nursing course (HBO5) is organized in secondary education schools.
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1 GENERAL OVERVIEW
SCHOOL POPULATION
1 School population in Flemish education 2015-2016 Full-time education
Part-time secondary education
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION (1)
Part-time vocational secondary education (1)
257,625
Nursery education
2,406
Special nursery education
441,026
Primary education
26,110
Special primary education
Adult education Secondary adult education (3)
N/A
Adult basic education (3)
N/A
Secondary adult education (5) Adult basic education (5)
Part-time arts education
SECONDARY EDUCATION (1) Full-time regular secondary education
445,153 22,071
Special secondary education
467,224
Total TERTIARY EDUCATION
7,117
Associate degree nursing (2) University colleges
141,909
(3) (4)
119,868
(3) (4)
261,777
Total
Part-time arts education
2017-2018
2018-2019
2019-2020
2020-2021
8,754
8,864
8,980
8,854
8,975
8,976
307,423
304,270
298,300
294,706
284,953
N/A
58,509
62,001
64,498
64,385
55,088
N/A
177,798
178,624
180,402
196,308
201,238
194,239.5
Adult education
727,167
Total
Universities
8,976
Part-time vocational secondary education (1)
2016-2017
Part-time secondary education
Part-time arts education 194,239.5
(5)
Part-time arts education (6)
(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) From 2019-2020 on, higher vocational adult education and specific teacher training are integrated in higher education (university colleges and universities). (4) University colleges and universities: Graduate courses, Higher vocational adult education (phasing out), Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes. Data refer to all active enrolments in a degree contract in an institution for higher education on 30 September. A student may have several enrolments. (5) The data for February 2021 were not yet available at the time of publication. Figures for school year 2019-2020 are used in chapter 5: Adult education. (6) Part-time arts education: number of students eligible for funding. Individuals enrolled on more than one domain are counted more than once.
(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) From 2019-2020 on, higher vocational adult education and specific teacher training are integrated in higher education (university colleges and universities). (4) University colleges and universities: Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes and, from 2019-2020 on, also Graduate courses and Higher vocational adult education (phasing out). Data refer to all active enrolments in a degree contract in an institution for higher education on 30 June. From 2018-2019 onwards figures from 30 September are reported. A student may have several enrolments. (5) The data for February 2021 were not yet available at the time of publication. Figures for school year 2019-2020 are used in chapter 5: Adult education. (6) Part-time arts education: number of students eligible for funding. Individuals enrolled on more than one domain are counted more than once.
2 Changes in the school population by level of education 2015-2016
2016-2017
2017-2018
2018-2019
2019-2020
2020-2021
Full-time education NURSERY EDUCATION (1) Regular Special Total nursery education
267,756
266,379
263,789
262,435
261,192
257,625
1,984
1,.967
1,986
2,140
2,325
2,406
269,740
268,346
265,775
264,575
263,517
260,031
422,911
432,291
438,779
442,275
442,961
441,026
PRIMARY EDUCATION (1) Regular
25,578
24,645
24,380
24,784
25,567
26,110
Total
448,489
456,936
463,159
467,059
468,528
467,136
Total elementary education
718,229
725,282
728,934
731,634
732,045
727,167
Regular
418,228
419,207
421,975
427,456
434,435
445,153
Special
20,333
20,130
20,331
20,544
21,095
22,071
438,561
439,337
442,306
448,000
455,530
467,224
7,434
7,062
6,706
6,589
6,.444
7,117
17,442
16,947
16,610
15,940
-
-
8,840
8,500
7,810
6,916
-
-
117,587
120,081
120,526
119,.223
134,807
141,909
108,757
108,728
110,334
112,325
116,139
119,868
Special
SECONDARY EDUCATION (1)
Total secondary education TERTIARY EDUCATION Associate degree nursing (2) Higher vocational adult education Specific teacher training University colleges Universities
(4)
(4)
(3)
(3)
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1 GENERAL OVERVIEW
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
1 Educational institutions in Flemish education Full-time education ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
Part-time vocational secondary education 161
Autonomous primary schools
224
Schools providing nursery and primary education
2,293
Total
2,678
Full-time regular secondary education (3) (4)
944
Special secondary education (2)
129
Total
Tenured posts (4)
49
Adult education
20
University colleges
16
M
F
T
M
F
T
61,004
2,284
16,960
19,244
9,841
70,407
80,248
Secondary education
21,270
40,350
61,620
6,231
10,956
17,187
27,501
51,306
78,807
190
1,075
1,265
59
189
248
249
1,264
1,513
2,689
4,327
7,016
2,433
3,193
5,626
5,122
7,520
12,642
1,247
3,234
4,481
828
1,514
2,342
2,075
4,748
6,823
119
753
872
84
512
596
203
1,265
1,468
1,697
2,682
4,379
707
1,063
1,770
2,404
3,745
6,149
864
3,518
4,382
285
1,496
1,781
1,149
5,014
6,163
35,633 109,386 145,019
12,911
35,883
48,794
Associate degree nursing University colleges
(2)
Secondary adult education Adult basic education
TERTIARY EDUCATION
T
53,447
13
168
F
Total
7,557
(1)
Adult basic education
Part-time arts education
Temporary posts
Elementary education 34
1,073
Associate degree nursing (3)
M
Secondary adult education (5)
Part-time arts education
SECONDARY EDUCATION
STAFF
1 Staff by level of education expressed in number of persons Part-time secondary education
(1) (2)
Autonomous nursery schools
Universities
1 GENERAL OVERVIEW
(3)
Part-time arts education Staff of pupil guidance centres, education inspectorate, educational advisory service, boarding schools, … Total Universities
48,544 145,269 193,813 N/A
(4)
N/A
N/A
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 also 6 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 942 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 944 schools also organise part-time vocational secondary education. There are 7 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) These data refer to the school year 2020-2021. From 2019-2020 on, higher adult education and the specific teacher training in adult education were transferred to higher education.
2 Staff by level of education expressed in number of full-time equivalents Tenured posts M
Temporary posts
F
T
M
F
Total T
M
F
T
Elementary education
8,189
53,161
61,349
852
7,886
8,738
9,041
61,046
70,087
Secondary education
24,063
39,695
63,758
1,753
5,487
7,239
25,816
45,181
70,997
205
1,016
1,222
21
92
112
226
1,108
1,334
3,116
4,169
7,285
799
1,648
2,447
3,915
5,816
9,732
1,495
3,199
4,694
113
525
638
1,608
3,724
5,332
161
892
1,053
17
102
119
178
994
1,172
1,806
2,585
4,390
56
176
232
1,862
2,760
4,622
-
-
-
1,025
4,089
5,114
1,025
4,089
5,114
39,036 104,716 143,751
4,634
20,004
24,638
(1)
Associate degree nursing University colleges
(2)
Secondary adult education Adult basic education (3) Part-time arts education Staff of pupil guidance centres, education inspectorate, educational advisory service, boarding schools, … Total Universities
(4)
43,670 124,719 168,390 N/A
N/A
N/A
(1) Staff in full-time and part-time secondary education. (2) In the data on the university colleges, visiting professors and mandate fees are included in the figures. (3) 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). (4) The data for February 2021 were not yet available at the time of publication.
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1 GENERAL OVERVIEW
STAFF
3 Staff by age group and gender (1)
5 Changes in staff by level of education expressed in number of full-time equivalents
age
2015-2016 4,160
60+
50-59
12,496
40-49
13,096
6,951
33,749
30-39
6,502
20-29
23,786
30,000
20,000 Men
10,000
0
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
Women
(1) Excluding staff employed by universities.
2015-2016
2016-2017
2017-2018
2018-2019
58,702
59,242
60,348
Special elementary education
8,623
8,548
8,658
8,875
9,052
9,739
59,793
59,580
59,452
59,742
60,575
61,560
Special secondary education
8,245
8,262
8,440
8,662
8,939
9,437
Associate degree nursing
1,262
1,277
1,432
1,368
1,309
1,334
821
806
790
779
-
-
University colleges (3) (4)
8,280
8,314
8,509
8,626
9,464
9,732
Secondary adult education
5,117
5,167
5,211
5,228
5,328
5,332
899
980
1,068
1,064
1,100
1,172
Part-time arts education
4,305
4,284
4,284
4,341
4,475
4,622
Staff of pupil guidance centres, education inspectorate, educational advisory service, boarding schools, ...
5,153
5,129
5,016
5,002
5,018
5,114
158,740
159,210
159,967
162,389
164,501
168,390
10,528.87
10,619.91
10,685.05
10,738.12
11,088.50
N/A
Universities
2019-2020
2020-2021
Regular elementary education
64,793
65,838
66,086
67,516
68,403
69,131
Special elementary education
9,889
9,912
10,017
10,197
10,482
11,117
66,809
66,830
66,617
66,770
67,862
68,443
Special secondary education
9,151
9,229
9,404
9,595
9,940
10,364
Associate degree nursing (2)
1,537
1,560
1,614
1,572
1,497
1,513
Higher vocational adult education and specific teacher training (3)
1,243
1,228
1,206
1,172
-
-
10,607
10,761
11,010
11,134
12,360
12,642
Secondary adult education
6,627
6,775
6,830
6,813
6,927
6,823
Adult basic education
1,194
1,310
1,360
1,366
1,403
1,468
Part-time arts education
5,737
5,754
5,772
5,846
6,041
6,149
Staff of pupil guidance centres, education inspectorate, educational advisory service, boarding schools, ...
6,248
6,276
6,169
6,108
6,149
6,163
183,835
185,473
186,085
188,089
191,064
193,813
15,487
15,503
15,590
15,659
16,173
N/A
Regular secondary education
(1)
University colleges (3) (4)
Total Universities
(3) (5)
2020-2021
57,107
Total
4 Changes in staff by level of education expressed in number of persons
2019-2020
56,863
(1)
(2)
Adult basic education
number
2018-2019
56,242
Higher vocational adult education and specific teacher training (3)
41,822
12,290
2017-2018
Regular elementary education Regular secondary education 38,961
2016-2017
(3) (5)
(1) Staff in full-time and part-time secondary education. (2) The nursing courses at the 4th stage of vocational education became associate degree programmes (HBO5) in 2010. (3) From 2019-2020 on, higher vocational adult education and the specific teacher training are integrated in higher education (university colleges and universities). (4) In the figures on university colleges, visiting professors and mandate fees are included. (5) The data for February 2021 were not yet available at the time of publication.
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1 GENERAL OVERVIEW
1 GENERAL OVERVIEW
BUDGET
1 Overall education budget (in thousands of euros)
1 Approved subsidy amounts and approved subsidy applications by educational level in 2020 VGO
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
Changes in the Flemish education budget
11,122,196
11,478,066
11,787,825
12,150,565
12,861,372
13,319,149
The education budget as a percentage of the Flemish budget
27.34%
29.39%
29.64%
29.81%
28.27%
28.43%
8.0%
34.8%
16.1% 35.7%
Regular elementary education
OGO
Number of subsidy applications
Amount (in euros)
Total
Number of subsidy applications
Amount (in euros)
Number of subsidy applications
Amount (in euros)
101,705,523
731
28,112,808
59
129,818,331
790
9,495,463
45
2,389,886
5
11,885,349
50
Full-time regular secondary education
72,789,681
375
10,509,715
17
83,299,396
392
Special secondary education
2,340,704
24
-
-
2,340,704
24
-
-
-
-
-
-
Special elementary education
2 Distribution of the education budget by educational level 2.1% 3.3%
INFRASTRUCTURE
Elementary education
Adult education
Part-time arts education
Secondary education
Part-time arts education
Adult education
3,552,970
15
235
1
3,553,204
16
Tertiary education
Not related to educational levels
Pupil guidance centres
2,678,423
10
-
-
2,678,423
10
Boarding schools Total
3,224,549
39
-
-
3,224,549
39
195,787,313
1,195
41,012,643
79
236,799,956
1,274
3 Changes in the education budget by educational level (in thousands of euros) 2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
Elementary education
3,875,231
3,966,934
4,082,214
4,284,516
4,508,648
4,632,970
Secondary education
4,182,696
4,251,155
4,320,911
4,495,088
4,714,444
4,758,175
Tertiary education
1,753,481
1,882,633
1,885,147
1,983,594
2,123,181
2,137,950
Adult education
426,079
442,951
448,246
436,633
481,622
443,662
Part-time arts education
238,932
243,440
243,406
261,852
273,867
281,348
2 Approved subsidy amounts and approved subsidy applications by province in 2020 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
37,530,935
310
20,231,363
32
57,762,298
342
Flemish Brabant
30,066,773
154
4,727,644
8
34,794,417
162
4,791,947
29
2,383,087
2
7,175,034
31
West Flanders
43,590,223
305
5,538,591
10
49,128,814
315
East Flanders
38,741,350
264
7,881,292
26
46,622,642
290
Limburg
41,066,085
133
250,666
1
41,316,751
134
195,787,313
1,195
41,012,643
79
236,799,956
1,274
BCR
Total
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1 GENERAL OVERVIEW
STUDY ALLOWANCES
1 Study Allowances (1)
NARIC
1 Number of applications in 2020
* From the school year 2019-2020 on, school allowances are included in ‘Groeipakket’. Groeipakket’ is the new name for child benefit in Flanders. The name says exactly what this financial support is for: to help your children grow into people who get every opportunity in life. From 2019-2020 on, the Ministry of Education and Training is only responsible for study allowences. * In 2019-2020 there are two important changes in higher education: - the transfer of graduate training (enrolments in higher vocational adult education) to the university colleges - the reform of teacher training (among others the transfer of specific teacher training in adult education to university colleges and universities). Students in these programs are eligible for a study allowance since 2020-2021.
Number of applications 42
Gereral equivalence Higher education: level equivalence
1,800
Higher education: full equivalence
1,613
Secondary education: level equivalence
1,074
Secondary education: full equivalence
158
Certificates
165
Referrals/rejections
205 -
Legal precedents
5,057
Total
Number of applications
Number of allowances granted
Percentage of allowances granted
Total amount of allowances granted (in euros)
Average allowance (in euros)
2 Number of decisions in 2020 (1) Procedure
Positive (2)
Negative (3)
Certificate
Tertiary education of which N/A
N/A
N/A
Higher education: level equivalence
1,542
11
N/A
2,600.32
Higher education: full equivalence
1,170
78
N/A
1,979.46
Secondary education: level equivalence
876
-
N/A
Secondary education: full equivalence
135
4
N/A
Certificates
N/A
N/A
165
3,723
93
N/A
- University colleges
31,289
20,996
67.10%
43,634,277
2,078.22
Gereral equivalence
- Universities
59,290
40,705
68.65%
78,377,040
1,925.45
18,177
199
1.09%
517,464
108,756
61,900
56.92%
122,528,781
- Unknown Total
(2)
(1) Study allowances are awarded to students in higher education. 2) The type of tertiary education is not known (because the student is studying abroad or in another Community of Belgium). Source: Division Study Allowances - status 3/10/2021.
Note: The data above are not yet final as a number of applicants are still under consideration for the school year 2020-2021. Due to this, the number of allowances granted may increase further.
Total
(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 2020 Country
Number
Turkey
367
The Netherlands
293
Morocco
335
Syria
159
Romania
158
United Kingdom
154
Palestine
149
Iran
144
India
144
United States of America
126
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1 GENERAL OVERVIEW
EXAMINATION BOARD
A Elementary education
1 Number of subsidised/financed boarding schools and boarders (1)(2)
1 Number of participants to obtain a certificate of elementary education by province in 2020 (1)(2) Participants Antwerp
116
Flemish Brabant
25
21
West Flanders
14
9
East Flanders
9
6
19
16
190
168
(1) Een deelnemer is een kandidaat die minstens 1 examen heeft afgelegd.
Total
Number of boarders Number of boarding schools
Passed 123
Limburg
BOARDING SCHOOLS
(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).
Nursery education
Primary education
Secondary education
Associate degree nursing
Total number of boarders
GO
27
29
253
1,749
-
2,031
VGO
109
37
784
6,237
81
7,139
OGO
6
9
68
132
36
245
Total
142
75
1,105
8,118
117
9,415
(1) Count date: 1 February 2020. (2) 1 student of an autonomous university college and 12 boarders in European schools are not reported in the table above.
B Secondary education
1 Number of enrolments and participants in 2020 Male
Female
Total
Enrolments
1,151
1,108
2,259
Participants
2,545
2,459
5,004
The figures above reflect the number of unique candidates who in 2020 were effectively enrolled in and paid for a domain (enrolments) after they registered (registrations) at an information session. In 2019 there were 5,120 unique participants in at least one examination by the Examination Board of the Flemish Community (participants). This figure is higher than the number of enrolments because those candidates who enrolled for 2020 but did not yet graduate have been included in the figures.
2 Succes rate by stage and type of secondary education in 2020 For 55% 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 (bso) and arts secondary education (kso), followed by technical secondary education (tso). In general secondary education slightly less than half of the candidates passed the examination. Passed Examination Board
16,510 Passed
Per stage
Type of secondary education
Failed
% Passed
13,737 Failed
55% % Passed
1st stage
562
150
79%
2nd stage
1,137
549
67%
3rd stage
14,811
13,038
53%
1st stage
562
150
79%
aso
7,357
7,720
49%
bso
2,111
692
75%
kso
388
175
69%
tso
6,092
5,000
55%
3 Study certificates awarded by the Examination Board in 2020 Certificate 1st stage
30
Certificate 2nd stage
49
Diploma secondary education Total
923 1,002
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PUPIL GUIDANCE CENTRES
1 Number of pupil guidance centres by educational network GO Pupil guidance centres Permanent support units Total
VGO
M
F
OGO
GO (1)
Total
19
34
5
58
Regular elementary education
1
1
1
3
20
35
6
61
Temporary posts T
M
F
T
M
F
T
49
446
494
17
176
193
65
622
687
VGO
161
1,271
1,432
47
489
536
208
1,760
1,968
OGO
20
146
166
5
82
87
26
228
253
Total
230
1,863
2,093
69
747
816
298
2,610
2,908
Tenured posts Temporary posts Total
2017-2018
Total
776
221
1,754
Special elementary education
7,300
17,034
4,104
28,438
Total elementary education
8,057
17,810
4,325
30,192
44
7
-
51
5,961
11,474
1,925
19,360
Total secondary education
6,005
11,481
1,925
19,411
Total
14,062
29,291
6,250
49,603
Regular secondary education Tenured posts Special secondary education
2 Number of transported pupils by transport mode GO (1) Pupils transported collectively Total
3 Changes in staff of pupil guidance centres (full-time equivalents) 2016-2017
OGO
757
Pupils transported individually
2015-2016
VGO
Total
GO
1
PUPIL TRANSPORT
1 Number of transported pupils by educational level and educational network
2 Staff of pupil guidance centres by legal status and gender (full-time equivalents) Tenured posts
1 GENERAL OVERVIEW
2018-2019
2019-2020
2020-2021
1,975
1,956
1,936
2,043
2,042
2,093
778
818
800
790
828
816
2,753
2,774
2,736
2,833
2,870
2.908
(2) (3)
VGO
OGO
Total
11,376
22,936
4,746
39,058
2,686
6,355
1,504
10,545
14,062
29,291
6,250
49,603
(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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2 ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
SCHOOL POPULATION
1 School population in elementary education (1) NURSERY EDUCATION
PRIMARY EDUCATION
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION (nursery and primary) Regular Special Total 57,107 4,738 61,845 55,084 2,165 57,249 112,191 6,903 119,094
M F T
Regular 21,359 20,329 41,688
Special 514 191 705
Total 21,873 20,520 42,393
Regular 35,748 34,755 70,503
Special 4,224 1,974 6,198
Total 39,972 36,729 76,701
VGO
M F T
80,427 77,666 158,093
1,040 385 1,425
81,467 78,051 159,518
135,517 134,959 270,476
10,350 5,467 15,817
145,867 140,426 286,293
215,944 212,625 428,569
11,390 5,852 17,242
227,334 218,477 445,811
OGO
M F T
29,680 28,164 57,844
199 77 276
29,879 28,241 58,120
50,639 49,408 100,047
2,605 1,490 4,095
53,244 50,898 104,142
80,319 77,572 157,891
2,804 1,567 4,371
83,123 79,139 162,262
M Total F T
131,466 126,159 257,625
1,753 653 2,406
133,219 126,812 260,031
221,904 219,122 441,026
17,179 8,931 26,110
239,083 228,053 467,136
353,370 345,281 698,651
18,932 9,584 28,516
372,302 354,865 727,167
GO
4 Changes in the school population in elementary education Regular elementary education number 440,000
422,911
Primary education
22.4% 22.4%
22.3% 22.4% 16.4% 16.2%
16.3%
320,000
267,756
266,379
263,789
2015-2016
2016-2017
2017-2018
261,192
262,435
257,625 school year
240,000
Regular nursery education
2018-2019
2019-2020
2020-2021
Regular primary education
Special elementary education number 30,000
25,578
61.3%
24,645
24,000
GO VGO
61.3%
441,026
442,961
442,275
360,000
(1) In order to avoid double counting, pupils enrolled in special education due to long-term illness (type 5 special education) are not included in the figures. On 1 February 2021, there were 192 pupils in type 5 special nursery education and 290 pupils in type 5 special primary education.
Nursery education
438,779
400,000
280,000
2 Distribution across the educational networks (nursery and primary education)
432,291
24,380
25,567
24,784
26,110
18,000
OGO 12,000
3 Distribution over the provinces (1) 140.000
number 626
129 7,375
120.000
11.768 14,376
6,000
1,984 19,838
0
BCR
1,986
2,325
2,140
2,.406 school year
2015-2016
2016-2017
Special nursery education
5,569
100.000
1,967
2017-2018
2018-2019
2019-2020
2020-2021
Special primary education
3,513
80.000
Regular nursery education
668 5,108
60.000
Special nursery education 511
337
Regular primary education 4,545
448
Special primary education
40.000 (1)
442
Not included in the chart: Hainaut Province
20.000 73,025 125,951 0
Antwerp
55,700
90,498
Flemish Brabant and BCR
41,346 70,.924
West Flanders
56,932
99,433
East Flanders
30,562
54,155
Limburg
province
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2 ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
1 Schools in elementary education
2 Distribution across the provinces (1) numbers
GO
VGO
OGO
Total
417
1,402
512
2,331
Special nursery education
30
74
19
123
Total nursery education
447
1,476
531
2,454
600
29
416
1,393
516
2,325
Special primary education
34
125
33
192
Total primary education
450
1,518
549
2,517
Regular elementary education
419
1,522
544
2,485
Special elementary education
34
126
33
193
Total elementary education
453
1,648
577
2,678
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
In elementary education a school can organise nursery education, primary education or both nursery and primary education. In the table above the following information is integrated: nursery schools: all schools organising nursery education primary schools: all schools organising primary education elementary schools: schools organising only nursery education, only primary education or both nursery and primary education. As a consequence, the sum of the number of nursery schools and the number of primary schools is higher than the number of elementary schools. Besides these schools there were 6 schools organising type 5 special education (for pupils with long-term illness). These provide special nursery education as well as special primary education. They are not included in the data. French language schools are not included in the data.
6
135
135
141
46 31
500
46
46
29
15
BCR
29
PRIMARY EDUCATION Regular primary education
6
47
NURSERY EDUCATION Regular nursery education
4
700
29
400
43
43
28
19 28
300
200
100
0
599
604
652
486
479
516
Flemish Brabant and BCR
Antwerp
419
427
441
527
West Flanders
521
551
East Flanders
Regular nursery education
Regular primary education
Special nursery education
Special primary education
299
293
324
Limburg
province provincie
Total regular elementary education Total special elementary education
(1) Not included in the chart: Hainaut Province.
3 Distribution across the educational networks (nursery and primary education) Regular and special nursery education 21.6%
18.2%
Regular and special primary education 21.8%
17.9%
GO VGO
60.1%
60.3%
OGO
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2 ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
STAFF
1 Staff in elementary education expressed in number of persons/number of full-time equivalents Men
Women
4 Age structure of staff in elementary education by educational network and gender
Total
Number of persons
9,841
70,407
80,248
Number of full-time equivalents
9,041
61,046
70,087
GO M
2 Staff in elementary education by level of education and gender Women
M
F
T
M
Total
F
T
M
F
T
327
2,404
2,731
1,075
8,558
9,633
374
2,773
3,147
1,776
13,735
15,511
30-39
559
4,006
4,565
1,430
11,582
13,012
629
4,763
5,392
2,618
20,351
22,969
40-49
480
3,584
4,064
1,269
9,995
11,264
550
3,938
4,488
2,299
17,517
19,816
50-59
248
2,126
2,374
1,656
10,646
12,302
523
3,456
3,979
2,427
16,228
18,655
92
378
470
469
1,548
2,017
160
650
810
721
2,576
3,297
1,706
12,498
14,204
5,899
42,329
48,228
2,236
15,580
17,816
9,841
70,407
80,248
211
1,347
1,558
1,528
7,193
8,721
966
4,823
5,789
2,705
13,363
16,068
Total
Total
T
OGO
20-29
60+ Men
F
VGO
55+
Regular nursery education
630
23,220
23,850
Special nursery education
19
734
753
Total nursery education
649
23,954
24,603
Regular primary education
7,901
37,380
45,281
Special primary education
1,291
9,073
10,364
Total primary education
9,192
46,453
55,645
Regular elementary education
8,531
60,600
69,131
Tenured posts
4,042
15,701
15,331
15,958
2,636
53,668
Special elementary education
1,310
9,807
11,117
Temporary posts
9,017
3,967
1,619
648
212
15,463
Total elementary education
9,841
70,407
80,248
Total
13,059
19,668
16,950
16,606
2,848
69,131
304
2,179
2,486
1,937
430
7,336
Temporary posts
2,148
1,122
380
112
19
3,781
Total
2,452
3,301
2,866
2,049
449
11,117
4,346
17,880
17,817
17,895
3,066
61,004
Temporary posts
11,165
5,089
1,999
760
231
19,244
Total
15,511
22,969
19,816
18,655
3,297
80,248
5 Staff in elementary education by legal status and age group 20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60+
Total
REGULAR ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
SPECIAL ELEMENTARY EDUCATION Tenured posts
3 Staff in elementary education by age group and gender age
60+
721
TOTAL ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
2,576
Tenured posts 50-59
40-49
30-39
20-29
16,228
2,427
2,299
17,517
2,618
20,351
1,776
5,000 Men
Tenured posts regular and special elementary education
13,735 0
5,000 Women
10,000
15,000
6 Staff in elementary education by legal status (full-time equivalents) Temporary posts regular and special elementary education
number
20,000
22.3%
17.7%
21.5%
19.2%
GO VGO
60.0%
59.3%
OGO
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2 ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
2 ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
STAFF
7 Staff in elementary education by educational network, legal status and gender (full-time equivalents) Tenured posts M
F
Temporary posts T
M
F
Total
T
M
F
T
REGULAR ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
1 Elementary education budget and share of elementary education in the overall education budget (in thousands of euros) Elementary education budget
4,632,970
Regular elementary education budget
4,124,817 467,703
Special elementary education budget 7,797
347
2,111
2,458
1,293
VGO
3,744 24,514 28,258
925
6,885
7,809
4,669 31,398 36,067
Share of elementary education in the overall education budget
OGO
1,447
410
2,642
3,052
1,857 12,169 14,026
(1) The budget integrated in the category ‘not specified’ refers mainly to the budget for in-service training.
Total
6,137 40,892 47,029
1,681 11,638 13,319
7,818 52,530 60,348
GO
946
6,851
9,527 10,974
8,963 10,255
BUDGET
SPECIAL ELEMENTARY EDUCATION GO
239
1,411
1,650
63
671
733
302
2,082
2,384
VGO
549
3,275
3,824
204
1,862
2,066
753
5,137
5,890
OGO
116
823
940
51
475
526
167
1,298
1,465
Total
905
5,509
6,414
318
3,007
3,325
1,223
8,516
9,739
Elementary education - not specified
1,185
8,262
9,447
409
2,782
3,191
1,595 11,044 12,639
VGO
4,293 27,789 32,082
1,129
8,746
9,875
5,422 36,535 41,957
OGO
1,563 10,350 11,914
461
3,117
3,578
2,024 13,467 15,491
Total
7,042 46,401 53,443
1,999 14,645 16,644
9,041 61,046 70,087
Regular elementary education
14.4%
2016-2017
Special elementary education 8.8% 2.5%
Operational
4.4%
Investments Wages
81.2%
88.7%
3 Elementary education budget by educational network
8 Changes in staff in elementary education by legal status 2015-2016
34.78%
2 Elementary education budget by expenditure category
TOTAL ELEMENTARY EDUCATION GO
40,450
(1)
Regular elementary education
2017-2018
2018-2019
2019-2020
0.3%
2020-2021
REGULAR ELEMENTARY EDUCATION Tenured posts
46,751
47,426
48,261
51,082
52,010
53,668
Temporary posts
18,042
18,412
17,825
16,434
16,393
15,463
Total
64,793
65,838
66,086
67,516
68,403
69,131
SPECIAL ELEMENTARY EDUCATION Tenured posts
7,180
7,172
7,219
7,216
7,181
7,336
Temporary posts
2,709
2,740
2,798
2,981
3,301
3,781
Total
9,889
9,912
10,017
10,197
10,482
11,117
Tenured posts
53,931
54,598
55,480
58,298
59,191
61,004
Temporary posts
20,751
21,152
20,623
19,415
19,694
19,244
Total
74,682
75,750
76,103
77,713
78,885
80,248
Special elementary education
22.9%
17.0%
0.3% 14.6%
GO
32.5%
VGO OGO
59.8%
52.6%
Cross educational networks
TOTAL ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
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2 ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
BUDGET
4 Changes in elementary education budget by expenditure category (in thousands of euros) 2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
3,192,048
3,278,776
3,358,656
3,544,795
3,674,820
3,797,490
Operational
511,368
519,574
541,536
553,715
654,839
640,593
Investments
171,815
168,584
182,022
186,006
178,989
194,887
3,875,231
3,966,934
4,082,214
4,284,516
4,508,648
4,632,970
Wages (1)
Total
2 ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
1 Approved subsidy amounts and approved subsidy applications in regular elementary education in 2020 VGO
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
694,102
718,884
759,041
784,696
833,074
858,172
VGO
2,300,843
2,361,636
2,411,290
2,530,772
2,645,329
2,712,767
OGO
874,023
880,252
905,549
962,396
983,471
1,012,393
6,263
6,162
6,334
6,652
46,774
49,638
3,875,231
3,966,934
4,082,214
4,284,516
4,508,648
4,632,970
GO
Cross educational networks Total
16,548
18,000 16,000
16,612
16,993
199
15,004,025
25
42,061,879
224
Flemish Brabant
15,888,719
95
4,727,644
8
20,616,362
103
4,058,930
19
2,073,961
2
6,132,891
21
West Flanders
18,695,031
167
1,558,021
8
20,253,052
175
East Flanders
16,147,994
164
4,498,490
15
20,646,484
179
Limburg
19,856,995
87
250,666
1
20,107,662
88
101,705,523
731
28,112,808
59
129,818,331
790
Total
2 Approved subsidy amounts and approved subsidy applications in special elementary education in 2020
16,172
14,000 12,000
Total
Number of subsidy applications
Amount (in euros)
Number of subsidy applications
Amount (in euros)
Antwerp
321,677
11
23,450
11
345,127
22
Flemish Brabant
377,787
5
-
-
377,787
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
West Flanders
5,600,017
10
2,328,915
1
7,928,932
11
East Flanders
1,805,662
12
37,520
2
1,843,182
14
Limburg
1,390,321
7
-
-
1,390,321
7
Total
9,495,463
45
2,389,886
5
11,885,349
50
BCR
16,425
OGO
Number of subsidy applications
Amount (in euros)
16,618
Number of subsidy applications
Amount (in euros)
27,057,854
6 Changes in expenditure per pupil by level of education (in euros)
20,000
Number of subsidy applications
Amount (in euros)
VGO
euros
Total
Antwerp BCR
5 Changes in elementary education budget by educational network (in thousands of euros)
OGO
Number of subsidy applications
Amount (in euros)
(1) Wage bill for staff paid directly by the Education and Training policy area.
INFRASTRUCTURE
10,000 8,000 6,000
4,912
4,999
2016
2017
5,137
5,383
5,709
5,887
2018
2019
2020
2021
4,000 0
Regular elementary education
year
Special elementary education
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2 ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
EXAMINATION BOARD
1 Number of participants to obtain a certificate of elementary education by province in 2020 (1)(2) Number of participants
Passed
123
116
Flemish Brabant
25
21
West Flanders
14
9
East Flanders
9
6
19
16
190
168
Antwerp
Limburg 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).
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3 SECONDARY EDUCATION
SCHOOL POPULATION
1 School population in secondary education
3 Distribution across the provinces
GO M
F
VGO T
M
F
OGO T
M
Total
F
T
M
140,000
F
2,986
T
6,097 547
120,000
Regular secondary education 957
Reception class for immigrants
number
612
1,569
1,345
874
2,219
666
389
1,055
2,968
1,875
2,369
BCR
100,000
1st stage
14,959
14,903
29,862
54,593
55,596 110,189
5,839
3,556
9,395
75,391
74,055 149,446
2nd stage
15,535
15,007
30,542
52,080
52,508 104,588
6,913
4,076
10,989
74,528
71,591 146,119
3rd stage*
15,213
14,843
30,056
50,447
51,974 102,421
7,166
4,367
11,533
72,826
71,184 144,010
17,896
4,918
4,843
690
928
1,645 4,490
2,597
80,000 1,048
Regular secondary education 2,369
Special secondary education
60,000
of which advanced secondary education (‘Se-n-Se’) *
272
156
428
834
475
1,309
167
44
211
1,273
675
1,948
Part-time vocational secondary 40,000
Modular education (on 2nd and 3rd stage level) Total regular secondary education
12
67
79
97
392
489
167
-
167
276
459
735
124,302
20,000
46,676
45,432
4,350
1,951
Total full-time secondary education
51,026
47,383
Part-time secondary education
1,835
1,001
Special secondary education (1)
92,108 158,562 161,344 319,906
20,751
12,388
13,323
1,727
720
98,409 167,372 165,857 333,229
22,478
13,108
1,113
474
6,301
2,836
8,810
3,128
4,513
1,425
4,553
84,134
75,799
102,689
58,229
East Flanders
Limburg
33,139 225,989 219,164 445,153 2,447
14,887
7,184
0
22,071
Antwerp
Flemish Brabant West Flanders and BCR
province
35,586 240,876 226,348 467,224 1,587
6,076
2,900
8,976
4 Education types in the 2nd and 3rd stage and modular full-time secondary education
(1) To avoid double counting, pupils enrolled in special education due to long-term illness (type 5 special education) are not included in the data. On 1 February 2021 there were 595 pupils in type 5 special secondary education..
GO
2 Distribution across the educational networks
M
F
VGO
OGO
T
M
F
T
M
Total
F
T
M
F
T
2nd stage
Regular secondary education
Special secondary education
Part-time vocational secondary education
7.4% 20.7%
11.1% 28.5%
17.7%
31.6%
GO VGO OGO
71.9%
60.4%
50.7%
aso
6,840
7,984
14,824
23,820
29,735
53,555
1,006
1,161
2,167
31,666
38,880
70,546
tso
4,001
2,986
6,987
17,644
13,569
31,213
2,854
972
3,826
24,499
17,527
42,026
kso
235
477
712
423
1,185
1,608
300
677
977
958
2,339
3,297
bso
4,459
3,560
8,019
10,193
8,019
18,212
2,753
1,266
4,019
17,405
12,845
30,250
15,535
15,007
30,542
52,080
52,508 104,588
6,913
4,076
10,989
74,528
71,591 146,119
aso
4,820
6,318
11,138
17,586
23,995
41,581
600
851
1,451
23,006
31,164
54,170
tso
4,676
3,349
8,025
18,823
15,508
34,331
2,944
1,059
4,003
26,443
19,916
46,359
kso
313
539
852
516
1,196
1,712
355
706
1,061
1,184
2,441
3,625
bso
5,404
4,637
10,041
13,522
11,275
24,797
3,267
1,751
5,018
22,193
17,663
39,856
15,213
14,843
30,056
50,447
51,974 102,421
7,166
4,367
11,533
72,826
71,184 144,010
12
67
79
97
489
167
-
167
276
30,760
29,917
60,677 102,624 104,874 207,498
14,246
8,443
Total 2nd stage 3rd stage
Total 3rd stage Modular education bso Total
392
459
735
22,689 147,630 143,234 290,864
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3 SECONDARY EDUCATION
SCHOOL POPULATION
5 School population in full-time regular secondary education by field of study (2nd and 3rd stage and modular programmes) M
F
number
T
General secondary education
52,493
68,818
121,311
Agriculture and Horticulture
3,731
2,425
6,156
15
46
61
431
5,632
6,063
Car Engineering
3,157
61
3,218
Chemistry
3,281
1,832
5,113
Commerce
19,082
13,789
32,871
2,935
300
3,235
860
1,202
2,062
20
31
51
112
1,461
1,573
Graphic Communication and Media
1,809
524
2,333
Heating and Cooling
1,130
6
1,136
Body Care
Construction Decorative Techniques Dental Techniques Fashion
Jewelry Maritime training programmes Mechanics and Electricity Musical Instruments Nutrition Optics Orthopedic Techniques People Care
44
18
62
171
9
180
28,203
722
28,925
17
7
24
3,139
1,845
4,984
9
11
20
8
17
25
8,830
34,844
43,674
531
1,153
1,684
91
192
283
731
221
952
Sports
7,369
2,770
10,139
Textile
81
17
98
795
1,255
2,050
Visual Arts
1,596
3,581
5,177
Woodwork
6,854
226
7,080
105
219
324
147,630
143,234
290,864
Performing Arts Photography Public Security
Tourism
Not assigned to a field of study (1) Total
445,153
445,000
FIELD OF STUDY
Ballet
6 Changes in the school population in secondary education
440,000 434,435
435,000 430,000
427,456
425,000 421,975 420,000
418,228
415,000
2015-2016
419,207
2016-2017
2017-2018
2018-2019
2019-2020
school year
2020-2021
Regualar secondary education
22,071
number
22,000 21,500 21,095 21,000 20,500
20,544 20,331
20,333 20,130
20,000 19,500 19,000
2015-2016
2016-2017
2017-2018
2018-2019
2019-2020
2020-2021
school year
Special secondary education
(1) Nameless third grade of the third stage of Vocational secondary education.
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3 SECONDARY EDUCATION
SCHOOL POPULATION
3 SECONDARY EDUCATION
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
1 Schools in secondary education 10,000 9,000
number
8,754
8,864
8,980
8,854
8,975
GO
8,976
VGO
OGO
Total
FULL-TIME SECONDARY EDUCATION
8,000
Regular secondary education
214
666
64
944
Special secondary education
25
88
16
129
239
754
80
1,073
17
24
8
49
(1)
Total full-time secondary education
7,000
PART-TIME SECONDARY EDUCATION Part-time vocational secondary education (2)
6,000
(1) 7 schools providing type 5 special education (long-term illness) are not included in this table. (2) 42 out of the 49 centres for part-time secondary education are attached to one of the 944 schools which provide full-time regular secondary education. 7 centres for part-time secondary education are autonomous.
5,000 4,000
2015-2016
2016-2017
2017-2018
2018-2019
2019-2020
2020-2021
school year
2 Distribution across the provinces
Part-time vocational secondary education number 350
6
300
38
33
BCR
250 31
200
Regular secondary education
26 20
Special secondary education
19
150
100
256
170
179
196
143
Antwerp
Flemish Brabant and BCR
West Flanders
East Flanders
Limburg
50
0
province
3 Distribution across the educational networks Regular secondary education
Special secondary education
Part-time vocational secondary education
6.8% 22.7%
12.4%
19.4%
16.3%
34.7%
GO VGO
70.6%
68.2%
49.0%
OGO
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3 SECONDARY EDUCATION
STAFF
1 Staff in secondary education expressed in number of persons/number of full-time equivalents (1) Men
Women
4 Age structure of staff in secondary education by educational network and gender GO
Total
Number of persons
27,501
51,306
78,807
Number of full-time equivalents
25,816
45,181
70,997
M
(1) Staff of full-time and part-time secondary education.
2 Staff in secondary education by level of education and gender Men Regular secondary education Special secondary education Total *
of which in part-time secondary education
Women 43,902
68,443
2,960
7,404
10,364
27,501
51,306
78,807
558
927
1,485
F
T
2,793
14,251
4,982
7,450
350
651
1,001
3,797
7,723
11,520
30-39
1,960
3,863
5,823
4,576
10,251
14,827
747
1,212
1,959
7,283
15,326
22,609
40-49
1,781
3,241
5,022
4,850
9,792
14,642
879
1,218
2,097
7,510
14,251
21,761
50-59
1,236
2,096
3,332
4,727
8,179
12,906
792
938
1,730
6,755
11,213
17,968
348
557
905
1,554
1,941
3,495
254
295
549
2,156
2,793
4,949
6,304
11,847
18,151
18,175
35,145
53,320
3,022
4,314
7,336
27,501
51,306
78,807
882
1,533
2,415
4,035
6,162
10,197
658
793
1,451
5,575
8,488
14,063
3,797
15,000
10,000 Men
5,000 Women
7,723 0
5,000
30-39
40-49
50-59
60+
Total
Tenured posts
3,248
15,054
16,912
15,095
4,108
54,417
Temporary posts
6,487
4,017
2,195
984
343
14,026
Total
9,735
19,071
19,107
16,079
4,451
68,443
424
2,507
2,133
1,689
450
7,203
Temporary posts
1,361
1,031
521
200
48
3,161
Total
1,785
3,538
2,654
1,889
498
10,364
Tenured posts
3,672
17,561
19,045
16,784
4,558
61,620
Temporary posts
7,848
5,048
2,716
1,184
391
17,187
11,520
22,609
21,761
17,968
4,949
78,807
TOTAL SECONDARY EDUCATION
15,326
7,283
20-29
T
2,468
Tenured posts
11,213
7,510
30-39
F
SPECIAL SECONDARY EDUCATION
6,755
40-49
M
REGULAR SECONDARY EDUCATION
age
50-59
T
5 Staff in secondary education by legal status and age group
3 Staff in secondary education by age group and gender
60+
F
3,069
20-29
2,156
M
2,090
55+
24,541
M
Total
979
60+
Total
T
OGO
20-29
Total *
F
VGO
10,000
15,000
number
Total
20,000
6 Staff in secondary education by legal status (full-time equivalents) Tenured posts regular and special secondary education
9.2%
Temporary posts regular and special secondary education
10.2% 19,2% 22.0%
28.4%
GO VGO
68.7%
61.4%
OGO
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3 SECONDARY EDUCATION
3 SECONDARY EDUCATION
STAFF
7 Staff in secondary education by educational network, legal status and gender (full-time equivalents) Tenured posts M
F
Temporary posts T
M
F
1 Secondary education budget and share of secondary education in the overall education budget (in thousands of euros)
Total
T
M
F
T
REGULAR SECONDARY EDUCATION GO VGO OGO Total
6,764 10,502
1,401
2,167
3,568
12,354 21,760 34,114
3,042
4,752
7,793 15,396 26,511 41,907
4,349
556
678
18,030 30,935 48,965
4,999
1,938
2,411
5,139
1,234
2,494
8,931 14,070 3,089
5,583
7,596 12,595 23,029 38,531 61,560
SPECIAL SECONDARY EDUCATION 519
1,215
1,734
233
591
824
753
1,806
2,558
VGO
1,260
2,776
4,036
415
1,304
1,719
1,675
4,080
5,755
OGO
275
501
776
84
264
349
359
765
1,124
Total
2,054
4,491
6,545
733
2,159
2,892
2,787
6,651
9,437
GO
Secondary education budget
4,758,175
Regular secondary education budget
4,254,798
Secondary education - not specified
VGO
17,328
(1)
(1) The budget integrated in the category ‘not specified’ refers mainly to the budget for in-service training.
2 Secondary education budget by expenditure category Regular secondary education
Special secondary education 5.8% 3.2%
11.4%
2.5% 4,257
7,979 12,236
1,634
2,758
4,392
13,614 24,536 38,150
3,457
6,055
9,513 17,071 30,591 47,662
2,213
2,912
5,124
641
942
1,583
2,853
3,854
6,707
Total
20,084
35,426
55,510
5,732
9,755
15,487
25,816
45,181
70,997
8 Changes in staff in secondary education by legal status 2016-2017
Operational
5,892 10,736 16,628
OGO
2015-2016
35.72%
Share of secondary education in the overall education budget
TOTAL SECONDARY EDUCATION GO
486,049
Special secondary education budget 3,738
BUDGET
Investments
86.1%
Wages
91.0%
3 Secondary education budget by educational network 2017-2018
2018-2019
2019-2020
2020-2021
Regular secondary education
Special secondary education
REGULAR SECONDARY EDUCATION Tenured posts
50,974
50,230
50,226
51,845
52,061
54,417
Temporary posts
15,835
16,600
16,391
14,925
15,801
14,026
Total
66,809
66,830
66,617
66,770
67,862
68,443
0.4%
8.8%
21.9%
0.1% 11.5% 29.1%
GO VGO OGO
SPECIAL SECONDARY EDUCATION Tenured posts
6,462
6,585
6,689
6,880
6,912
7,203
Temporary posts
2,689
2,644
2,715
2,715
3,028
3,161
Total
9,151
9,229
9,404
9,595
9,940
10,364
Tenured posts
57,436
56,815
56,915
58,725
58,973
61,620
Temporary posts
18,524
19,244
19,106
17,640
18,829
17,187
Total
75,960
76,059
76,021
76,365
77,802
78,807
68.9%
59.3%
Cross educational networks
TOTAL SECONDARY EDUCATION
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3 SECONDARY EDUCATION
3 SECONDARY EDUCATION
BUDGET
4 Changes in secondary education budget by expenditure category (in thousands of euros) 2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
3,574,512
3,653,237
3,721,513
3,867,456
4,044,618
4,116,686
Operational
485,432
494,266
495,772
517,161
548,586
518,781
Investments
122,752
103,652
103,626
110,471
121,240
122,708
4,182,696
4,251,155
4,320,911
4,495,088
4,714,444
4,758,175
Wages (1)
Total
1 Approved subsidy amounts and approved subsidy applications in full-time regular secondary education in 2020 VGO
2018
2019
881,247
887,303
923,526
VGO
2,897,259
2,943,586
OGO
381,516
395,835
GO
Cross educational networks Total
2020
2021
976,681
1,027,729
1,072,605
2,976,498
3,077,448
3,190,694
3,219,290
395,862
415,810
431,801
430,643
22,673
24,431
25,025
25,149
64,220
35,637
4,182,696
4,251,155
4,320,911
4,495,088
4,714,444
4,758,175
6
14,699,439
102
12,781,098
57
-
-
12,781,098
57
246,110
8
309,125
1
555,236
9
West Flanders
17,709,837
105
1,651,654
2
19,361,492
107
East Flanders
15,983,469
78
3,345,047
8
19,328,516
86
Limburg
16,573,616
31
-
-
16,573,616
31
Total
72,789,681
375
10,509,715
17
83,299,396
392
2 Approved subsidy amounts and approved subsidy applications in special secondary education in 2020 VGO
6 Changes in expenditure per pupil by level of education (in euros) euros
20,310
20,444
19,967
21,586
21,552
10,000
8,658
8,787
8,890
2016
2017
2018
9,075
9.355
9,145
2019
2020
2021
Number of subsidy applications
Amount (in euros)
-
-
84,729
3
934,399
6
-
-
934,399
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
West Flanders
168,556
4
-
-
168,556
4
East Flanders
503,966
7
-
-
503,966
7
Limburg
649,053
4
-
-
649,053
4
2,340,704
24
-
-
2,340,704
24
BCR
15,000
Number of subsidy applications
Amount (in euros) 3
Flemish Brabant
20,000
Total
84,729
Antwerp 21,839
OGO
Number of subsidy applications
Amount (in euros)
25,000
Number of subsidy applications
Amount (in euros)
5,203,888
BCR
2017
Number of subsidy applications
Amount (in euros)
96
Flemish Brabant
2016
Total
9,495,551
Antwerp
5 Changes in secondary education budget by educational network (in thousands of euros)
OGO
Number of subsidy applications
Amount (in euros)
(1) Wage bill for staff paid directly by the Education and Training policy area.
INFRASTRUCTURE
Total
5,000
0
Regular secondary education
year
Special secondary education
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3 SECONDARY EDUCATION
EXAMINATION BOARD
1 Number of registrations, enrolments and participants in 2020 Enrolments
Participants
Men
1,151
2,545
Women
1,108
2,459
Total
2,259
5,004
The figures above reflect the number of unique candidates who in 2020 were effectively enrolled in and paid for a domain (enrolments) after they registered (registrations) at an information session. In 2019 there were 5,120 unique participants in at least one examination by the Examination Board of the Flemish Community (participants). This figure is higher than the number of enrolments because those candidates who enrolled for 2020 but did not yet graduate have been included in the figures.
2 Succes rate by stage and type of secondary education in 2020 For 55% 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 (bso) and arts secondary education (kso), followed by technical secondary education (tso). In general secondary education slightly less than half of the candidates passed the examination. Subdivided by stage: success rate was higher than average in the 1st and 2nd stage. In the 3rd stage success rate was almost equal to average. Passed
Failed
% passed
16,510
13,737
55%
Passed
Failed
562
150
79%
2nd stage
1,137
549
67%
3rd stage
14,811
13,038
53%
Passed
Failed
% passed
562
150
79%
aso
7,357
7,720
49%
bso
2,111
692
75%
kso
388
175
69%
tso
6,092
5,000
55%
Examination Board
1st stage Per stage
1st stage Type of secondary education
% passed
3. Study certificates awarded by the Examination Board in 2020 Certificate 1st stage
30
Certificate 2nd stage
49
Diploma Secondary education Total
923 1,002
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STUDENTS AND COURSE PARTICIPANTS
A Associate degree nursing
4 HOGER ONDERWIJS 2 Number of enrolments per association (1)
1 Number of enrolments in associate degree in nursing programmes (1)(2) GO M Number of enrolments
184
VGO
F
T
1,220
1,404
M 688
M
OGO
F
T
4,474
5,162
M 86
F
T
M
465
551
958
F
T
6,159
7,117
B University colleges/Universities From the academic year 2018-2019 onwards, data on 30 September are used. In previous publications data were counted on 30 June. (1)(2)
23,447
45,168
LUCA School of Arts
1,217
1,721
2,938
Odisee
4,786
5,926
10,712
Thomas More Kempen
4,163
4,492
8,655
Thomas More Mechelen-Antwerp
3,966
6,139
10,105
UC Leuven
3,548
5,476
9,024
UC Limburg
1,813
3,181
4,994
VIVES Noord University College
1,632
2,093
3,725
VIVES Zuid University College
4,235
6,735
10,970
47,081
59,210
106,291
387
72
459
Antwerp University
7,014
9,106
16,120
Artesis Plantijn University College Antwerp
6,146
7,822
13,968
Karel de Grote University College
5,313
7,770
13,083
18,860
24,770
43,630
4,767
8,890
13,657
16,129
21,781
37,910
University College Ghent
7,981
7,931
15,912
University College West Flanders
4,350
3,205
7,555
33,227
41,807
75,034
Hasselt University
1,770
1,856
3,626
PXL University College
4,712
4,331
9,043
384
443
827
6,866
6,630
13,496
ANTWERP UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATION Antwerp Maritime Academy
Orientation
Type of education
M
F
Higher vocational
Graduate courses
9,092
7,195
16,287
889
811
1,700
9,981
8,006
17,987
48,339
67,741
116,080
48,339
67,741
116,080
Associate degree Total higher vocational
Professional orientation
Total professional
Academic
Higher art education
Total higher art education Total
T
Academic orientation
32,726
38,059
70,785
Master
21,595
27,870
49,465
54,321
65,929
120,250
Total academic
440
386
826
Arts programmes (academic orientation)
1,881
2,451
4,332
Master
1,031
1,271
2,302
3,352
4,108
7,460
115,993
145,784
261,777
Arts programmes (professional orientation)
T
21,721
Catholic University of Leuven
Total
1 Number of enrolments in higher vocational adult education by field of study
F
K.U. LEUVEN ASSOCIATION
Total
(1) Number of enrolments on 1 February 2021. (2) Associate degree nursing is organized in secondary schools.
Professional
STUDENTEN EN CURSISTEN
(1) Graduate courses, Higher vocational adult education (phasing out), Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes. (2) Data refer to all active enrolments in a degree contract in an institution for higher education on 30 September. A student may have several enrolments.
Total GHENT UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATION Artevelde University College Ghent Ghent University
Total ASSOCIATION COLLEGES-UNIVERSITY OF LIMBURG
Transnational University Limburg Total BRUSSELS UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATION Erasmus University College Brussels
2,602
3,482
6,084
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
5,557
7,622
13,179
Total
8,159
11,104
19,263
Joint study programs (2)
1,800
2,263
4,063
115,993
145,784
261,777
Total
(1) Graduate courses, Higher vocational adult education (phasing out), Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes. (2) Joint study programmes are organised jointly by several institutions.
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STUDENTS AND COURSE PARTICIPANTS
3 number of enrolments by field of study M
F
T
HIGHER VOCATIONAL EDUCATION Bionics
108
68
176
Combined fields of study
133
293
426
5,270
3,081
8,351
408
344
752
Industrial sciences and technology
2,699
199
2,898
Social and community work
1,363
4,021
5,384
9,981
8,006
17,987
Commercial sciences and technology Education
Total higher vocational education PROFESSIONALLY ORIENTED TERTIARY EDUCATION
M
F
T
Industrial sciences and technology
7,456
1,162
8,618
Kinesiology and rehabilitation sciences
3,204
4,256
7,460
601
1,967
2,568
Law, notary sciences and criminology
3,751
8,281
12,032
Medicine
2,764
4,460
7,224
Nautical sciences
315
67
3820
Pharmaceutical sciences
692
2,352
3,044
Philosophy and moral sciences
729
561
1,290
2,345
4,148
6,493
305
182
4870
ACADEMICALLY ORIENTED TERTIARY EDUCATION
Language and literature
962
1,589
2,551
Political and social sciences
1,170
1,519
2,689
Product Development
696
1,018
1,714
Psychology and educational sciences
1,574
8,385
9,959
20,072
17,016
37,088
Sciences
5,080
3,110
8,190
Education
5,851
13,823
19,674
Social health sciences
242
1,319
1,561
Healt care
3,368
16,265
19,633
Theology, theological sciences and canon law
309
231
540
13,180
3,287
16,467
Traffic safety sciences
153
65
218
72
5
77
Veterinary science
431
1,882
2,313
2,968
13,219
16,187
54,321
65,929
120,250
48,339
67,741
116,080
Architecture Biotechnology Combined fields of study Commercial sciences and business studies
Industrial sciences and technology Nautical sciences Social and community work Total professionally oriented courses tertiary education
Total academically oriented tertiary education
PROFESSIONALLY ORIENTED HIGHER ART EDUCATION
Audiovisual and visual arts
248
277
525
Music and dramatic arts
192
109
301
ACADEMICALLY ORIENTED TERTIARY EDUCATION
Total professionally oriented higher art education
440
386
826
1,614
2,615
4,229
1,640
1,767
3,407
547
1,617
2,164
4,908
1,611
6,519
382
793
1,175
1,240
2,223
3,463
Biomedical sciences
962
2,975
3,937
Biotechnology
336
367
703
Combined fields of study
1,376
2,689
4,065
Commercial sciences and business studies
4,112
3,333
7,445
21
129
150
295
549
844
Economic and applied economic sciences
7,432
4,826
12,258
History
1,119
622
1,741
Applied biological sciences Applied linguistics Applied sciences Archaeology and history of art Architecture
Conservation and Restauration Dentistry
ACADEMICALLY ORIENTED HIGHER ART EDUCATION Audiovisual and visual arts Music and dramatic arts
1,298
1,107
2,405
Total academically oriented higher art education
2,912
3,722
6,634
Total higher art education
3,352
4,108
7,460
115,993
145,784
261,777
Total tertiary education
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STUDENTS AND COURSE PARTICIPANTS
4 Changes in the number of enrolments in tertiary education Academic year
M
F
102,531
123,813
226,344
2016-2017
103,444
125,365
228,809
2017-2018
104,350
126,510
230,860
2018-2019 (1)
104,041
127,507
231,548
2019-2020 (2)
112,366
138,580
250,946
2020-2021
115,993
145,784
261,777
1 Staff in associate degree nursing by number of persons/number of full-time equivalents (1) Men
(1) From 2018-2019 on, data refer to all active enrolments in a degree contract in an institution for higher education on 30 September. For previous years, figures refer to 30 June. (2) From 2019-2020 on, higher vocational adult education and specific teacher training are integrated in higher education (university colleges and universities).
2
249
1,264
1,513
Number of full-time equivalents
226
1,108
1,334
Staff in associate degree nursing by legal status (1)
M F
T
Integrated teacher training (1) Associate degree programmes
408
344
752
Professional Bachelor’s degree
5,851
13,823
19,674
926
1,789
2,715
Specific teacher training
80
81
161
- for holders of a Master’s degree
80
81
161
259
444
703
7,524
16,481
24,005
- from Adult education Total
Total
Tenured posts M
Phasing out (2)
Women
Number of persons
5 Number of enrolments in teacher training
Master of Teaching Programme
STAFF
A Associate degree nursing
T
2015-2016
4 HIGHER EDUCATION
Associate degree nursing
190
F 1,075
Temporary posts T
1,265
M 59
Total
F
T
M
189
248
249
F 1,264
T 1,513
3 Staff in associate degree nursing by legal status (full-time equivalents) (1) Tenured posts 16.7% 9.3%
Temporary posts 7.8% 24.3% GO VGO
(1) Teacher training is reformed as from 2019-2020 on (see page 2). (2) Specific teacher training (formerly in higher education and in adult education) is phasing out. These courses were transformed to educational training (see page 3).
74.0%
67.9%
OGO
(1) From 2017-2018 a different calculation method was used for this staff. Staff of institutions that organize secondary education as well as associate degree nursing are now taken into account.
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4
HIGHER EDUCATION
BASISONDERWIJS Leerlingen
STAFF
B University colleges
C Universities
1 Staff in university colleges paid out of the operational block-grant
1 Staff of universities paid through operational allowances (2019-2020)
Men
Women
The data for February 2021 were not yet available at the time of publication. For the universities the data for February 2020 are integrated (academic year 2019-2020).
Total
Number of persons
5,122
7,520
12,642
Number of full-time equivalents
3,915
5,816
9,732
Men
2 Staff in university colleges paid out of the operational block-grant by age group and gender
Total
8.564
7.609
16.173
5.767,00
5.321,50
11.088,50
Number of persons Nulmber of full-tme equivalents
Women
Source: Flemish Interuniversity Council (VLIR), Ravensteingalerij 27, 1000 Brussels.
age
592
60+
50-59
2 Staff of universities paid through operational allowances by age group and gender (2019-2020)
465
1,941
1,530
age
1,599
40-49
1,118
30-39
283
20-29 2,500
2,000 Men
1,500
60+
2,109
1,000
50-59
495
500
0
500
1,145
1,000
1,500
2,000
number
2,500
Women
40-49
30-39
40-49
50-59
60+
Total
35
1,034
2,431
2,643
873
7,016
Temporary posts
743
2,193
1,678
828
184
5,626
Total
778
3,227
4,109
3,471
1,057
12,642
Tenured posts
2,240
2,553
1,851
2,152
676
20-29 2,500
20-29
1,731
2,339
30-39
3 Staff in university colleges paid out of the operational block-grant by legal status and age group
471
2,000 Men
1,500
1,000
1,015 500
number
0
500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
Women
4 Changes in staff in university colleges paid out of the operational block-grant by legal status 2015-2016
2016-2017
2017-2018
2018-2019
Tenured posts
6,177
6,147
6,253
6,379
6,899
7,016
Temporary posts
4,430
4,614
4,757
4,755
5,461
5,626
10,607
10,761
11,010
11,134
12,360
12,642
Total
2019-2020 2020-2021
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4 HIGHER EDUCATION
BASISONDERWIJS Leerlingen EDUCATION BUDGET 4 HIGHER
STAFF
3 Staff of universities paid through operational allowances by staff category and age group (2019-2020) 20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60+
Tertiary education budget
Total
Academic assistance staff Integration staff OP1, OP2, OP3 Total Administrative and technical staff Total
2,137,950
Share of tertiary education in the overall education budget
Academic staff Autonomous academic staff
1 Tertiary education budget and share of tertiary education in the overall education budget (in thousands of euros)
62
1,233
2,162
1,767
871
6,095
1,303
1,261
472
216
68
3,320
1
72
180
325
209
787
1,366
2,566
2,814
2,308
1,148
10,202
325
1,437
1,979
1,762
468
6
1,691
4,003
4,793
4,070
1,616
16,173
2 Changes in tertiary education budget by expenditure category (in thousands of euros)
Wages and operations Investments
4 Changes in staff of universities paid through operational allowances by staff category
16.05%
Total
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
1,689,449
1,769,254
1,821,590
1,909,265
2,048,253
2,063,022
64,032
113,379
63,557
74,329
74,928
74,928
1,753,481
1,882,633
1,885,147
1,983,594
2,123,181
2,137,950
3 Changes in tertiary education budget (in thousands of euros) 2014-2015
2015-2016
2016-2017
2017-2018
2018-2019 2019-2020
Academic staff Autonomous academic staff
5,384
5,549
5,657
5,742
5,882
6,095
Academic assistance staff
3,174
3,228
3,291
3,308
3,225
3,320
Integration staff OP1, OP2, OP3
1,256
1,104
995
907
791
787
Total
9,814
9,881
9,943
9,957
9,898
10,202
Administrative and technical staff
5,532
5,606
5,560
5,633
5,761
5,971
15,346
15,487
15,503
15,590
15,659
16,173
Totaal
thousands of euros 2,150,000
2,123,181
2,137,950
2,100,000
2,050,000 1,983,594
2,000,000
1,950,000 1,882,633
1,900,000
1,885,147
1,850,000
1,800,000
1,750,000
1,753,481
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
year
Note: The data on the budget for tertiary education as reported above refer only to the university colleges and universities. The budget for higher vocational adult education and specific teacher training is integrated in the budget for adult education. The budget for associate degree nursing is reported in the budget for secondary education.
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BASISONDERWIJS Leerlingen EDUCATION INFRASTRUCTURE 4 HIGHER 1 Investment resources higher education 2019 (in euros)
1 Study allowances (1) (2)
UNIVERSITIES Regualar investestment resources universities Institute of Tropical Medicine Total universities
29,968,000 711,000 30,679,000
UNIVERSITY COLLEGES (1) Subsidized private university colleges
18,815,874
Statutory public university colleges
14,339,183
Framework integration research universities Total university colleges Total
BASISONDERWIJS Leerlingen EDUCATION STUDY ALLOWANCES 4 HIGHER
From the school year 2019-2020 on, school allowances are included in ‘Groeipakket’. Groeipakket’ is the new name for child benefit in Flanders. The name says exactly what this financial support is for: to help your children grow into people who get every opportunity in life. From 2019-2020 on, the Ministry of Education and Training is only responsible for study allowences. In 2019-2020 there were two important changes in higher education: • the transfer of the associate degree programmes (enrolments in higher vocational adult education) to the university colleges • the reform of teacher training (among others the transfer of specific teacher training in adult education to university colleges and universities). Students in these programs are eligible for a study allowance since 2019-2020.
3,676,194 36,831,250 67.510.250
(1) In fiscal year 2020 an amount of 194,000 euros is allocated to the Antwerp Maritime Academy for building maintenance.
Number of applications
Number of allowances granted (1)
Percentage of allowances granted
Total amount of allowances granted (in euros)
Average allowance (in euros)
Tertiary education - Universities
31,289
20,996
67.10%
43,634,277
2,078.22
- Universities colleges
59,290
40,705
68.65%
78,377,040
1,925.49
18,177
199
1.09%
517,464
2,600.32
108,756
61,900
56.92%
122,528,781
1,979.46
- Unknown
Total
(2)
Source: Division Study Allowances - status 3/10/2021.. (1) Study allowances are granted to students in tertiary education. (2) The type of tertiary education is not known (students studying abroad or in another Community of Belgium)..
Note: The above data are not yet final, as a number of applications are still under consideration for the school year 2020-2021. Due to this the number of allowances granted may increase further.
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BASISONDERWIJS EDUCATIONLeerlingen SCHOOL POPULATION 5 ADULT 1 Number of course participants by field of study in secondary adult education and adult basic education Secondary adult education
Secondary adult education M
F
n/a (1)
T
4,259
5,070
2
9,331
Administration
896
2,512
-
3,408
Agriculture and horticulture
412
873
-
1,285
98
493
-
591
Baking
767
1,598
-
2,365
Beverage knowledge
557
329
-
886
1,230
296
-
1,526
Business management
997
294
-
1,291
Butchery
293
53
-
346
4,304
203
2
4,509
387
69
-
456
4,653
5,122
1
9,776
Chemistry
487
46
-
533
Construction work: structural work
387
75
-
462
2,199
4,028
7
6,234
49
2,772
1
2,822
FIELD OF STUDY Additional general training
Assistant Care Professions
Building completion and finishing work
Car mechanics Carpentry Catering industry
Domestic cooking Domestic decoration and sewing techniques
80
232
-
312
Dutch as a second language - stage 1 and 2
37,335
49,232
10
86,577
Dutch as a second language - stage 3 and 4
1,699
3,594
-
5,293
823
993
4
1,820
3,031
6,683
1
9,715
16,666
29,713
28
46,407
16
563
-
579
126
11,401
-
11,527
2,122
1,028
4
3,154
514
614
-
1,128
2,862
3,052
7
5,921
Heat and cooling
959
54
-
1,013
Heavy transport
41
7
-
48
433
886
-
1,319
759
196
-
955
Information and communication technology
10,208
15,684
12
25,904
Library, archive and documentation science
82
250
-
332
1,262
1,540
2
2,804
Logistics and sales
430
359
-
789
Maritime education
51
-
-
51
2,775
242
2
3,019
Domestic helper
European Additional Language - stage 1 and 2 European Languages - stage 3 and 4 European Main Language - stage 1 and 2 Fashion: fashion patterns Fashion: fashion realizations Furniture manufacturing General training Graphic communication & media
Hebrew ICT technology Secundair volwassenenonderwijs
Literacy module(s): Dutch and Learning to Learn
Mechanics - Electricity
M
F
n/a (1)
T
1,293
1,641
3
2,937
People care
602
4,465
-
5,067
Personal hygiene
187
2,714
-
2,901
2,054
2,827
1
4,882
Printing technology
241
367
-
608
Scandinavian languages
212
364
2
578
Slavic languages
876
542
1
1,419
58
301
-
359
561
3,667
-
4,228
4
87
-
91
Tourism
658
783
-
1,441
Traditional accessories
213
2,476
-
2,689
FIELD OF STUDY Oriental languages
Photography
Special educational needs Specific people care Textile crafts
544
204
1
749
2,283
228
5
2,516
114,035
170,822
96
284,953
M
F
Community studies
4,837
7,626
2
12,465
Dutch
1,350
2,277
-
3,627
Dutch as a second language
5,318
5,903
1
11,222
Information and communication technology
2,751
5,268
-
8,019
Traditional heritage Welding Total
Adult basic education n/a (1)
T
FIELD OF STUDY
211
518
-
729
Literacy education Dutch as a second language
6,161
8,883
-
15,044
Mathematics
1,720
1,655
-
3,375
309
298
-
607
22,657
32,428
3
55,088
Languages
Tailor made courses 'Maatwerk' Total
(1) For a small number of course participants the gender was not registered.
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5 ADULT EDUCATION
SCHOOL POPULATION
2 Changes in the number of course participants in secondary adult education and adult basic education (1) 320,000
BASISONDERWIJS EDUCATIONLeerlingen EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS 5 ADULT 1 Centres for adult education (1)
number
GO
318,901
Centres for secondary adult education
315,000
Centres for adult basic education
310,000
VGO
OGO
Total
11
12
11
34
-
-
-
13
307,423
305,000
(1) From 2019-2020 on, reports for adult education are made per school year.
304,270
300,000
298,300
295,000
294,706
290,000 285,000
284,953
280,000
school year
2014-2015
2015-2016
2016-2017
2017-2018
2018-2019
2019-2020
Secondary adult education
70,000
number 64,498
65,000
64,385
62,001
55,088
58,509
60,000 55,000 50,566 50,000 45,000 40,000 2014-2015
2015-2016
2016-2017
2017-2018
2018-2019
2019-2020
school year
Adult basic education (1) In previous editions of Flemish Education in Figures numbers were counted per reference period (April 1 - March 31). From the edition 20192020, the figures are reported per school year (September 1 - August 31).
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BASISONDERWIJS EDUCATIONLeerlingen STAFF 5 ADULT
BASISONDERWIJS Leerlingen PERSONEEL 5 VOLWASSENENONDERWIJS
A Secondary adult education
4 Staff in secondary adult education by educational network and legal status (full-time equivalents)
1 Staff in secondary adult education expressed in number of persons/number of full-time equivalents Men
Women
Tenured posts
28.2%
Total
Number of persons
2,075
4,748
6,823
Number of full-time equivalents
1,608
3,724
5,332
Temporary posts
24.0%
36.0%
GO
36.0%
VGO
35.8%
OGO
40.1%
2 Staff in secondary adult education by age group and gender 5 Staff in secondary adult education by educational network, legal status and gender (full-time equivalents)
age
248
60+
50-59
40-49
375
1,509
702
1,484
645
364
30-39
1,044
20-29 800 Men
Tenured posts
336
116 600
400
200
0
200
400
600
800
1,000
1,200
number
GO
383
933
VGO
356
OGO Total
GO F
VGO T
M
F
OGO T
M
F
M
F
M
F
T
M
F
T
1,316
214
390
604
597
1,323
1,920
953
1,309
202
470
672
558
1,423
1,981
311
718
1,029
142
260
402
453
978
1,431
1,050
2,603
3,654
558
1,120
1,678
1,608
3,724
5,332
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60+
Total
79
714
1,431
1,762
495
4,481
Temporary posts
373
694
698
449
128
2,342
Total
452
1,408
2,129
2,211
623
6,823
7 Changes in staff in secondary adult education by legal status
Total T
T
Total
6 Staff in secondary adult education by legal status and age group Tenured posts
3 Age structure of staff in secondary adult education by educational network and gender
T
20-29
49
122
171
44
146
190
23
68
91
116
336
452
30-39
125
355
480
144
428
572
95
261
356
364
1,044
1,408
40-49
233
510
743
206
559
765
206
415
621
645
1,484
2,129
50-59
275
540
815
234
595
829
193
374
567
702
1,509
2,211
97
127
224
93
137
230
58
111
169
248
375
623
Total
779
1,654
2,433
721
1,865
2,586
575
1,229
1,804
2,075
4,748
6,823
55+
250
417
667
219
466
685
159
313
472
628
1,196
1,824
60+
F
1,400
Women
M
M
Temporary posts
2015-2016
2016-2017
2017-2018
2018-2019
2019-2020
2020-2021
Tenured posts
3,956
3,971
4,006
4,314
4,416
4,481
Temporary posts
2,671
2,804
2,824
2,499
2,511
2,342
Total
6,627
6,775
6,830
6,813
6,927
6,823
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Leerlingen 5 BASISONDERWIJS ADULT EDUCATION STAFF
BASISONDERWIJS EDUCATIONLeerlingen BUDGET 5 ADULT
B Adult basic education
1 Adult education budget and share of adult education in the overall education budget (in thousands of euros)
1 Staff in adult basic education expressed in number of persons/number of full-time equivalents 443,662
Adult education budget Men
Women
Number of persons
203
1,265
1,468
Number of full time equivalents
178
994
1,172
2 Changes in adult education budget by educational network (in thousands of euros)
2 Staff in adult basic education by age group and gender age
60+
84
18
50-59
47
40-49
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
GO
113,456
118,654
120,286
117,880
116,223
116,080
VGO
152,625
156,690
151,755
140,788
123,054
126,019
OGO
86,127
88,538
93,185
95,567
86,544
88,648
Cross networks
73,870
79,069
83,020
82,399
155,801
112,915
426,079
442,951
448,246
436,633
481,622
443,662
431
43
378
17
20-29 100
2016
Total
273
56
30-39
3.33%
Share of adult education in the overall education budget
Total
99
50
0
Men
50
100
150
200
300
250
350
400
number
Women
3 Staff in adult basic education by legal status and gender Temporary posts
Tenured posts Total
M
F
T
119
753
872
M 83
F 532
Total
T
M
615
203
F 1,265
T 1,468
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BASISONDERWIJS EDUCATIONLeerlingen INFRASTRUCTURE 5 ADULT 1 Approved subsidy amounts and approved subsidy applications in adult education in 2020 (1)
VGO Amount (in euros)
OGO
Number of subsidy applications
Total
Number of subsidy applications
Amount (in euros)
Amount (in euros)
Number of subsidy applications
91,887
3
-
-
91,887
3
612
1
-
-
612
1
BCR
486,907
2
-
-
486,907
2
West Flanders
436,911
5
-
-
436,911
5
Antwerp Flemish Brabant
105
1
235
1
340
2
Limburg
2,536,548
3
-
-
2,536,548
3
Total
3,552,970
15
235
1
3,553,204
16
East Flanders
(1) Including adult basic education.
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DEELTIJDS KUNSTONDERWIJS ARTS EDUCATION 6 PART-TIME
1 Number of course participants in part-time arts education by age category, subject and gender (1) Young people
Adults
M
F
Visual and audiovisual arts
15,539.0
33,821.0
49,360.0
Music
26,161.0
36,638.5
62,799.5
5,492.0
13,570.0
19,062.0
746.0
313.0
10,756.0
11,069.0
1,866.0
2,924.0
4,790.0
49,371.0
97,709.5
Speech arts and drama Dance Cross-domain Total
T
M
F
BASISONDERWIJS Leerlingen
SCHOOLBEVOLKING SCHOOL POPULATION
3 Course participants in part-time arts education by educational network Visual and audiovisual arts
Total F
T
Music
T
M
5,074.0 14,965.0
20,039.0
20,613.0
48,786.0
69,399.0
9,892.5 13;555.5
23,448.0
36,053.5
50,194.0
86,247.5
VGO
1,793.0
2,539.0
6,238.0
15,363.0
21,601.0
OGO
42.0
1,086.0
1,128.0
355.0
11,842.0
12,197.0
0.0
5.0
5.0
1,866.0
2,929.0
4,795.0
147,080.5 15,754.5 31,404.5
47,159.0
0.5%
5.3% 4.0%
9.3% 1.6%
GO
88.6%
90.7%
65,125.5 129,114.0 194,239.5
(1) The count is based on the number of students eligible for funding. Individuals enrolled on more than one domain are counted more than once.
Speech arts and drama 0.4%
5.1% 1.1%
2 Proportion of young people/adults in part-time arts education 70,000
3.7% 7,1%
93.4%
50,000
5.4% 2.4%
1.3%
10.3%
number
60,000
Cross-domain
Dance
11,9% 91.0%
86.0%
4 Changes in the number of course participants in part-time arts education by domain
40,000
number 30,000
89,448
90,000
80,000
20,000
87,958 79,261
78,957
79,127 71,435
70,000 10,000 49,360
62,799,5
19,062
11,069
20,039
23,448
2,539
Visual and audiovisual arts
age group
Adults
Young people Music
Speech arts and drama
Dance
Cross-domain
65,915
68,569
21,827
22,942 13,070
64,415
65,058
21,042
21,511
12,937
13,097
13,533
75
0
0
69,399
60,000
1,128
4,790
0
86,247,5
50,000
40,000
30,000 20,000 10,000
23,030
12,753 4,572
3,769
21,601 12,197 4,795 school year
0
2015-2016 Visual and audiovisual arts
2016-2017 Music
2017-2018 Speech arts and drama
2018-2019
2019-2020 Dance
2020-2021 Cross-domain
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6 PART-TIME ARTS EDUCATION
SCHOOL POPULATION
5 Number of course participants in part-time arts education by subject or by combination of subjects for which they enrolled Number of course participants
Percentage
Subject Only Visual and audiovisual arts
58,587.0
33.7%
Only Music
72,646.0
41.8%
Only Speech arts and drama
13,978.0
8.0%
Only Dance
7,369.0
4.2%
Only Cross-domain
3,517.0
2.0%
1 or more domains and Cross-domain
1,278.0
0.7%
Visual and audiovisual arts and Dance
1,050.0
0.6%
332.0
0.2%
68.0
0.0%
Visual and audiovisual arts and Dance and Music Visual and audiovisual arts and Dance and Music and Speech arts and drama
101.0
0.1%
5,576.0
3.2%
679.0
0.4%
Visual and audiovisual arts and Speech arts and drama
1,870.0
1.1%
Dance and Music
2,077.0
1.2%
Dance and Music and Speech arts and drama
263.0
0.2%
Dance and Speech arts and drama
557.0
0.3%
Music and Speech arts and drama
4,015.0
2.3%
173,963.0
100.0%
Visual and audiovisual arts and Dance and Speech arts and drama Visual and audiovisual arts and Music Visual and audiovisual arts and Music and Speech arts and drama
Total
6 PART-TIME ARTS EDUCATION
INSTITUTIONS
1 Number of institutes in part-time arts education GO
VGO
OGO
Total
Visual and audiovisual arts
5
4
55
64
Music, speech arts and drama and dance
8
1
70
79
Art academies
2
-
22
24
15
5
147
167
Total
(1)
(1) Art academies offer visual and audiovisual arts as well as music, speech arts and drama and dance.
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6 PART-TIME ARTS EDUCATION
STAFF
1 Staff in part-time arts education expressed in number of persons/number of full-time equivalents
4 Staff in part-time education by educational network and legal status (full-time equivalents) Tenured posts
Men
Women
Total
Number of persons
2,404
3,745
6,149
Number of full-time equivalents
1,862
2,760
4,622
Temporary posts
8.1% 2.2%
11.7% 2.8% GO VGO
2 Staff in part-time arts education by age group and gender
89.7% 91,4% 92,5%
88,5% 85.5%
age
60+
238
50-59
265
675
40-49
5 Staff in part-time arts education by educational network, legal status and gender (full-time equivalents)
1,061
602
926 333
20-29 800
Tenured posts
947
556
30-39
600
546
400
Men
number
200
0
200
400
600
800
1,000
M
F
T
T
M
F
T
126
163
289
55
67
122
181
230
411
VGO
31
48
79
10
20
29
41
68
109
OGO
1,292
1,917
3,209
348
545
893
1,641
2,462
4,102
Total
1,450
2,128
3,578
412
632
1,044
1,862
2,760
4,622
VGO T
M
F
OGO T
20-29
Total
M
F
T
M
F
T
20-29
39
51
90
9
11
20
285
484
769
333
546
879
30-39
65
102
167
8
26
34
483
798
1,281
556
926
1,482
40-49
62
75
137
12
25
37
528
847
1,375
602
947
1,549
50-59
55
74
129
15
29
44
605
958
1,563
675
1,061
1,736
60+
29
27
56
8
2
10
201
236
437
238
265
503
250
329
579
52
93
145
2,102
3,323
5,425
2,404
3,745
6,149 1,398
55+
57
70
F
6 Staff in part-time arts education by legal status and age category
GO
Total
M
Total
GO
3 Age structure of staff in part-time arts education by educational network and gender
F
Temporary posts
1,200
Women
M
OGO
127
15
20
35
507
729
1,236
579
819
30-39
40-49
50-59
60+
Total
Tenured posts
119
909
1,293
1,592
466
4,379
Temporary posts
760
573
256
144
37
1,770
Total
879
1,482
1,549
1,736
503
6,149
7 Changes in staff in part-time arts education by legal status 2015-2016
2016-2017
2017-2018
2018-2019
2019-2020 2020-2021
Tenured posts
4,023
4,018
4,103
4,204
4,212
4,379
Temporary posts
1,714
1,736
1,669
1,642
1,829
1,770
Total
5,737
5,754
5,772
5,846
6,041
6,149
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6
PART-TIME ARTS EDUCATION
BUDGET
1 Part-time arts education budget and share of part-time arts education in the overall education budget (in thousands of euros) Part-time arts education budget
281,348
Share of part-time arts education budget in the overall education budget
2.11%
2 Changes in the part-time arts education budget by educational network (in thousands of euros) 2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
GO
21,563
21,800
22,001
24,179
24,699
25,346
VGO
2,715
2,728
2,565
2,711
6,136
6,841
OGO
214,399
218,657
218,383
234,589
240,306
247,359
255
255
457
373
2,726
1,802
238,932
243,440
243,406
261,852
273,867
281,348
Cross educational networks Total
3 Changes in the cost per course participant in part-time arts education (in euros)
1,500
euros 1,462
1,450
1,400 1,376 1,358 1,350
1,342
1,317 1,307 1,300
year
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
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