This section provides the most recent available data on the number of educational institutions from pre-primary to upper secondary education level (ISCED levels 0-3). Statistics on numbers and characteristics of higher education institutions can be found in the European Tertiary Education Register. A general overview of institutions providing adult education from public sources can be found in the chapter on adult education. The notes below the tables provide methodological explanations necessary for a good interpretation of data.
Statistics on educational institutions providing regular education
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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 | ||||
Kindergardens (Anaokulları) | 0 | (-) | 11.485
| 5.830 | 5.655 | |
Primary Schools (İlköğretim Okulları) | 1 | (-) | 24.790 | 22.808 | 1.982 | |
Lower Secondary Schools (Ortaokul) | 2 | G | 19.268 | 16.917 | 2.351 | |
General secondary schools (Genel Ortaöğretim okulları) | 3 | G | 6.925 | 3.444 | 3.481 | |
Vocational and Technical Secondary Education Schools (Mesleki ve teknik ortaöğretim okulları) | 3 | V | 6.121 | 5.720 | 401 | |
Source: Ministry of National Education, National Education Statistics 2019/2020 | ||||||
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 educational institutions are counted in accordance with the legal entity approach. The use of (-) indicate that there are no educational institutions within the specific governance category. | ||||||
Statistics on separate educational institutions providing special needs education
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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 | |||
Special Education Schools for Kindergarden (Özel Eğitim Anaokulları) | 0 | (-) | 1 489 | 1 029 | 460 | (-) |
Special Education Schools for Primary Education (Özel Eğitim İlkokulları) | 1,2 | G | 333 | 333 | (-) | (-) |
Special Education Schools for Secondary Education (Özel Eğitim Ortaokulları) | 3 | G | 413 | 413 | (-) | (-) |
Special Education Schools for Vocational Education (Özel Eğitim Meslek Okulları) | 3 | V | 141 | 141 | (-) | (-) |
Source: Ministry of National Education, National Education Statistics 2018/19, retrieved on 24/11/2019 | ||||||
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 educational institutions are counted in accordance with the legal entity approach. The use of (-) indicate that there are no educational institutions within the specific governance category. | ||||||