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). Statistics on numbers and characteristics of higher education institutions 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 neccessary 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 | |||
Kindergarten | 0 | (-) | 24 | 0 | 11 | 13 |
Kindergarten and Primary schools | 0, 1 | (-) | 88 | 64 | 14 | 10 |
Primary schools | 1 | (-) | 20 | 5 | 13 | 2 |
Middle schools | 2 | G | 10 | 9 | 1 | (-) |
Middle and Secondary schools | 2, 3 | G | 3 | 3 | (-) | (-) |
Secondary schools | 2, 3 | G | 45 | 13 | 21 | 11 |
Upper Secondary schools | 3 | G | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
Post-secondary non-tertiary schools | 4 | V | 2 | 2 | (-) | (-) |
Source: Ministry for Education and Employment (MEDE), List of Colleges, Church Schools, 2019 (last accessed 13/09/2019). Data for public schools (2019) provided by the Directorate for Education Resources within the Ministry for Education and Employment (MEDE) while data for government-dependent private schools and private independent schools provided by the Directorate for Quality Assurance within MEDE.
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| 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 School. The kindergarten centres and primary schools that are led by one Head of School are counted as a single education institution. On the other hand, it is common for government-dependent and private independent primary and secondary schools to be close to each other (and have the same name) but for them to he headed by different administrative teams. In such cases, these educational institutions are counted as two different schools.
Students in government-dependent and private independent schools complete the five-year compulsory education period in one school (except for one school which only covers the first two years of the secondary cycle). These schools are listed in the Secondary Schools category since this is the setting adopted in these 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 schools | 1 | (-) | 1 | 1 | (-) | (-) |
Middle schools | 2 | G | 2 | 2 | (-) | (-) |
Secondary schools | 3 | G | 1 | 1 | (-) | (-) |
Source: Ministry for Education and Employment, Resource Centres, 2019, (Last accessed 13/09/2019) | ||||||
| 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.