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Statistics on educational institutions

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2.Organisation and governance

2.8Statistics on educational institutions

Last update: 27 November 2023

Statistics on Education Institutions

This section provides the most recent available data on the number of educational institutions from pre-primary to post-secondary non-tertiary education level (ISCED levels 0-4). Information on tertiary education institutions (ISCED levels 5-8) can be found in the European Tertiary Education Register (ETER). A general overview of the categories of institutions providing publicly-subsidised adult education and training can be found in the chapter on adult education. The notes below the table provide methodological explanations necessary for good data interpretation.

 

Table 1: Statistics on educational institutions providing regular education

Type of educational institution in English (and in national language)

ISCED levels provided

Main orientation of the programmes provided

Number of educational institutions

Public

Government-dependent private

Private independent

Kindergarten

 0

(-)

19

0

9

Kindergarten and Primary schools

0, 1

(-)

76

64

7

5

Kindergarten, Primary and Secondary schools

0, 1, 2, 3

G

9

0

6

3

Kindergarten, Primary, Secondary and Upper Secondary

0, 1, 2, 3

G

2

0

1

1

Primary schools

 1

G

 10

5

5

0

Primary and Secondary schools

1,2

G

8

0

7

1

Primary, Secondary and Upper Secondary schools

1, 2, 3

G

1

0

1

0

Middle schools

 2

G

10

10

(-)

(-)

Middle and Secondary schools

2, 3

G

4

4

(-)

(-)

Secondary schools

 2, 3

G

25

16

7

2

Secondary and Upper Secondary schools

2, 3

G

1

0

0

1

Upper Secondary schools

 3

G

3

3

0

0

Post-secondary non-tertiary schools

 4

V

2

2

(-)

(-)

Source: Data for public schools (2022) provided by the Directorate for Education Resources within the Ministry for  Education, Sport, Youth, Research and Innovation (MEYR) while data for government-dependent private schools and private independent schools provided by the Directorate for Quality Assurance within MEYR.

G= General

V= Vocational

(:) Data not available

(-) Not applicable

Terminology The 2018 version of the Unesco/OECD/Eurostat Manual on concepts, definitions and classification can be consulted for the definitions of regular education (p.10); general and vocational programmes of education (p.19); as well as public institution, government-dependent private institution and private independent institution (pp. 24-26)

 
 
 

Statistics on separate educational institutions providing special needs education

Type of educational institution in English and (in national language)

ISCED levels provided

Main orientation of the programmes provided

Total

Public

Government-dependent institutions

Private independent

Primary schools

(-)

(-)

1

1

(-)

(-)

Middle schools

(-)

(-)

2

2

(-)

(-)

Secondary schools

(-)

(-)

1

1

(-)

(-)

Source: Ministry for Education and Employment, Resource Centres, 2019, (Last accessed 28/11/2022)

G= General

V= Vocational

(:) Data not available

(-) Not applicable

Terminology- The 2018 version of the Unesco/OECD/Eurostat Manual on concepts, definitions and classification can be consulted for the definitions of regular education (p.10); general and vocational programmes of education (p.19); as well as public institution, government-dependent private institution and private independent institution (pp. 24-26).

Notes

The approach taken to count the educational institutions is the legal entity approach whereby an educational institution corresponds to an administrative entity led by a Head of Resource Centre. Special needs separate settings are not available in government-dependent or private independent institutions.