Elementary educationSCHOOL Leerlingen OVERVIEW POPULATION 1 GENERAL 1 School population in Flemish education 2010-2011 Full-time education
Part-time secondary education
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION (1)
Part-time vocational secondary education (1) 1,984
Special nursery education
422,911
Primary education
25,578
Special primary education
Adult education 316,860
Secondary adult education (3)
58,850
Adult basic education (3)
718,229
Total
Part-time arts education
SECONDARY EDUCATION (1) Full-time regular secondary education
418,228 20,333
Special secondary education
438,561
Total HOGER ONDERWIJS
7,434
Associate degree nursing (2) Higher vocactional adult education (3) University colleges
17,442 8,840
Specific teacher training (3) Universities
8,754
267,756
Nursery education
117,587
(4)
108,757
(4)
Part-time arts education
2012-2013
2013-2014
2014-2015
2015-2016
Part-time vocational secondary education (1)
7,871
8,241
8,636
8,867
8,807
8,754
314,576
322,744
328,087
324,903
325,870
316,860
45,909
45,283
45,780
47,861
52,506
58,850
171,663
173,486
174,102
175,251
175,804
177,798
Adult education Secondary adult education (3) Adult basic education (3) Part-time arts education
177,798
(5)
2011-2012
Part-time secondary education
(1) Elementary and secondary education: number of pupils enrolled (all enrolments) on 1 February 2016. (2) Associate degree nursing: number of pupils enrolled on 1 February 2016. (3) Higher vocational adult education, specific teacher training, secondary adult education and adult basic education: number of unique enrolments on a programme for the reference period 1/4/2015 - 31/3/2016. (4) University colleges and universities: Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes. Data refer to all active enrolments in a degree contract in an institution for higher education on 30 June 2016. A student may have several enrolments. (5) Part-time arts education: number of students eligible for funding. Individuals enrolled on more than one course of study are counted more than once.
Part-time arts education (5)
(1) Elementary and secondary education: number of pupils enrolled (all enrolments) on 1 February. (2) Associate degree nursing: number of pupils enrolled on 1 February. (3) Higher vocational adult education, specific teacher training, secondary adult education and adult basic education: number of unique enrolments on a programme for the reference period 1 April - 31 March. (4) University colleges and universities: Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes. Data refer to all active enrolments in a degree contract in an institution for higher education on 30 June. A student may have several enrolments. (5) Part-time arts education: number of students eligible for funding. Individuals enrolled on more than one course of study are counted more than once.
2 Changes in the school population by level of education 2010-2011
2011-2012
2012-2013
2013-2014
2014-2015
2015-2016
Full-time education NURSERY EDUCATION (1) 257,424
262,603
265,953
269,197
268,453
267,756
1,975
1,986
2,023
2,042
2,000
1,984
259,399
264,589
267,976
271,239
270,453
269,740
Regular
381,983
386,696
392,351
399,729
411,097
422,911
Special
28,225
28,566
28,481
28,307
27,483
25,578
Total
410,208
415,262
420,832
428,036
438,580
448,489
Total elementary education
669,607
679,851
688,808
699,275
709,033
718,229
424,820
420,685
418,817
417,469
416,847
418,228
Regular Special Total PRIMARY EDUCATION (1)
SECONDARY EDUCATION (1) Regular Special Total secondary education
19,487
19,835
20,177
20,495
20,661
20,333
444,307
440,520
438,994
437,964
437,508
438,561
5,837
6,255
6,869
7,383
7,402
7,434
17,757
18,235
17,913
17,989
17,862
17,442
9,097
9,199
9,305
9,425
9,355
8,840
123,629
128,498
132,120
112,360
115,359
117,587
79,575
82,113
84,177
108,771
108,896
108,757
TERTIARY EDUCATION Associate degree nursing (2) Higher vocational adult education Specific teacher training University colleges Universities
(4)
(4)
(3)
(3)
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Elementary educationEDUCATIONAL LeerlingenINSTITUTIONS OVERVIEW 1 GENERAL 1 Educational institutions in Flemish education Full-time education ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
1 Staff by level of education expressed in number of persons Part-time secondary education Part-time vocational secondary education
(1) (2)
Autonomous nursery schools
162
Autonomous primary schools
257
Schools providing nursery and primary education
2,177
Total
2,596
Full-time regular secondary education (3) (4)
939
Special secondary education (2)
116
Total
Tenured posts (4)
48
Secondary adult education (5) Adult basic education
Secondary education 106 13
Part-time arts education
168
TERTIARY EDUCATION 20
Higher vocational adult education and specific teacher training (5)
39
University colleges
16
(1)
Associate degree nursing
(2)
Higher vocational adult education and specific teacher training University colleges (3)
1,055
Associate degree nursing (3)
M Elementary education
Adult education
Part-time arts education
SECONDARY EDUCATION
Universities
Elementary educationSTAFF Leerlingen OVERVIEW 1 GENERAL
6
(1) Autonomous nursery schools organise nursery education only. Autonomous primary schools organise primary education only. (2) Excluding the so-called ‘type 5-schools’. These schools organise special education of type 5 only (for pupils with long-term illness). In special elementary education, 6 schools organise nursery and primary education. In special secondary education there are 5 schools organising type 5-education. In order to avoid double counts, the pupils enrolled in special education type 5 are not included in the figures. (3) 16 of the 939 schools organising full-time regular secondary education also organise the courses for the associate degree in nursing. Beside these schools, 4 schools only organise the courses for the associate degree in nursing. In the table above, the 16 schools referred to in this footnote are reported under both full-time regular secondary education and associate degree nursing. (4) 43 of these 939 schools also organise part-time vocational secondary education. There are 5 schools that only organise part-time vocational secondary education. In the table above, the 43 schools referred to in this footnote are reported under both full-time secondary education and part-time vocational education. (5) There are 101 centres for adult education. Some centres for adult education organise secondary adult education as well as higher vocational adult education. In the table, these centres are reported under both higher vocational adult education and secondary adult education.
Secondary adult education Adult basic education
Staff of pupil guidance centres, education inspectorate, educational advisory service, boarding schools, …
T
M
7,172
46,759
53,931
20,566
36,870
145
Total
F
T
F
T
2,621
18,130
20,751
9,793
64,889
74,682
57,436
6,697
11,827
18,524
27,263
48,697
75,960
946
1,091
72
374
446
217
1,320
1,537
261
327
588
351
304
655
612
631
1,243
2,466
3,711
6,177
1,923
2,507
4,430
4,389
6,218
10,607
1,159
2,797
3,956
936
1,735
2,671
2,095
4,532
6,627
-
-
-
164
1030
1,194
164
1,030
1,194
1,615
2,408
4,023
683
1,031
1,714
2,298
3,439
5,737
922
3,332
4,254
349
1,645
1,994
1,271
4,977
6,248
97,150 131,456
13,796
38,583
52,379
34,306
Total Universities
F
(4)
Part-time arts education
Temporary posts M
48,102 135,733 183,835 n/a
(5)
n/a
n/a
2 Staff by level of education expressed in number of full-time equivalents Tenured posts M Elementary education Secondary education
(1)
Associate degree nursing
(2)
Higher vocational adult education and specific teacher training University colleges (3) Secondary adult education Adult basic education
(4)
Part-time arts education Staff of pupil guidance centres, education inspectorate, educational advisory service, boarding schools, … Total Universities
(5)
Temporary posts
F
T
M
6,769
40,691
47,460
19,438
32,096
119
Total
F
T
2,194
15,211
17,405
51,534
6,069
10,435
798
917
47
204
263
467
2,205
3,070
979
M
F
T
8,963
55,902
64,865
16,504
25,507
42,531
68,038
298
345
166
1,096
1,262
159
195
354
363
458
821
5,275
1,193
1,812
3,005
3,398
4,882
8,280
2240
3,219
616
1,282
1,898
1,595
3,522
5,117
-
-
-
137
762
899
137
762
899
1,399
1,908
3,307
396
602
998
1,795
2,510
4,305
850
2,696
3,546
298
1,309
1,607
1,148
4,005
5,153
31,963
83,762
115,725
11,109
31,906
43,015
43,072
115,668
158,740
n/a
n/a
n/a
(1) Staff in full-time and part-time secondary education. (2) The nursing courses at the 4th stage of vocational education became associate degree (HBO5) programmes in 2009-10. (3) In the data on the university colleges, visiting professors and mandate fees are not included in the number of full-time equivalents. (4) Since 1 September 2008 the staff members working at adult basic education centres have been paid directly by the Education and Training policy area. The Education and Training policy area functions as a third-party payment provider for staff members who have an employment contract with the adult basic education centre but are not paid through any other channel. This third-party payment scheme was introduced on the basis of the Decree on Adult Education (15 June 2007). (5) The data for February 2016 were not yet available at the time of publication.
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Elementary educationSTAFF Leerlingen OVERVIEW 1 GENERAL 3 Staff by age group and gender (1)
5 Changes in staff by level of education expressed in number of full-time equivalents
age
2010-2011 3,462
60+
4,640
14,380
50-59
40-49
34,212
30-39
5,739
20-29
54,546
55,334
56,242
Special elementary education
8,267
8,312
8,468
8,520
8,596
8,623
62,499
61,593
61,079
60,513
60,078
59,793
7,228
7,416
7,661
7,944
8,110
8,245
911
978
1,047
1,143
1,233
1,262
800
805
786
791
811
821
University colleges (3)
9,973
9,831
9,923
8,643
8,282
8,280
Secondary adult education
4,831
4,832
4,918
4,983
5,071
5,117
652
672
692
707
812
899
Part-time arts education
4,234
4,237
4,259
4,270
4,314
4,305
Staff of pupil guidance centres, education inspectorate, educational advisory service, boarding schools, ...
5,134
5,144
5,149
5,152
5,147
5,153
155,882
154,942
157,850
157,212
157,788
158,740
8,520.80
8,618.20
8,690.06
10,420.47
10,503.44
n/a
Adult basic education
number
30,000
20,000
10,000
Men
0
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
Women
(1) Excluding staff employed by universities.
Total Universities
4 Changes in staff by evel of education expressed in number of persons 2010-2011
2011-2012
2012-2013
2013-2014
2014-2015
2015-2016
Regular elementary education
60,147
60,377
62,203
63,171
64,013
64,793
Special elementary education
9,533
9,620
9,712
9,799
9,907
9,889
70,275
69,507
68,527
67,973
67,419
66,809
Special secondary education
8,032
8,296
8,472
8,801
9,020
9,151
Associate degree nursing (2)
1,118
1,203
1,291
1,399
1,498
1,537
Higher vocational adult education and specific teacher training
1,302
1,308
1,261
1,245
1,248
1,243
12,705
12,592
12,705
11,142
10,637
10,607
6,284
6,331
6,417
6,511
6,585
6,627
868
899
914
950
1,077
1,194
Part-time arts education
5,680
5,708
5,728
5,755
5,761
5,737
Staff of pupil guidance centres, education inspectorate, educational advisory service, boarding schools, ...
6,274
6,270
6,269
6,282
6,228
6,248
182,218
182,111
183,499
183,028
183,393
183,835
12,016
12,169
12,405
15,085
15,346
n/a
Regular secondary education
(1)
University colleges (3) Secondary adult education Adult basic education
Total Universities
(5)
(4)
2015-2016
53,868
(1)
(2)
Higher vocational adult education and specific teacher training
22,113
2014-2015
51,122
Associate degree nursing 40,892
13,028
2013-2014
51,353
Special secondary education 11,493
2012-2013
Regular elementary education Regular secondary education
33,876
2011-2012 (6)
(5)
(4)
(1) Staff in full-time and part-time secondary education. (2) The nursing courses at the 4th stage of vocational education became associate degree (HBO5) programmes in 2009-10. (3) In the data on the university colleges, visiting professors and mandate fees are not included in the number of full-time equivalents. (4) Since 1 September 2008 the staff members working at adult basic education centres have been paid directly by the Education and Training policy area. The Education and Training policy area functions as a third-party payment provider for staff members who have an employment contract with the adult basic education centre but are not paid through any other channel. This third-party payment scheme was introduced on the basis of the Decree on Adult Education (15 June 2007). (5) The data for February 2016 were not yet available at the time of publication. (6) The number of full-time equivalents in January 2012 may be lower than normal due to a strike. This strike is not taken into account in the calculation of the budgetary full-time equivalents.
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Elementary educationBUDGET Leerlingen OVERVIEW 1 GENERAL
Elementary educationINFRASTRUCTURE Leerlingen OVERVIEW 1 GENERAL
1 Overall education budget (in thousands of euros)
1 Approved subsidy amounts and approved subsidy applications by educational level in 2015 (1)
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
Changes in the Flemish education budget
10,144,051
10,386,131
10,649,922
10,876,663
10,810,834
11,018,818
The education budget as a percentage of the Flemish budget
39.12%
38.63%
38.50%
38.84%
28.60%
27.25%
2 Distribution of the education budget by educational level
2.1% 3,7%
5.7%
34.8%
15.9%
39.5% 37.7%
Elementary education
Adult education
Secondary education
Part-time arts education
Tertiary education
Not related to educational levels
2012
2013
2014
Total
Number of subsidy applications
Amount (in euros)
Number of subsidy applications
Amount (in euros)
Regular elementary education
93,682,190
1,116
38,893,075
80
132,575,265
1,196
Special elementary education
14,324,433
63
751,635
6
15,076,068
69
Full-time regular secondary education
56,904,912
629
5,590,981
17
62,495,893
646
Special secondary education
4,624,552
40
365,253
2
4,989,805
42
Part-time vocational secondary education
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,583,902
19
-
-
1,583,902
19
-
-
-
-
-
-
Pupil guidance centres
1,509,054
27
-
-
1,509,054
27
Boarding schools
7,669,159
74
-
-
7,669,159
74
180,298,202
1,968
45,600,944
105
225,899,146
2,073
Part-time arts education
Total 2015
OGO
Number of subsidy applications
Amount (in euros)
Adult education
3 Changes in the education budget by educational level (in thousands of euros) 2011
VGO
2016
Elementary education
3,315,165
3,467,787
3,641,127
3,711,241
3,737,469
3,832,188
Secondary education
4,016,851
4,097,770
4,138,180
4,209,500
4,145,581
4,154,329
Tertiary education
1,669,649
1,644,017
1,683,145
1,746,645
1,707,300
1,753,126
Adult education
355,293
370,347
374,996
388,591
393,344
410,994
Part-time arts education
216,767
224,098
228,895
232,842
232,296
236,866
2 Approved subsidy amounts and approved subsidy applications by province in 2015 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
34,650,485
465
16,247,341
53
50,897,826
518
Flemish Brabant
22,855,237
273
9,381,946
16
32,237,183
289
8,109,705
62
4,616,175
6
12,725,880
68
West Flanders
37,037,054
427
1,845,319
6
38,882,373
433
East Flanders
42,385,452
484
10,420,160
19
52,805,612
503
Limburg
35,260,269
257
3,090,003
5
38,350,272
262
180,298,202
1,968
45,600,944
105
225,899,146
2,073
BCR
Total
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Elementary educationSCHOOL Leerlingen OVERVIEW AND STUDY ALLOWANCES 1 GENERAL 1 School and study allowances by educational level
Elementary educationNARIC Leerlingen OVERVIEW 1 GENERAL
(National Academic Recognition Information Centre)
1 Number of applications in 2015 Number of applications
Number of applications
Number of allowances granted (1)(2)
Percentage of allowances granted
Total amount of allowances granted (in euros)
146
Higher vocational education
52,394
69.08%
4,883,645
93.21
Primary education
152,490
108,482
71.14%
14,407,246
132.81
Secondary education of which
172,720
119,683
69.29%
53,021,477
443.02
- Full-time secondary education
167,176
116,894
69.92%
52,214,782
446.68
- Part-time secondary education
5,544
2,789
50.31%
806,695
289.24
Associate degree nursing
3,068
1,593
51.92%
1,993,085
1,251.15
Syntra
1,094
670
61.24%
175,652
262.17
Tertiary education of which
75,058
45,896
61.15%
79,383,158
1,729.63
- University colleges
46,004
29,319
63.73%
48,813,399
1,664.91
- Universities
26,631
16,202
60.84%
29,624,261
1,828.43
2,423
375
15.48%
945,498
2,521.33
480,270
328,718
68.44%
153,864,263
-
Total
1,587
Higher education: full equivalence
75,840
- Unknown
257
Higher education: level equivalence
Nursery education
(3)
21
Higher education: PhD Average allowance (in euros)
(1) As known on 20/08/2016. (2) School allowances are awarded to pupils in nursery, primary and secondary education; study allowances are awarded to students in higher education. (3) The type of tertiary education is not known (because the student is studying abroad or in another Community of Belgium).
Note: The data above are not yet final as a number of applicants are still under consideration (50,894 applicants) for the school year 2015-2016. Due to this, the number of allowances granted may increase further.
1,119
Secondary education: level equivalence
18
Secondary education: full equivalence Adult education
318
Certificates
284
Professional recognition
115
Referrals/rejections
151 74
Legal precedents
4,090
Total
2 Number of decisions in 2015 (1) Procedure
Positive (2)
Negative (3)
Other (4)
22
1
1
Higher education: level equivalence
181
6
33
Higher education: full equivalence
500
73
452
Higher education: PhD
52
17
64
Secondary education: level equivalence
804
6
237
Secondary education: full equivalence
15
8
-
Adult education
157
53
-
Professional recognition
n/a
n/a
n/a
Legal precedents
n/a
n/a
n/a
Certificates
n/a
n/a
n/a
Higher vocational education
(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. (4) An ‘other’ decision concerns an equivalence with another study certificate or level than the one initially applied for or examined. e.g. a person applies for equivalence with the degree of master but receives equivalence with the degree of bachelor.
3 Top 10 countries of origin of applicants in 2015 Secondary education Country
Tertiary education
Number
Country
Number
Morocco
140
The Netherlands
89
The Netherlands
123
Syria
62
Romania
88
Iraq
63
Syria
68
Morocco
49
Bulgaria
61
Russia
53
Poland
60
India
26
Iran
35
Ukraine
42
Turkey
29
Poland
43
Congo (RDC)
24
Romania
41
Afghanistan
22
Turkey
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Elementary educationEXAMINATION LeerlingenBOARD OVERVIEW 1 GENERAL
Elementary educationBOARDING Leerlingen OVERVIEW SCHOOLS 1 GENERAL
A Elementary education
1 Number of subsidised/financed boarding schools and boarders (1)(2)(3)
1 Number of participants to obtain a certificate of elementary education by province in 2015 (1)(2) Number of participants
Number of boarders Number of boarding schools
Number of passed
Nursery education
Primary education
Secondary education
Associate degree nursing
Total number of boarders
243
199
GO
31
43
362
1,877
4
2,286
13
12
VGO
105
65
759
6,918
152
7,894
West Flanders
5
4
OGO
3
10
49
71
32
162
East Flanders
5
4
Total
139
118
1,170
8,866
188
10,342
Limburg
5
3
271
222
Antwerp Flemish Brabant
(1) Een deelnemer is een kandidaat die minstens 1 examen heeft afgelegd.
Total
(1) Count date: 1 February 2016. (2) Boarding schools with fewer than 30 boarders are not included, as they cannot be financed or subsidised. (3) The following pupils and students are not reported in the data: 54 boarders in university colleges, 24 boarders in universities and 27 boarders in European 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).
B Secondary education 1 Number of registrations, enrollments and participants in 2015 Number of registrations
Number of enrolments
Number of participants
Male
2,569
2,327
2,605
Female
1,957
1,957
2,190
4,526
4,284
4,795
Total
The figures above reflect the number of unique candidates who in 2015 were effectively enrolled in and paid for a course of study (enrolments) after they registered (registrations) at an information session. In 2015 there were 4,795 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 2015 but did not yet graduate have been included in the figures.
2 Succes rate by stage and type of secondary education in 2015 For 64% of all individual exams held by the Examination Board of the Flemish Community the candidate gained at least 50% of the marks. Subdivided according to type of education the success rate proved highest in vocational secondary education, followed by secondary education in the arts and technical secondary education. In general secondary education only slightly more than half of the candidates passed the examination. Number of exams Examination Board
Passed
32,654
21,024
Failed 11,630
% passed 64%
3 Study certificates awarded by the Examination Board in 2015 Certificate 1st stage
19
Certificate 2nd stage
33
Diploma secondary education Total
1,087 1,139
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Elementary educationPUPIL Leerlingen OVERVIEW GUIDANCE CENTRES 1 GENERAL 1 Number of pupil guidance centres by educational network GO Pupil guidance centres Permanent support units Total
VGO
Elementary educationPUPIL Leerlingen OVERVIEW TRANSPORT 1 GENERAL 1 Number of transported pupils by educational level and educational network
OGO
GO (1)
Total
24
43
5
72
Regular elementary education
1
1
1
3
25
44
6
75
2 Staff of pupil guidance centres by legal status and gender (full-time equivalents)
M
Temporary posts
F
T
M
F
T
M
F
T
65
401
466
16
180
196
81
581
662
VGO
187
1,164
1,351
36
465
501
223
1,629
1,852
OGO
29
129
158
4
77
81
33
206
239
Total
281
1,694
1,975
56
722
778
337
2,416
2,753
822
258
2,029
Special elementary education
7,170
16,575
4,059
27,804
Total elementary education
8,119
17,397
4,317
29,833
Regular secondary education
37
101
-
138
Special secondary education
5,124
11,719
2,058
18,901
Total secondary education
5,161
11,820
2,058
19,039
13,280
29,217
6,375
48,872
2 Number of transported pupils by transport mode GO (1) Pupils transported collectively Pupils transported individually Total
3 Changes in staff of pupil guidance centres (full-time equivalents)
Tenured posts Temporary posts Total
2011-2012
2012-2013
Total
Total
GO
2010-2011
OGO
949
Total Tenured posts
VGO
2013-2014
2014-2015
2015-2016
1,990
2,040
2,001
2,004
1,964
1,975
773
702
748
735
775
778
2,763
2,742
2,749
2,739
2,739
2,753
(2) (3)
VGO
OGO
Total
11,092
22,562
4,849
38,503
2,188
6,655
1,526
10,369
13,280
29,217
6,375
48,872
(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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