FIRST RELEASE		CROATIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS 10000 ZAGREB, ILICA 3, PHONE: +385 1 4806-111, P.O.B. 80, CROATIA ISSN 1334-0565
YEAR: XLVI.	ZAGREB, 29 APRIL, 2009		NUMBER: 8.1.2.
				OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

BASIC SCHOOLS

END OF 2007/2008 SCHOOL YEAR AND BEGINNING
OF 2008/2009 SCHOOL YEAR

1.    BASIC SCHOOLS – end of 2007/2008 school year

At the end of the 2007/2008 school year, there were 846 active (self-contained) basic schools on the territory of the Republic of Croatia, which comprised 1 227 satellite schools and departments.

At the end of the 2007/2008 school year, the number of basic schools and class units did not change, as compared to the end of the 2006/2007 school year. The number of pupils decreased by 1.4%, out of which the number of female pupils was 48.8%.

Teacher/pupil ratio in regular education in the 2007/2008 school year was 1:12.3. The same ratio in the education of disabled children and youth was 1:2.5. The share of women in the total number of teachers was 80.4%.

According to the methodology of statistical data collection, in 2 044 basic schools, out of 2 073 of them, classes were conducted in one language:
2 004 in Croatian, 11 in Italian, 5 in Hungarian, 6 in Czech and 18 in Serbian. Besides in Croatian, in 29 schools classes were conducted in languages of ethnic minorities: 1 in Czech, 4 in Hungarian, 6 in Italian, 1 in German and 17 in Serbian. The total of 4 536 pupils attended the classes conducted in the languages of ethnic minorities: 320 in Czech, 1 496 in Italian, 264 in Hungarian, 67 in German and 2 389 in Serbian.

1.1.   BASIC SCHOOLS, CLASS UNITS, SCHOOL MEALS, END OF 2007/2008 SCHOOL YEAR

	Schools^1)			Class units			Schools providing school meals
	Total	Self-contained schools	Satellite schools and departments	Total	Homogenous	Combined	Total	Snack  only	Warm  meal only	Both
Basic schools – regular	2 073	846	1 227	18 380	16 816	1 564	1 269	683	390	196
State	2 064	837	1 227	18 314	16 753	1 561	1 261	683	389	189
Private	9	9	-	66	63	3	8	-	1	7
Basic schools for disabled children and youth	56	29	27	321	213	108	54	18	10	26
State	55	28	27	320	213	107	54	18	10	26
Private	1	1	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-

1)    See Notes on Methodology.

1.2.    PUPILS IN BASIC SCHOOLS, BY GRADES, SEX, ACHIEVEMENT AND SCHOOL MEALS, END OF 2007/2008 SCHOOL YEAR

	Total			Female pupils			Pupils completed school		Pupils taking school meals
	All	1^st – 4^th grade	5^th – 8^th grade	All	1^st – 4^th grade	5^th – 8^th grade	All	Female pupils	Snacks	Warm  meal
Basic schools – total	375 398	181 932	193 466	183 174	88 788	94 386	46 328	22 743	102 573	57 995
Basic schools – regular	373 342	181 009	192 333	182 408	88 434	93 974	46 038	22 642	100 393	56 325
State	372 571	180 671	191 900	182 074	88 297	93 777	45 964	22 606	100 393	56 260
Private	771	338	433	334	137	197	74	36	-	65
Basic schools for disabled children and youth	2 056	923	1 133	766	354	412	290	101	2 180	1 670
State	2 051	920	1 131	763	353	410	289	100	2 180	1 670
Private	5	3	2	3	1	2	1	1	-	-

1.3.   PUPILS IN BASIC SCHOOLS, BY GRADES, ACHIEVEMENT AND SEX, END OF 2007/2008 SCHOOL YEAR

		Total		In state schools		In private schools
		All	Completed	All	Completed	All	Completed
Basic schools – total	All	375 398	373 314	374 622	372 539	776	775
	Female pupils	183 174	182 582	182 837	182 245	337	337
Basic schools – regular	All	373 342	371 366	372 571	370 596	771	770
	Female pupils	182 408	181 839	182 074	181 505	334	334
1^st      grade	All	42 850	42 556	42 753	42 459	97	97
	Female pupils	20 822	20 693	20 791	20 662	31	31
2^nd    grade	All	43 805	43 703	43 736	43 634	69	69
	Female pupils	21 387	21 349	21 352	21 314	35	35
3^rdgrade	All	46 126	46 051	46 043	45 968	83	83
	Female pupils	22 558	22 531	22 525	22 498	33	33
4^th      grade	All	48 228	48 177	48 139	48 088	89	89
	Female pupils	23 667	23 646	23 629	23 608	38	38
5^thgrade	All	50 149	49 678	50 007	49 536	142	142
	Female pupils	24 367	24 233	24 310	24 176	57	57
6^thgrade	All	48 120	47 785	48 015	47 681	105	104
	Female pupils	23 314	23 249	23 269	23 204	45	45
7^thgrade	All	47 846	47 378	47 734	47 266	112	112
	Female pupils	23 587	23 496	23 528	23 437	59	59
8^thgrade	All	46 218	46 038	46 144	45 964	74	74
	Female pupils	22 706	22 642	22 670	22 606	36	36
Basic schools for disabled	All	2 056	1 948	2 051	1 943	5	5
children and youth	Female pupils	766	743	763	740	3	3
1^st      grade	All	206	177	205	176	1	1
	Female pupils	80	69	80	69	-	-
2^nd    grade	All	231	224	230	223	1	1
	Female pupils	87	86	87	86	-	-
3^rdgrade	All	232	226	232	226	-	-
	Female pupils	87	87	87	87	-	-
4^th      grade	All	254	238	253	237	1	1
	Female pupils	100	97	99	96	1	1
5th    grade	All	268	260	268	260	-	-
	Female pupils	106	105	106	105	-	-
6th    grade	All	265	257	265	257	-	-
	Female pupils	101	102	101	102	-	-
7th    grade	All	291	276	290	275	1	1
	Female pupils	101	96	100	95	1	1
8th    grade	All	309	290	308	289	1	1
	Female pupils	104	101	103	100	1	1

1.4. TEACHERS AND ASSISTANTS¹⁾ IN BASIC SCHOOLS, END OF 2007/2008 SCHOOL YEAR

	Teachers						Teachers, FTE		Teachers in			Assistants,  FTE
	Total	Women	Full-time		Part-time				Lower grades	Upper grades	Lower and upper grades
			Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women				Total	Women
Basic schools – regular	30 310	24 282	24 489	20 455	5 821	3 827	27 163,95	22 245,12	11 429	15 666	3 215	1 912,68	1 732,68
State	30 168	24 169	24 404	20 382	5 764	3 787	27 057,82	22 157,45	11 387	15 596	3 185	1 906,48	1 728,48
Private	142	113	85	73	57	40	106,13	87,67	42	70	30	6,20	4,20
Basic schools for disabled children and youth	835	709	748	650	87	59	775,62	669,77	227	322	286	217,41	190,81
State	834	708	747	649	87	59	774,62	668,77	227	322	285	217,41	190,81
Private	1	1	1	1	-	-	1,00	1,00	-	-	1	-	-

1)    See Notes on Methodology.

1.5.    PUPILS LEARNING FOREIGN LANGUAGES, BY GRADES AND TEACHERS TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGES,
         END OF 2007/2008 SCHOOL YEAR

	Pupils by grades^1)									Teachers^1)
	Total	I.	II.	III.	IV.	V.	VI.	VII.	VIII.
Basic schools – regular	490 332	43 119	45 014	47 804	76 727	76 619	70 806	67 293	62 950	4 858
English	345 414	37 690	38 627	40 612	46 871	48 679	45 343	44 807	42 785	3 185
French	3 762	65	90	148	878	665	652	657	607	64
German	113 844	5 030	5 027	5 653	22 839	21 789	19 913	17 736	15 857	1 241
Italian	26 239	230	1 135	1 280	5 970	5 302	4 771	3 988	3 563	332
Spanish	212	-	-	-	32	67	48	36	29	6
Russian	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Hungarian	382	39	74	52	56	53	31	25	52	12
Czech	153	18	21	15	20	24	23	13	19	6
Slovak	314	45	40	44	61	37	23	31	33	8
Other languages	11	2	-	-	-	3	2	-	4	3
Basic schools  for disabled children and youth	369	-	-	-	60	66	69	84	90	20
English	328	-	-	-	54	62	63	70	79	16
German	16	-	-	-	1	-	1	8	6	3
Italian	25	-	-	-	5	4	5	6	5	1

1)    See Notes on Methodology.

1.6.   SPECIAL BASIC EDUCATION, SCHOOLS, PUPILS AND TEACHERS, END OF 2007/2008 SCHOOL YEAR

	Schools^1)				Pupils		Pupils completed school		Teachers^1)
	Total	Self- contained	Satellite	Departments	Total	Female pupils	Total	Female pupils	Total	Women	Full-time
											All	Women
Basic art schools	83	31	12	40	14 136	8 785	1 541	989	1 621	1 045	1 244	850
Music schools	80	30	12	38	13 829	8 479	1 476	925	1 540	985	1 188	807
State	74	27	9	38	13 648	8 364	1 461	915	1 510	964	1 180	801
Private	6	3	3	-	181	115	15	10	30	21	8	6
Ballet schools	3	1	-	2	307	306	65	64	81	60	56	43
State	3	1	-	2	307	306	65	64	81	60	56	43
Basic education of adults	14	…	…	…	304	69	136	34	…	…	…	…
At basic schools	7	...	...	...	67	17	32	9	...	...	...	...
At other institutions	7	-	-	7	262	55	95	17	67	42	21	17

1)    See Notes on Methodology.

2.     BASIC SCHOOLS – beginning of 2008/2009
        school year

At the beginning of the 2008/2009 school year the number of basic schools and class units did not significantly change, as compared to the beginning of the 2007/2008 school year. The number of pupils decreased by 1.7%. The share of female pupils was 48.7%.

Teacher/pupil ratio in regular education was 1:11.9 and in education of disabled children and youth it was 1:2.5. The share of female teachers was 80.4%.

Taking the pupils' age into account, it is noticeable that the percentage of pupils under 7 years of age in regular schools amounted to just 2.4%. At the same time, the percentage of pupils aged 15 and over was only 0.5%, out of which 88.6% attended the 8^th grade.

2.1.    SCHOOLS, CLASS UNITS AND TEACHERS IN BASIC SCHOOLS, BEGINNING OF 2008/2009 SCHOOL YEAR

	Schools^1)	Class units	Teachers^1)						Teachers, FTE		Teachers in
											Lower grades	Upper grades	Lower and upper grades
			Total	Women	Full-time		Part-time		Total	Women
					Total	Women	Total	Women
Basic schools – regular	2 072	18 487	30 817	24 791	24 775	20 786	6 042	4 005	27 546,68	22 653,59	11 562	15 992	3 263
State	2 063	18 418	30 663	24 673	24 687	20 714	5 976	3 959	27 433,64	22 563,49	11 518	15 917	3 228
Private	9	69	154	118	88	72	66	46	113,04	90,10	44	75	35
Basic schools for disabled children and youth	55	316	804	683	728	631	76	52	755,32	650,33	220	300	284
State	54	315	803	682	727	630	76	52	754,32	649,33	220	300	283
Private	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	1,00	1,00	-	-	1

1)    See Notes on Methodology.

2.2.   BASIC SCHOOLS BY COUNTIES, BEGINNING OF 2008/2009 SCHOOL YEAR

	Schools^1)	Class units	Teachers^1)	Pupils
				Total	1^st – 4^thgrade	5^th – 8^th grade
Republic of Croatia	2 127	18 803	31 621	369 698	174 192	195 506
County of Zagreb	126	1 308	2 044	27 947	13 497	14 450
County of Krapina-Zagorje	88	656	1 064	11 676	5 490	6 186
County of Sisak-Moslavina	92	766	1 248	15 006	7 081	7 925
County of Karlovac	82	561	988	9 631	4 609	5 022
County of Varaždin	70	792	1 275	15 645	7 477	8 168
County of Koprivnica-Križevci	93	556	899	10 586	4 995	5 591
County of Bjelovar-Bilogora	106	597	1 004	10 964	5 038	5 926
County of Primorje-Gorski kotar	126	1 111	2 099	20 698	9 890	10 808
County of Lika-Senj	52	275	444	4 245	1 908	2 337
County of Virovitica-Podravina	79	445	665	8 232	3 751	4 481
County of Požega-Slavonia	64	407	597	8 181	3 688	4 493
County of Slavonski Brod-Posavina	113	797	1 218	16 540	7 734	8 806
County of Zadar	111	799	1 313	15 378	7 205	8 173
County of Osijek-Baranja	184	1 453	2 350	28 255	13 137	15 118
County of Šibenik-Knin	56	494	830	9 360	4 262	5 098
County of Vukovar-Sirmium	93	940	1 602	18 085	8 472	9 613
County of Split-Dalmatia	214	2 052	3 505	41 891	19 840	22 051
County of Istria	108	858	1 538	15 152	7 234	7 918
County of Dubrovnik-Neretva	74	584	1 032	10 833	4 975	5 858
County of Međimurje	59	593	1 011	10 695	5 298	5 397
City of Zagreb	137	2 759	4 895	60 698	28 611	32 087

1)    See Notes on Methodology.

2.3.   PUPILS IN BASIC SCHOOLS, BY GRADES, SEX AND YEAR OF BIRTH, BEGINNING OF 2008/2009 SCHOOL YEAR

		By year of birth
		Total	2002 and after	2001.	2000.	1999.	1998.	1997.	1996.	1995.	1994.	1993 and before
Basic schools – regular	All	367 724	9 002	40 328	42 882	43 540	46 133	49 305	50 735	48 798	34 990	2 011
	Female pupils	179 218	4 563	19 761	20 887	21 171	22 636	24 071	24 531	23 850	16 900	848
1^st grade	All	40 658	8 911	30 671	931	83	25	11	8	7	9	2
	Female pupils	19 762	4 515	14 806	369	38	16	8	3	5	1	1
2^nd grade	All	42 729	91	9 276	32 266	938	77	37	20	12	8	4
	Female pupils	20 684	48	4 755	15 458	353	35	16	9	4	4	2
3^rdgrade	All	43 851	-	381	9 685	32 635	1 011	89	23	16	9	2
	Female pupils	21 424	-	200	5 060	15 657	443	42	10	5	6	1
4^th grade	All	46 082	-	-	-	9 884	34 484	1 503	148	44	15	4
	Female pupils	22 528	-	-	-	5 123	16 639	668	65	25	5	3
5^thgrade	All	48 735	-	-	-	-	10 536	36 382	1 504	204	84	25
	Female pupils	23 753	-	-	-	-	5 503	17 436	691	83	28	12
6^thgrade	All	49 951	-	-	-	-	-	11 283	36 930	1 481	217	40
	Female pupils	24 224	-	-	-	-	-	5 901	17 582	611	108	22
7^thgrade	All	48 229	-	-	-	-	-	-	11 242	34 968	1 866	153
	Female pupils	23 382	-	-	-	-	-	-	5 730	16 846	754	52
8^thgrade	All	47 489	-	-	-	-	-	-	860	12 066	32 782	1 781
	Female pupils	23 461	-	-	-	-	-	-	441	6 271	15 994	755
Basic schools for disabled	All	1 974	6	82	167	209	232	259	259	284	279	197
children and youth	Female pupils	771	2	32	65	80	93	100	110	114	102	73
1^st grade	All	188	5	76	80	13	9	3	1	-	-	1
	Female pupils	67	2	31	30	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
2^nd grade	All	212	1	6	81	104	15	2	-	3	-	-
	Female pupils	86	-	1	33	44	3	2	-	3	-	-
3^rdgrade	All	238	-	-	6	86	106	22	11	5	1	1
	Female pupils	92	-	-	2	30	44	10	4	2	-	-
4^th grade	All	234	-	-	-	6	89	122	12	3	1	1
	Female pupils	93	-	-	-	2	43	44	4	-	-	-
5^thgrade	All	268	-	-	-	-	13	105	118	23	6	3
	Female pupils	114	-	-	-	-	3	42	57	9	1	2
6^thgrade	All	280	-	-	-	-	-	5	109	127	33	6
	Female pupils	109	-	-	-	-	-	2	41	52	11	3
7^thgrade	All	274	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	113	125	29
	Female pupils	107	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	46	48	10
8^thgrade	All	280	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	10	113	156
	Female pupils	103	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	42	58

2.4.   PUPILS IN BASIC SCHOOLS (INCLUDING REPEATERS), BY GRADES AND SEX, BEGINNING OF 2008/2009 SCHOOL YEAR

	Total	Pupils in lower grades					Pupils in upper grades
		Total	I.	II.	III.	IV.	Total	V.	VI.	VII.	VIII.
Basic schools – total	369 698	174 192	40 846	42 941	44 089	46 316	195 506	49 003	50 231	48503	47 769
	179 989	84 736	19 829	20770	21 516	22 621	95 253	23 867	24 333	23 489	23 564
Repeaters	1 718	523	303	100	74	46	1 195	418	290	365	122
Female pupils	496	211	129	35	28	19	285	119	55	74	37
Basic schools – regular	367 724	173 320	40 658	42 729	43 851	46 082	194 404	48 735	49 951	48 229	47 489
Female pupils	179 218	84 398	19 762	20 684	21 424	22 528	94 820	23 753	24 224	23 382	23 461
Repeaters	1 658	487	287	94	66	40	1 171	411	288	361	111
Female pupils	470	197	122	33	26	16	273	114	55	73	31
State - Total	366 935	172 978	40 571	42 626	43 781	46 000	193 957	48 644	49 816	48 122	47 375
Female pupils	178 872	84 252	19 718	20 650	21 390	22 494	94 620	23 714	24 174	23 332	23 400
Repeaters	1 658	487	287	94	66	40	1 171	411	288	361	111
Female pupils	470	197	122	33	26	16	273	114	55	73	31
Private - Total	789	342	87	103	70	82	447	91	135	107	114
Female pupils	346	146	44	34	34	34	200	39	50	50	61
Repeaters	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Female pupils	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Basic schools for disabled children and youth - Total	1 974	872	188	212	238	234	1 102	268	280	274	280
Female pupils	771	338	67	86	92	93	433	114	109	107	103
Repeaters	60	36	16	6	8	6	24	7	2	4	11
Female pupils	26	14	7	2	2	3	12	5	-	1	6
State - Total	1 969	869	188	210	237	234	1 100	267	280	274	279
Female pupils	769	338	67	86	92	93	431	113	109	107	102
Repeaters	60	36	16	6	8	6	24	7	2	4	11
Female pupils	26	14	7	2	2	3	12	5	-	1	6
Private - Total	5	3	-	2	1	-	2	1	-	-	1
Female pupils	2	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	1
Repeaters	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Female pupils	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

2.5.   SPECIAL BASIC EDUCATION: SCHOOLS, PUPILS AND TEACHERS, BEGINNING OF 2008/2009 SCHOOL YEAR

	Schools^1)				Pupils		Teachers^1)
	Total	Self-contained	Satellite schools	Departments	Total	Female pupils	Total	Women	Full-time
									All	Women
Basic art schools	83	32	11	40	14 053	8 721	1 699	1 099	1 314	895
Music schools	80	31	11	38	13 676	8 346	1 617	1 038	1 255	849
State	75	28	9	38	13 511	8 236	1 592	1 020	1 248	844
Private	5	3	2	-	165	110	25	18	7	5
Ballet schools	3	1	-	2	377	375	82	61	59	46
State	3	1	-	2	377	375	82	61	59	46

1)    See Notes on Methodology.

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

Sources and methods of data collection

Data are the result of statistical data processing collected through annual reports filled in by basic schools at the beginning and the end of each school year.

The Statistical Sheet on Basic Schools (Š-O/KP form), Additional Statistical Sheet on Basic Schools and Class Units Conducting Programmes in the Language and Script of Ethnic Minorities (Š-O-M/K form), Statistical Sheet on Basic Schools for Disabled Children and Youth (Š-O-SP/KP form), Statistical Sheet on Basic Art Schools (Š-O-U/KP form) and Statistical Sheet on Basic Schools for Adults (Š-O-OD/K form) are filled in by basic schools and other specialized institutions implementing basic education.

Coverage and comparability

Statistical survey covers basic schools on the territory of the Republic of Croatia. Data are comparable to the data from the previous school years.

Definitions and explanations

Considering purpose, basic education in the educational system in the Republic of Croatia is organised as regular education and special education.

Regular education is compulsory basic education conducted using regular educational programmes. Education of disabled children and youth is conducted using specialised programmes created to meet their special needs.

Special education includes basic music schools, ballet schools and basic education of adults.

School is considered any group of pupils following classes of a particular type and stage according to a uniform education plan and programme at a particular location.

Basic education lasts for at least eight years and, as a rule, it is compulsory for all children between the age of six and fifteen. Its purpose is to enable pupils to achieve knowledge, concepts, skills, attitudes and habits necessary for living and work or for further education. Aims and tasks of basic education are realised according to established educational plans and programmes.

Education of disabled children and youth is carried out in special schools and basic schools in special training-educational groups and class units within the school.

The number of basic schools for disabled children and youth equals the number of institutions for education of disabled children and youth enlarged by the number of schools comprising special departments for disabled pupils.

Basic music and ballet schools prepare children for the continuation of education in secondary art schools of the same kind. The pupils are obliged to parallelly attend a regular basic school.

Adults Education is aimed at providing education for adults who have not obtained an adequate education in the course of regular schooling.

Basic education of adults is carried out in basic schools and other competent institutions (public open universities).

This kind of education can be obtained by either regular attending of school or by taking exams.

Data on pupils learning foreign languages refer to all pupils learning language as 1^st and 2^nd foreign language and for that reason the number is larger than the real number of pupils.

For basic schools, the number of teachers working in one or more school units (satellite schools and departments) is given. The number of teachers and assistants shown through the full-time equivalent would correspond to the actual number of physical persons.

Data on teachers and assistants cover persons employed on contractual agreement, persons employed on working contract and persons employed on author’s contract.

Assistants are psychologists, pedagogues, special-education teachers, social workers and librarians.

According to the National Standard Classification of Education (NSKO) and the International Classification of Education (ISCED ‘97), the first four grades of basic education ("lower grades") are classified as level 1, while the last four grades ("upper grades") are classified as level 2.

Data on counties are presented according to the Act on the Territories of Counties, Towns and Municipalities in the Republic of Croatia (NN, No.86/06), with the situation as on 31 December 2008. 

The constitution and activity of basic schools is based on the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (NN, No.87/08).

Abbreviations

NN            Narodne novine, official gazette of the Republic of Croatia

NSKO        (National Standard Classification of Education)

ISCED     International Standard Classification of Education
                  (ISCED ’97)

FTE          full-time equivalent

Symbols

-     no occurrence

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