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). Statistics on numbers and characteristics of higher education institutions can be found in theEuropean Tertiary Education Register. A general overview of the categories of institutions providing publicly-subsidized adult education and training can be found in the chapter on adult education. The notes below the tables provide methodological explanations necessary for a good interpretation of data.
Type of educational institution in English (and in national language) | ISCED levels provided | Main orientation of the programmes provided | Number of educational institutions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Public | Government-dependent private | Private independent | |||
| Day Nursery (Paidokomikos Stathmos) | 0 | (-) | 331 | 162 | (-) | 169 |
Kindergarten (Nipiagogeio) | 0 | (-) | 411 | 272 | (-) | 169 |
| Primary school (Dimotiko scholeio) | 1 | (-) | 360 | 331 | (-) | 29 |
Gymnasium (Gymnasio) | 2 | G | 133 | 94 | (-) | 39 |
Lyceum & Technical and Professional Training (Likio & Techniki Scholi) | 3 | G, V | 108 | 69 | (-) | 39 |
| Post-secondary non tertiary (Metalikiaka Instituta Epaggelmatikis Epimorfosis kai Katartisis) | 4 | V | 5 | 5 | (-) | (-) |
Source: CYSTAT (2017) Ministry of Finance, Republic of Cyprus, Statistics of Education, 2016/2017 | ||||||
| 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 legal entity approach was used to collect data
There are no government-dependent private institutions for all schools
| Type of educational institution in English and (in national language) | ISCED levels provided | Main orientation of the programmes provided | Number of educational institutions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Public | Government-dependent institutions | Private independent | |||
| Primary (Dimotiko) | 1 | (-) | 9 | 9 | (-) | (-) |
Gymnasium (Gymnasio) | 2 | G | 2 | 2 | (-) | (-) |
Lyceum (LIkio) | 3 | G | 2 | 2 | (-) | (-) |
Source: CYSTAT (2017) Ministry of Finance, Republic of Cyprus, Statistics of Education, 2016/2017
Note: The local site approach was used to collect data | ||||||
| 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 legal entity approach was used to collect data
There are no government-dependent institutions providing special needs education
There are no private institutions providing special needs education