UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS, END OF 2007/2008 SCHOOL YEAR AND BEGINNING OF 2008/2009 SCHOOL YEAR

*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, 22 APRIL, 2009		NUMBER: 8.1.3.

				OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS

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

1. Upper secondary schools − end of 2007/2008 school year

At the end of 2007/2008 school year, there were 425 active upper secondary schools on the territory of the Republic of Croatia. According to the methodology of statistical data collection, they include 708 school units of various kinds, depending on the educational plan and programme.

The number of upper secondary school students decreased by 2.0%, as compared to the previous school year. The share of female students was 50.0%, although their number was not equally arranged in different types of schools. Thus, there were 70.3% of female students in secondary art schools, 62.9% in grammar schools, 48.7% in technical and related schools and only 35.0% in industrial and crafts schools. There were 44 506 students who completed upper secondary education, out of which female students made 50.3%.

Students, who enrolled in upper secondary schools, learn one, two or three foreign languages, providing that at least one foreign language is obligatory for all students. Out of the total number of students, English is learned by 85.3% students, German by 41.6%, Italian by 14.4%, French by 3.9% and Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Dutch, Hungarian and Modern Greek by only 0.8%.

1.1. UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS, CLASS UNITS AND STUDENTS, END OF 2007/2008 SCHOOL YEAR

	Schools¹⁾			Class units	Students		Students who completed school
	Total	Self-contained	School/class units	Class units	Total	Female students	Total	Female students

Upper secondary schools – total	708	230	478	7 272	181 310	90 709	44 506	22 391
State	659	190	469	7 028	176 600	88 217	43 383	21 795
Private	35	26	9	148	2 210	927	527	225
Religious	14	14	-	96	2 500	1 565	596	371

Secondary schools – regular	674	216	458	7 080	179 777	90 091	44 028	22 192

Grammar schools	171	92	79	1 906	50 540	31 812	12 185	7 707
State	138	62	76	1 724	46 728	29 622	11 274	7 185
Private	19	16	3	86	1 312	625	315	151
Religious	14	14	-	96	2 500	1 565	596	371

Technical and related schools	258	71	187	3 166	82 902	40 392	18 953	9 592
State	245	63	182	3 107	82 038	40 101	18 745	9 518
Private	13	8	5	59	864	291	208	74

Secondary art schools	45	33	12	112	4 759	3 344	857	620
State	43	31	12	112	4 738	3 333	857	620
Private	2	2	-	-	21	11	-	-

Music schools	27	27	-	-	2 233	1 362	263	160
State	25	25	-	-	2 212	1 351	263	160
Private	2	2	-	-	21	11	-	-

Ballet schools	2	2	-	-	135	125	20	16
State	2	2	-	-	135	125	20	16

Fine arts and design	16	4	12	112	2 391	1 857	574	444
State	16	4	12	112	2 391	1 857	574	444

Industrial and crafts schools	200	20	180	1 896	41 576	14 543	12 033	4 273
State	199	20	179	1 893	41 563	14 543	12 029	4 273
Private	1	-	1	3	13	-	4	-

Upper secondary schools for disabled youth	34	14	20	192	1 533	618	478	199
State	34	14	20	192	1 533	618	478	199

Education of adults²⁾	70	7	63	433	6 843	2 694	3 120	1 162
State	47	1	46	233	4 217	1 791	1 471	671
Private	23	6	17	200	2 626	903	1 649	491

1) See Notes on Methodology

2) Not included in “Upper secondary schools – total”

1.2. ACHIEVEMENT OF UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, BY GRADES, END OF 2007/2008 SCHOOL YEAR

	Students
	Total		1^st grade		2^nd grade		3^rd grade		4^th grade
	All	Passed	All	Passed	All	Passed	All	Passed	All	Passed

Upper secondary schools – regular	179 777	173 316	49 487	46 432	49 365	47 487	47 759	46 563	33 166	32 834
State	175 067	168 657	48 239	45 206	48 195	46 331	46 599	45 411	32 034	31 709
Private	2 210	2 179	543	530	558	550	575	570	534	529
Religious	2 500	2 480	705	696	612	606	585	582	598	596

Grammar schools	50 540	50 073	12 473	12 276	12 887	12 758	12 925	12 818	12 255	12 221
State	46 728	46 288	11 452	11 268	11 957	11 834	11 980	11 878	11 339	11 308
Private	1 312	1 305	316	312	318	318	360	358	318	317
Religious	2 500	2 480	705	696	612	606	585	582	598	596

Technical and related schools	82 902	80 261	21 082	20 034	21 314	20 560	20 724	20 141	19 782	19 526
State	82 038	79 421	20 869	19 830	21 087	20 341	20 516	19 936	19 566	19 314
Private	864	840	213	204	227	219	208	205	216	212

Secondary art schools	4 759	4 400	1 522	1 339	1 322	1 226	951	913	964	922
State	4 738	4 379	1 512	1 329	1 314	1 218	948	910	964	922
Private	21	21	10	10	8	8	3	3	-	-

Music schools	2 233	1 961	865	731	701	624	350	321	317	285
State	2 212	1 940	855	721	693	616	347	318	317	285
Private	21	21	10	10	8	8	3	3	-	-

Ballet schools	135	117	60	45	31	29	24	23	20	20
State	135	117	60	45	31	29	24	23	20	20

Fine arts and design	2 391	2 322	597	563	590	573	577	569	627	617
State	2 391	2 322	597	563	590	573	577	569	627	617

Industrial and crafts schools	41 576	38 582	14 410	12 783	13 842	12 943	13 159	12 691	165	165
State	41 563	38 569	14 406	12 779	13 837	12 938	13 155	12 687	165	165
Private	13	13	4	4	5	5	4	4	-	-

Upper secondary schools for disabled youth	1 533	1 470	491	461	478	458	501	490	63	61
State	1 533	1 470	491	461	478	458	501	490	63	61

1.3. UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS, BY COUNTIES, END OF 2007/2008 SCHOOL YEAR

	Schools¹⁾	Class units	Students		Students who completed school		Teachers¹⁾
	Schools¹⁾	Class units	All	Female students	All	Female students	Teachers¹⁾

Republic of Croatia	708	7 272	181 310	90 709	44 506	22 391	23 394

County of Zagreb	33	276	7 505	3 793	1 969	1 040	1 010
County of Krapina-Zagorje	23	210	5 343	2 666	1 378	693	678
County of Sisak-Moslavina	29	237	5 778	2 827	1 477	710	776
County of Karlovac	27	217	5 112	2 610	1 374	695	772
County of Varaždin	31	299	8 024	4 060	2 033	1 022	1 172
County of Koprivnica-Križevci	16	173	4 645	2 322	1 150	595	571
County of Bjelovar-Bilogora	27	214	5 413	2 757	1 391	724	788
County of Primorje-Gorski kotar	55	476	11 387	5 771	2 763	1 383	1 636
County of Lika-Senj	12	71	1 479	734	378	166	275
County of Virovitica-Podravina	14	152	3 738	1 876	907	446	452
County of Požega-Slavonia	15	138	3 882	2 016	920	457	451
County of Slavonski Brod-Posavina	15	262	6 981	3 271	1 802	847	577
County of Zadar	36	315	7 659	3 860	1 845	983	1 059
County of Osijek-Baranja	53	584	13 820	6 871	3 483	1 800	1 878
County of Šibenik-Knin	23	189	4 669	2 393	1 012	485	578
County of Vukovar-Sirmium	27	348	8 023	4 074	2 108	1 075	953
County of Split-Dalmatia	81	860	21 479	10 645	5 143	2 641	2 669
County of Istria	45	374	7 956	4 023	2 020	995	1 339
County of Dubrovnik-Neretva	28	226	5 541	2 759	1 307	653	867
County of Međimurje	16	175	4 282	2 071	1 094	510	589
City of Zagreb	102	1 476	38 594	19 310	8 952	4 471	4 304

1) See Notes on Methodology

1.4. UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO LEARN FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS,
END OF 2007/2008 SCHOOL YEAR

	Students attending						Teachers¹⁾
	Total	Grammar schools	Technical and related schools	Art schools	Industrial and crafts schools	Secondary schools for disabled youth	Teachers¹⁾

English	154 641	49 961	69 874	2 221	32 327	258	1 515
French	7 098	1 879	2 667	22	2 482	48	170
German	75 415	31 309	30 154	505	13 329	118	997
Italian	26 089	13 702	10 729	327	1 308	23	304
Spanish	1 424	1 168	256	-	-	-	25
Russian	18	18	-	-	-	-	3
Chinese	7	7	-	-	-	-	2
Japanese	14	14	-	-	-	-	2
Other languages	26	26	-	-	-	-	4

1) See Notes on Methodology

1.5. UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS AND ASSISTANTS, BY SEX AND WORKING TIME¹⁾, END OF 2007/2008 SCHOOL YEAR

	Teachers						Teachers, FTE		Assistants, FTE
	Total	Women	Full-time		Part-time		Teachers, FTE		Assistants, FTE
	Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women

Upper secondary schools – regular	22 970	14 881	11 480	7 573	11 490	7 308	16 141,04	10 523,01	809,49	684,53
State	22 037	14 290	11 160	7 329	10 877	6 961	15 626,44	10 163,26	777,76	659,49
Private	646	398	192	140	454	258	316,79	216,82	13,73	12,04
Religious	287	193	128	104	159	89	197,81	142,93	18,00	13,00

Grammar schools	5 179	3 747	2 885	2 166	2 294	1 581	3 808,12	2 798,05	237,73	191,68
State	4 514	3 304	2 643	1 980	1 871	1 324	3 415,70	2 520,46	212,97	172,84
Private	378	250	114	82	264	168	194,61	134,66	6,76	5,84
Religious	287	193	128	104	159	89	197,81	142,93	18,00	13,00

Technical and related schools	9 745	6 301	4 791	3 167	4 954	3 134	6 927,80	4 538,22	329,41	285,33
State	9 507	6 161	4 714	3 110	4 793	3 051	6 809,10	4 457,76	322,44	279,13
Private	238	140	77	57	161	83	118,70	80,46	6,97	6,20

Secondary art schools	1 577	1 050	1 116	778	461	272	1 297,34	892,69	20,76	19,33
State	1 561	1 045	1 115	777	446	268	1 295,26	891,29	20,76	19,33
Private	16	5	1	1	15	4	2,08	1,40	-	-

Music schools	1 037	661	785	543	252	118	874,91	586,97	5,10	5,10
State	1 021	656	784	542	237	114	872,83	585,57	5,10	5,10
Private	16	5	1	1	15	4	2,08	1,40	-	-

Ballet schools	65	47	40	30	25	17	51,70	38,26	-	-
State	65	47	40	30	25	17	51,70	38,26	-	-

Fine arts and design	475	342	291	205	184	137	370,73	267,46	15,66	14,23
State	475	342	291	205	184	137	370,73	267,46	15,66	14,23

Industrial and crafts schools	6 469	3 783	2 688	1 462	3 781	2 321	4 107,78	2 294,05	221,59	188,19
State	6 455	3 780	2 688	1 462	3 767	2 318	4 106,38	2 293,75	221,59	188,19
Private	14	3	-	-	14	3	1,40	0,30	-	-

Upper secondary schools for disabled youth	424	266	208	136	216	130	261,35	169,63	66,43	51,31
State	424	266	208	136	216	130	261,35	169,63	66,43	51,31


Education of adults	1 749	1 048	106	64	1 643	984	318,51	182,68	-	-
State	1 278	789	56	32	1 222	757	178,85	104,31	-	-
Private	471	259	50	32	421	227	139,66	78,37	-	-

1) See Notes on Methodology

2. Upper secondary schools − beginning of 2008/2009 school year

At the beginning of 2008/2009 school year, there were 425 active upper secondary schools on the territory of the Republic of Croatia. According to the methodology of statistical data collection, they include 710 school units of various kinds, depending on the educational plan and programme.

The number of students in regular upper secondary schools decreased by 1.2% and in secondary schools for disabled youth by 3.8%. The share of female students was 50.0%. Out of the total number of students in regular education there were only 2.4% repeaters, as follows: 4.0% in the 1^st grade, 2.9% in the 2^nd grade, 1.4% in the 3^rd grade and 0.5% in the 4^th grade.

By year of birth, in regular upper secondary schools there were 98.7% students in the age group from 14 to 18, which is the age appropriate for upper secondary education. There were only 1.2% students older than 18 and 0.1% younger than 14, who mostly attended secondary art schools (music and ballet ones).

2.1. UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS, CLASS UNITS AND STUDENTS, BEGINNING OF 2008/2009 SCHOOL YEAR

	Schools¹⁾			Class units	Students		Repeaters
	Total	Self-contained	School/class units	Class units	Total	Female students	Total	Female students

Upper secondary schools – total	710	229	481	7 300	181 878	90 772	4 290	1 503
State	661	190	471	7 046	176 950	88 121	4 243	1 489
Private	35	25	10	153	2 309	977	29	9
Religious	14	14	-	101	2 619	1 674	18	5

Secondary schools – regular	675	215	460	7 111	180 397	90 187	4 241	1 482

Grammar schools	173	92	81	1 932	51 059	32 075	291	160
State	139	62	77	1 741	47 078	29 747	267	153
Private	20	16	4	90	1 362	654	6	2
Religious	14	14	-	101	2 619	1 674	18	5

Technical and related schools	259	70	189	3 211	83 317	40 269	1 778	585
State	247	63	184	3 151	82 412	39 960	1 755	578
Private	12	7	5	60	905	309	23	7

Secondary art schools	45	33	12	113	4 921	3 469	118	73
State	43	31	12	113	4 893	3 455	118	73
Private	2	2	-	-	28	14	-	-

Music schools	27	27	-	-	2 395	1 451	63	38
State	25	25	-	-	2 367	1 437	63	38
Private	2	2	-	-	28	14	-	-

Ballet schools	2	2	-	-	128	120	-	-
State	2	2	-	-	128	120	-	-

Fine arts and design	16	4	12	113	2 398	1 898	55	35
State	16	4	12	113	2 398	1 898	55	35

Industrial and crafts schools	198	20	178	1 855	41 100	14 374	2 054	664
State	197	20	177	1 852	41 086	14 374	2 054	664
Private	1	-	1	3	14	-	-	-

Upper secondary schools for disabled youth	35	14	21	189	1 481	585	49	21
State	35	14	21	189	1 481	585	49	21


Education of adults²⁾	66	7	59	364	4 683	2 108	-	-
State	44	1	43	191	3 047	1 397	-	-
Private	22	6	16	173	1 636	711	-	-

1) See Notes on Methodology

2) Not included in “Upper secondary schools – total”

2.2. UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS (INCLUDING REPEATERS), BY GRADES AND SEX, BEGINNING OF 2008/2009
SCHOOL YEAR

	Students
	Total		1^st grade		2^nd grade		3^rd grade		4^th grade
	All	Repeaters	All	Repeaters	All	Repeaters	All	Repeaters	All	Repeaters

Upper secondary schools – regular	180 397	4 241	50 613	2 012	47 754	1 378	47 864	680	34 166	171
Female students	90 187	1 482	24 580	800	23 175	445	23 415	181	19 017	56

Grammar schools – all	51 059	291	13 058	116	12 359	82	12 816	60	12 826	33
Female students	32 075	160	8 175	74	7 652	40	8 031	27	8 217	19
State	47 078	267	11 954	106	11 347	78	11 891	57	11 886	26
Private	1 362	6	348	1	326	3	328	1	360	1
Religious	2 619	18	756	9	686	1	597	2	580	6

Technical and related schools – all	83 317	1 778	21 634	656	20 546	585	20 903	421	20 234	116
Female students	40 269	585	10 314	282	9 957	192	10 055	87	9 943	24
State	82 412	1 755	21 395	643	20 329	577	20 685	420	20 003	115
Private	905	23	239	13	217	8	218	1	231	1

Secondary art schools – all	4 921	118	1 601	51	1 377	33	1 004	12	939	22
Female students	3 469	73	1 093	31	953	24	733	5	690	13
State	4 893	118	1 590	51	1 366	33	1 001	12	936	22
Private	28	-	11	-	11	-	3	-	3	-
Music schools	2 395	63	882	19	768	19	402	9	343	16
State	2 367	63	871	19	757	19	399	9	340	16
Private	28	-	11	-	11	-	3	-	3	-
Ballet schools	128	-	51	-	28	-	27	-	22	-
State	128	-	51	-	28	-	27	-	22	-
Fine arts and design	2 398	55	668	32	581	14	575	3	574	6
State	2 398	55	668	32	581	14	575	3	574	6

Industrial and crafts schools – all	41 100	2 054	14 320	1 189	13 472	678	13 141	187	167	-
Female students	14 374	664	4 998	413	4 613	189	4 596	62	167	-
State	41 086	2 054	14 315	1 189	13 469	678	13 135	187	167	-
Private	14	-	5	-	3	-	6	-	-	-

Upper secondary schools for disabled youth	1 481	49	458	29	469	15	479	5	75	-
Female students	585	21	175	12	190	7	179	2	41	-
State	1 481	49	458	29	469	15	479	5	75	-

2.3. UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, BY GRADES, SEX AND YEAR OF BIRTH, BEGINNING OF 2008/2009 SCHOOL YEAR

	Students
	Total		1^st grade		2^nd grade		3^rd grade		4^th grade
	All	Female students	All	Female students	All	Female students	All	Female students	All	Female students

Upper secondary schools – regular	180 397	90 187	50 613	24 580	47 754	23 175	47 864	23 415	34 166	19 017

1996. and after	69	42	59	36	10	6	-	-	-	-
1995.	207	128	147	94	60	34	-	-	-	-
1994.	10 800	5 827	10 658	5 733	136	89	5	5	1	-
1993.	46 480	23 002	35 786	17 287	10 634	5 676	53	33	7	6
1992.	46 344	22 600	3 366	1 223	32 807	15 898	10 154	5 463	17	16
1991.	45 892	22 780	478	162	3 531	1 285	33 781	16 521	8 102	4 812
1990.	28 489	14 911	50	14	486	148	3 435	1 228	24 518	13 521
1989.	1 780	755	17	7	46	15	385	143	1 332	590
1988. and before	336	142	52	24	44	24	51	22	189	72


Upper secondary schools for disabled youth	1 481	585	458	175	469	190	479	179	75	41

1994. and after	20	6	20	6	-	-	-	-	-	-
1993.	246	107	215	90	31	17	-	-	-	-
1992.	403	163	163	59	215	96	25	8	-	-
1991.	428	164	38	14	164	62	222	86	4	2
1990.	277	100	18	4	46	10	182	69	31	17
1989.	86	38	3	2	12	4	43	15	28	17
1988.	14	5	1	-	-	-	5	-	8	5
1987. and before	7	2	-	-	1	1	2	1	4	-

2.4 UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS AND ASSISTANTS, BY SEX AND WORKING TIME¹⁾, BEGINNING OF 2008/2009 SCHOOL
YEAR

	Teachers						Teachers, FTE		Assistants, FTE
	Total	Women	Full-time		Part-time		Teachers, FTE		Assistants, FTE
	Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women	Total	Women

Upper secondary schools – regular	23 333	15 161	11 602	7 663	11 731	7 498	16 396,86	10 688,91	827,26	698,60
State	22 363	14 523	11 243	7 389	11 120	7 134	15 842,03	10 297,90	794,04	673,02
Private	671	442	216	159	455	283	344,12	239,38	13,91	12,08
Religious	299	196	143	115	156	81	210,71	151,63	19,31	13,50

Grammar schools	5 255	3 838	2 954	2 233	2 301	1 605	3 876,89	2 871,16	242,39	196,36
State	4 551	3 361	2 682	2 024	1 869	1 337	3 452,49	2 570,07	216,20	177,18
Private	405	281	129	94	276	187	213,69	149,46	6,88	5,68
Religious	299	196	143	115	156	81	210,71	151,63	19,31	13,50

Technical and related schools	9 967	6 443	4 878	3 201	5 089	3 242	7 107,42	4 621,36	338,93	293,13
State	9 732	6 290	4 792	3 137	4 940	3 153	6 980,89	4 533,14	331,90	286,73
Private	235	153	86	64	149	89	126,53	88,22	7,03	6,40

Secondary art schools	1 580	1 056	1 124	783	456	273	1 305,63	897,34	20,43	18,82
State	1 563	1 051	1 123	782	440	269	1 303,13	895,94	20,43	18,82
Private	17	5	1	1	16	4	2,50	1,40	-	-

Music schools	1 044	673	789	547	255	126	876,17	591,38	6,00	6,00
State	1 027	668	788	546	239	122	873,67	589,98	6,00	6,00
Private	17	5	1	1	16	4	2,50	1,40	-	-

Ballet schools	66	48	43	33	23	15	54,01	39,89	-	-
State	66	48	43	33	23	15	54,01	39,89	-	-

Fine arts and design	470	335	292	203	178	132	375,45	266,07	14,43	12,82
State	470	335	292	203	178	132	375,45	266,07	14,43	12,82

Industrial and crafts schools	6 531	3 824	2 646	1 446	3 885	2 378	4 106,92	2 299,05	225,51	190,29
State	6 517	3 821	2 646	1 446	3 871	2 375	4 105,52	2 298,75	225,51	190,29
Private	14	3	-	-	14	3	1,40	0,30	-	-

Upper secondary schools for disabled youth	439	278	213	141	226	137	262,07	170,39	66,84	51,45
State	439	278	213	141	226	137	262,07	170,39	66,84	51,45


Education of adults	1 691	1 012	104	64	1 587	948	310,61	177,43	-	-
State	1 219	763	54	32	1 165	731	174,07	102,19	-	-
Private	472	249	50	32	422	217	136,54	75,24	-	-

1) See Notes on Methodology

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

Sources and methods of data collection

Presented data are the result of the statistical analysis of annual reports filled in by upper secondary schools in the beginning and at the end of a school year.

Schools and educational institutions fill in the following forms for this statistical survey: the Statistical Report on Upper Secondary Schools – Grammar Schools, Technical and Related Schools, Industrial and Crafts Schools, Schools of Applied Arts and Departments of Fine Arts and Design as well as Departments for Disabled Youth (Š-S/KP form), the Statistical Report on Upper Secondary Schools of Music and Ballet (Š-S-U/KP form) and the Statistical Report on Upper Secondary Schools for Adults (Š-S-OD/KP form).

Coverage and comparability

The statistical survey cover upper schools located on the territory of the Republic of Croatia and data are comparable with data from previous school years.

Definitions and explanations

In the educational system of the Republic of Croatia upper secondary education is organised either as regular or special.

Regular education includes the upper secondary education according to regular educational programmes.

Special education includes the education of adults.

Upper secondary education may last from 1 to 4 years. It offers education and skills that are necessary either to enter the labour market or to continue education. It is not compulsory.

School is considered a group of students following classes of a particular type and stage according to the same education plan and programme at a particular location.

The number of upper secondary schools presented in tables 1.1., 1.3. and 2.1. is larger than the actual number of upper secondary schools. The reason for this is a situation when one secondary school embraces several school units of different types, e.g. grammar school, technical, industrial and crafts school, than each unit is considered a separate school and is presented as such (see column “School/class units” in tables 1.1. and 2.1.). The number of upper secondary schools in which lessons are organised only for one type of a programme (e.g. grammar school, technical, industrial and crafts school) is presented in the column “Self-contained” schools.

Upper secondary education of disabled youth is organised in a way that enables an individual approach in specific class units or specific educational institutions.

The number of upper secondary schools for disabled youth is equal to the number of institutions for education of disabled youth enlarged by a number of upper secondary schools that contain class units for disabled students.

Education of adults is aimed to provide education to adult persons who did not completed a regular upper secondary education. The upper secondary education of adults is carried out in upper secondary schools and other competent institutions. Adult persons can complete this education either by attending lessons or by taking examinations.

Data on students who learn foreign languages are given for all students who learn a particular foreign language, irrespective of whether they learn it as the first, second or third foreign language.

Data on upper secondary school teachers include the number of teachers who teach in a particular type of school. Considering that a teacher may teach in several types of schools, e.g. in a grammar school, technical, industrial and crafts school as well as in a upper secondary school for adults, the given number of teachers does not refer to the number of physical persons employed in upper secondary schools. 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, social workers and librarians.

According to the Methodology of the NSKO and ISCED, the upper secondary education belongs to the level 3.

Data by counties are presented according to the Act on 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 the upper secondary education is based on the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (NN, No. 87/08) and Vocational Education Act (NN, No. 30/09).

Abbreviations

NN Narodne novine, official gazette of the Republic of Croatia

NSKO Nacionalna standardna klasifikacija obrazovanja
(National Standard Classification of Education)

ISCED International Standard Classification of Education(ISCED ’97)

FTE full-time equivalent

Symbols

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