STATISTICS ON EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Table 1

Statistics on educational institutions providing pre-primary, primary, secondary (and post-secondary non-tertiary) regular education

*Source: Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs  www.mtsp.gov.mk

**Source: Ministry of Education and Science www.mon.gov.mk

The number of schools in the table refer to legal entities. In the total number of schools 363 as legal entities there are 637 affiliates. The number of schools in the table refer to legal entities.

The number provided for Private Independent Primary School (Osnovno ucilishte) has an approval for experimentation.

For the secondary schools total number is 108 as legal entities (60 gymnasium and 75 vocational). In the number of gymnasiums as legal entity there is one school that has 10 affiliates. Secondary schools can offer either general (gymnasium) or vocational education, but very often they offer both.

Government dependent private educational institutions are not envisaged in the legal framework.

Table 2

Statistics on separate educational institutions providing pre-primary, primary, secondary (and post-secondary non-tertiary) special needs education

*Source: Ministry of Education and Science  www.mon.gov.mk

According to Law on Primary Education as of School year 2020/21 these primary schools are in process of transformation to Primary school with resource center and will provide wide range of services: educational, advisory and rehabilitation. They will enroll students until 2022/23 school year. Bylaw on the manner of cooperation between primary schools with resource centres, centres for support during learning and other primary schools was adopted in 2021. https://mon.gov.mk/stored/document/Upatstvo%20za%20nacinot%20na%20sorabotka%20pomegu%20OU%20i%20OU%20so%20resursen%20centar.pdf 

Table 2

Notes:
 

According to the latest official statistical data, there were 118 institutions for pre-primary care and education in 2024, 943 regular primary and lower secondary schools, and 128 regular upper secondary schools at the beginning of the 2024/2025 school year. Government-dependent private institutions are not provided for in the legal framework. In primary education, only a very limited number of private schools operate with specific approval. In secondary education, schools may offer general, vocational or mixed provision. (stat.mk)

Table 2

Statistics on separate educational institutions providing pre-primary, primary, secondary (and post-secondary non-tertiary) special needs education

Notes:

In pre-primary education, inclusion is increasingly organised within the general ECEC framework, and separate statistical reporting on special pre-primary institutions is not always published as a distinct category.

** In school education, pupils with special educational needs may be educated in mainstream schools with support measures, as well as in specialised schools and resource centres. The latest official statistical release on schools provides aggregate data for regular schools, but does not clearly publish a separate current breakdown for special schools in the same release.