education Leerlingen ELEMENTARY EDUCATION SCHOOL POPULATION 2 Elementary 1 School population in elementary education (1) Elementary education
4 Changes in the school population in elementary education
Primary education
elementary education (nursery and primary) Regular Special Total 49,530 4,817 54,347 48,164 2,648 50,812 97,694 7,465 105,159
M F T
Regular 20,515 19,311 39,826
Special 454 186 640
Total 20,969 19,497 40,466
Regular 29,015 28,853 57,868
Special 4,363 2,462 6,825
Total 33,378 31,315 64,693
VGO
M F T
84,894 81,855 166,749
819 405 1,224
85,713 82,260 167,973
124,879 124,537 249,416
10,694 6,172 16,866
135,573 130,709 266,282
209,773 206,392 416,165
11,513 6,577 18,090
221,286 212,969 434,255
OGO
M F T
32,221 30,401 62,622
123 55 178
32,344 30,456 62,800
46,985 45,460 92,445
2,877 1,739 4,616
49,862 47,199 97,061
79,206 75,861 155,067
3,000 1,794 4,794
82,206 77,655 159,861
M Total F T
137,630 131,567 269,197
1,396 646 2,042
139,026 132,213 271,239
200,879 198,850 399,729
17,934 10,373 28,307
218,813 209,223 428,036
338,509 330,417 668,926
19,330 11,019 30,349
357,839 341,436 699,275
GO
(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 2014, there were 132 pupils in type 5 special nursery education and 235 pupils in type 5 special primary education. The average attendance between 1 February 2013 and 31 January 2014 in type 5 special nursery education is 111.78 pupils; for type 5 special primary education it is 215.15 pupils.
Regular elementary education number 400,000
23.2%
22.7%
15.1%
280,000
243,482
250,391
257,424
262,603
265,953
269,197
2011-2012
2012-2013
2013-2014
240,000
school year
200,000 2008-2009
2009-2010
Regular nursery education
2010-2011
Regular primary education
Special elementary education number
27,543
27,705
28,225
28,566
28,481
28,307
1,977
1,962
1,975
1,986
2,023
2,042
2008-2009
2009-2010
2011-2012
2012-2013
18,000
OGO 12,000
3 Distribution over the provinces (1)
6,000
number 7,894
128
622 0
11.768 15,801 12,342
100,000
BCR
6,257
school year
Special nursery education
2010-2011
2013-2014
Special primary education
4,149
578
5,384 60,000
399,729
GO
62.2%
61.9%
80,000
392,351
24,000
14.9%
VGO
120,000
386,696
320,000
30,000
Primary education
380,197
381,983
360,000
2 Distribution across the educational networks (nursery and primary education) Nursery education
381,882
Regular nursery education 450
Special nursery education
289 4,623
Regular primary education
368 40,000
Special primary education
357 (1)
Not included in the chart: Hainaut Province
20,000
0
76,534 111,853
54,165 80,222
44,002 66,372
61,096 91,132
33,354 50,097
Antwerp
Flemish Brabant en BCR
West Flanders
East Flanders
Limburg
province
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Elementary education Leerlingen EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS 2 ELEMENTARY 1 Schools in elementary education
2 Distribution across the provinces (1) number
GO
VGO
OGO
Total
700
nursery education Regular nursery education
371
1,348
491
2,210
Special nursery education
26
64
10
100
Total nursery education
397
1,412
501
2,310
primary education Regular primary education
371
1,345
500
2,216
Special primary education
34
128
34
196
405
1,473
534
2,412
Regular elementary education
374
1,477
530
2,381
Special elementary education
34
128
34
196
Total elementary education
408
1,605
564
2,577
Total primary education 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.
600
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.
7
7
122
123
131
46
25
46
500
11
24
30 30 25
400
BCR
46
45
45
15
300
29 29
200
100
568
582
630
454
447
488
404
413
427
492
487
518
291
286
317
province
0
Antwerp
(1)
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.
4 46
Flemish Brabant and BCR
West Flanders
East Flanders
Limburg
Regular nursery education
Regular nursery education
Total regular elementary education
Special nursery education
Special primary education
Total special elementary education
Not included in the chart: Hainaut Province
3 Distribution across the educational networks (nursery and primary education) Nursery education 21.7%
17.2%
Primary education
22.1%
16.8%
GO VGO
61.1%
61.1%
OGO
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Elementary education Leerlingen education staff 2 ELEMENTARy 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
9,868
63,102
72,970
Number of full-time equivalents
9,006
54,060
63,066
GO M
2 Staff in elementary education by level of education and gender Women
Regular nursery education
686
22,106
22,792
Special nursery education
16
591
607
Total nursery education
702
22,697
23,399
Regular primary education
7,835
32,544
40,379
Special primary education
1,331
7,861
9,192
Total primary education
9,166
40,405
49,571
Regular elementary education
8,521
54,650
63,171
Special elementary education
1,347
8,452
9,799
Total elementary education
9,868
63,102
72,970
M
F
T
M
Total
F
T
M
F
T
339
2,208
2,547
930
7,402
8,332
390
2,786
3,176
1,659
12,396
14,055
30-39
557
3,856
4,413
1,437
10,618
12,055
612
4,407
5,019
2,606
18,881
21,487
40-49
324
2,518
2,842
1,231
9,883
11,114
409
3,549
3,958
1,964
15,950
17,914
50-59
307
1,871
2,178
2,139
9,223
11,362
745
3,282
4,027
3,191
14,376
17,567
62
294
356
267
872
1,139
119
333
452
448
1,499
1,947
1,589
10,747
12,336
6,004
37,998
44,002
2,275
14,357
16,632
9,868
63,102
72,970
240
1,165
1,405
1,230
4,255
5,485
491
1,683
2,174
1,961
7,103
9,064
Total
Total
T
OGO
20-29
60+ Men
F
VGO
55+
5 Staff in elementary education by legal status and age group 20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60+
Total
Regular elementary education 1,822
13,298
14,193
14,909
1,524
45,746
10,347
4,927
1,423
574
154
17,425
12,169
18,225
15,616
15,483
1,678
63,171
315
2,498
2,079
1,998
252
7,142
Temporary posts
1,571
764
219
86
17
2,657
Total
1,886
3,262
2,298
2,084
269
9,799
2,137
15,796
16,272
16,907
1,776
52,888
Temporary posts
11,918
5,691
1,642
660
171
20,082
Total
14,055
21,487
17,914
17,567
1,947
72,970
Tenured posts Temporary posts Total Special elementary education Tenured posts
3 Staff in elementary education by age group and gender age
448
60+
Total elementary education
1,499
Tenured posts 50-59
3,191
40-49
30-39
20-29
14,376
1,964
15,950
6 Staff in elementary education by legal status (full-time equivalents)
18,881
2,606
1,659
Tenured posts regular and special elementary education
12,396
Temporary posts regular and special elementary education
number
5,000
0 Men
5,000 Women
10,000
15,000
20,000
22.6%
16.7%
23.4%
18.8%
GO VGO
60.7%
57.8%
OGO
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Elementary education Leerlingen education staff 2 ELEMENTARy
Elementary education Leerlingen education BUDGET 2 ELEMENTARy
7 Staff in elementary education by educational network, legal status and gender Tenured posts M
F
Temporary posts T
M
F
1 Elementary education budget and share of elementary education in the overall education budget (in thousands of euros) Total
T
M
F
T
Regular elementary education
Elementary education budget
3,711,134
Regular elementary education budget
3,212,304 485,708
Special elementary education budget 6,075
376
2,150
2,526
1,126
VGO
3,772 20,751 24,523
972
7,315
8,287
4,744 28,066 32,810
Share of elementary education in the overall education budget
OGO
1,408
482
3,080
3,562
1,890 11,245 13,135
(1) The budget integrated in the category ‘not specified’ refers mainly to the budget for in-service training.
Total
5,930 34,241 40,171
1,830 12,545 14,375
7,760 46,786 54,546
GO
750
5,325 8,165
9,573
7,475
8,601
Elementary education - not specified
13,122
(1)
34.02%
2 Elementary education budget by expenditure category
Special elementary education GO
249
1,437
1,686
75
518
593
324
1,955
2,279
VGO
626
3,061
3,687
135
1,166
1,301
761
4,227
4,988
OGO
120
820
940
41
272
313
161
1,092
1,253
Total
995
5,318
6,313
251
1,956
2,207
1,246
7,274
8,520
Regular elementary education 14.1%
Special elementary education 8.6% 3.0%
4.4%
Operational
Total elementary education
Investments
7,761
451
2,668
3,119
1,450
VGO
4,398 23,812 28,210
1,107
8,481
9,588
5,505 32,293 37,798
OGO
1,528
523
3,352
3,875
2,051 12,337 14,388
Total
6,925 39,559 46,484
2,081 14,501 16,582
9,006 54,060 63,066
GO
999
6,762
8,985 10,513
9,430 10,880
81.4%
Wages
88.4%
3 Elementary education budget by educational network 8 Changes in staff in elementary education by legal status
Regular elementary education
Special elementary education 0.2%
2008-2009
2009-2010
2010-2011
2011-2012
2012-2013
2013-2014
Tenured posts
42,509
42,857
43,086
44,628
44,356
45,746
Temporary posts
17,057
17,129
17,061
15,749
17,847
17,425
Total
59,566
59,986
60,147
60,377
62,203
63,171
Tenured posts
6,318
6,421
6,599
7,045
7,104
7,142
Temporary posts
2,829
2,918
2,934
2,575
2,608
2,657
Total
9,147
9,339
9,533
9,620
9,712
9,799
Tenured posts
48,827
49,278
49,685
51,673
51,460
52,888
Temporary posts
19,886
20,047
19,995
18,324
20,455
20,082
Total
68,713
69,325
69,680
69,997
71,915
72,970
Regular elementary education
23.5%
15.3%
14.4% 31.3%
GO VGO OGO
61.2%
54.1%
Cross educational networks
Special elementary education
Total elementary education
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Elementary education Leerlingen education budget 2 ELEMENTARy 4 Changes in elementary education budget by expenditure category (in thousands of euros) 2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2,525,957
2,611,484
2,711,849
2,845,301
2,984,989
3,054,699
Operational (2)
282,838
464,644
466,056
475,522
488,068
499,337
Investments
110,150
119,036
137,260
146,964
168,070
157,098
2,918,945
3,195,164
3,315,165
3,467,787
3,641,127
3,711,134
Wages (1)
Total
(1) Wage bill for staff paid directly by the Education and Training policy area. (2) The increase in the education budget between 2008 and 2007 and its decrease between 2009 and 2008 can be explained by the pre-payment of the operational budget for elementary and secondary education for 2009.
5 Changes in elementary education budget by educational network (in thousands of euros) (1)
Elementary education Leerlingen education infrastructure 2 ELEMENTARy 1 Approved subsidy amounts and approved subsidy applications in regular elementary education in 2013 VGO
2010
2011
2012
2013
514,099
556,961
586,864
612,129
642,951
652,580
1,751,190
1,930,882
1,993,933
2,079,064
2,176,494
2,227,192
OGO
644,582
699,309
726,270
769,899
816,393
826,022
9,074
8,012
8,098
6,695
5,289
5,340
2,918,945
3,195,164
3,315,165
3,467,787
3,641,127
3,711,134
Cross educational networks Total
6 Changes in expenditure per pupil by educational network (in euros)
14,000
euros 13,325
13,940
14,569
15,285
15,981
Number of subsidy applications
Amount (in euros)
Number of subsidy applications
Amount (in euros)
Antwerp
17,769,282
145
15,817,464
41
33,586,746
186
Flemish Brabant
15,885,984
108
15,454,551
14
31,340,535
122
3,817,107
24
149,027
6
3,966,134
30
West Flanders
16,740,834
172
2,345,614
3
19,086,448
175
East Flanders
19,733,632
143
6,223,355
8
25,956,987
151
9,473,946
86
409,337
2
9,883,283
88
83,420,785
678
40,399,348
74
123,820,133
752
BCR
Limburg
2 Approved subsidy amounts and approved subsidy applications in special elementary education in 2013 VGO
(1) The increase in the education budget between 2008 and 2007 and its decrease between 2009 and 2008 can be explained by the pre-payment of the operational budget for elementary and secondary education for 2009.
16,000
Total
2014
VGO
GO
Number of subsidy applications
Amount (in euros)
Total 2009
OGO
Amount (in euros)
12,000
Number of subsidy applications
Total
Number of subsidy applications
Amount (in euros)
Amount (in euros)
Number of subsidy applications
Antwerp
142,495
3
570,142
2
712,637
5
Flemish Brabant
164,089
5
1,556,580
1
1,720,669
6
957
1
-
-
957
1
West Flanders
1,929,664
9
-
-
1,929,664
9
East Flanders
1,513,525
12
2,289,328
1
3,802,853
13
Limburg
2,265,701
11
-
-
2,265,701
11
6,016,431
41
4,416,050
4
10,432,481
45
BCR
15,779
OGO
Total
10,000 8,000 6,000 3,992
4,341
4,423
4,558
4,723
4,763
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
4,000 2,000 0
2009
Regular elementary education
year
Special elementary education
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Elementary education Leerlingen education school allowances 2 ELEMENTARy 1 School allowances in elementary education (1)
Number of allowances granted
Number of applications
Elementary education Leerlingen education examination board 2 ELEMENTARy 1 Number of participants to obtain a certificate of elementary education by province in 2013 (1)(2)
Percentage of allowances granted
Total amount of allowances granted (in euros)
Average allowance (in euros)
Nursery education(2)
75,299
48,368
64.23%
4,363,761
90.22
Primary education
136,491
95,318
69.83%
12,177,322
127.75
(1) As known on 20/08/2014. (2) In nursery education a lump sum of 90.22 euros is granted.
Number of participants Antwerp
3
3
Flemish Brabant
9
7
West Flanders
12
10
East Flanders
5
3
Limburg
3
2
32
25
Total
2 School allowances in nursery education by province (1)(2) Number of applications
Number of allowances granted 16,349
1,475,007
Flemish Brabant
7,762
4,848
437,387
BCR
5,582
3,906
352,399
West Flanders
11,127
6,690
603,572
East Flanders
15,956
9,986
900,937
9,946
6,464
583,182
205
106
9,563
Limburg Other provinces Unknown
(3)
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).
Total amount of allowances granted (in euros)
24,500
Antwerp
Passed
221
19
1,714
75,299
48,368
4,363,761
(1) As known on 20/08/2014. (2) In nursery education a lump sum of 90.22 euros is granted. (3) Persons not resident in one of the provinces of Belgium.
3 School allowances in primary education by province (1)
Number of applications
Number of allowances granted
Total amount of allowances granted (in euros)
Average allowance (in euros)
Antwerp
42,599
30,624
3,975,569
129.82
Flemish Brabant
14,725
9,951
1,260,727
126.69
8,130
6,053
814,890
134.63
West Flanders
21,468
14,352
1,793,233
124.95
East Flanders
29,876
20,539
2,608,245
126.99
Limburg
18,936
13,487
1,685,069
124.94
506
286
36,351
127.10
BCR
Other provinces Unknown Total
(2)
251
26
3,236
124.48
136,491
95,318
12,177,322
127.75
(1) As known on 20/08/2014. (2) Persons not resident in one of the provinces of Belgium.
Note:
The above data are not yet final, as a number of applications are still under consideration for the school year 2013-2014. Due to this the number of allowances granted may increase further.
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