First Release

Year: LIX.
Zagreb, 01 August 2022
OBR-2022-2-2
ISSN 1334-0557

UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS, END OF 2020/2021 SCHOOL YEAR AND BEGINNING OF 2021/2022 SCHOOL YEAR

1 Upper secondary schools − end of 2020/2021 school year

At the end of the 2020/2021 school year, there were 438 active upper secondary schools on the territory of the Republic of Croatia, which, according to the methodology of statistical data collection, included 742 school units of various kinds, depending on the educational plan and programme.

The share of students in regular schools was largest in technical and related schools, 47.6%, in grammar schools, 30.6%, and in industrial and crafts schools, 18.6%, while the lowest share, 3.2%, was recorded in secondary art schools.

The largest share of students who passed the grade was recorded in grammar schools, 99.6%, and the lowest one in secondary art schools, 96.4%.

Art schools had the highest number of female students, while industrial and crafts schools had the lowest number of female students.

At the end of the 2020/2021 school year, the number of students increased by 0.5% compared to the end of the 2019/2020 school year. The share of female students was 50.0%, although their number was not equally distributed in different types of schools. Thus, there were 71.9% of female students in secondary art schools, 63.6% in grammar schools, 47.1% in technical and related schools and only 31.9% in industrial and crafts schools. There were 36 797 students who completed the upper secondary education, out of which female students accounted for 48.8%.

English and German – two most often learned languages in upper secondary schools

Students 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 was learned by 93.0% of students, German by 34.3%, Italian by 12.9% and French by 3.6% of them, while Spanish, Russian, Portuguese, Arabic, Czech, Slovak, Serbian, Croatian (for foreign citizens) and Modern Greek were learned by only 2.1% of students.

The share of female teachers was the largest in grammar schools, 73.9%, while it was the lowest in industrial and crafts schools, 61.6%.

G-1 ACHIEVEMENT OF UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, BY GRADES, END OF 2020/2021 SCHOOL YEAR

1.1 UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS, CLASS UNITS AND STUDENTS, END OF 2020/2021 SCHOOL YEAR
     Schools1) Class units Students Graduated students
Total Self-contained School/class units Total Female students Total Female students
Upper secondary schools – total   742   242   500  7 666  146 143  73 081  36 797  17 952
State   689   204   485  7 347  140 521  69 791  35 506  17 200
Private   35   24   11   172  2 462  1 142   563   257
Religious community   18   14   4   147  3 160  2 148   728   495
Secondary schools – regular   695   226   469  7 426  144 812  72 544  36 405  17 785
Grammar schools   190   94   96  2 042  44 308  28 177  11 212  7 128
State   154   64   90  1 825  40 058  25 572  10 234  6 539
Private   20   16   4   91  1 555   794   356   175
Religious community   16   14   2   126  2 695  1 811   622   414
Technical and related schools   260   66   194  3 406  68 923  32 444  16 282  7 502
State   249   63   186  3 328  67 647  31 793  15 997  7 347
Private   9   3   6   57   811   314   179   74
Religious community   2 -   2   21   465   337   106   81
Secondary art schools   53   44   9   345  4 617  3 321   968   674
State   48   39   9   324  4 578  3 298   960   671
Private   5   5 -   21   39   23   8   3
Industrial and crafts schools   192   22   170  1 633  26 964  8 602  7 943  2 481
State   191   22   169  1 630  26 907  8 591  7 923  2 476
Private   1 -   1   3   57   11   20   5
Upper secondary schools for disabled youth   47   16   31   240  1 331   537   392   167
State   47   16   31   240  1 331   537   392   167
Education of adults2)   63   11   52   345  2 968  1 143  1 333   499
State   39   1   38   185  1 714   683   674   245
Private   24   10   14   160  1 254   460   659   254

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 2020/2021 SCHOOL YEAR
      Students
Total 1st grade 2nd grade 3rd grade 4th grade 5th grade
All Passed All Passed All Passed All Passed All Passed All Passed
Upper secondary schools – regular  144 812  142 520  38 954  38 031  38 938  38 139  36 812  36 398  29 055  28 900  1 053  1 052
State  139 190  136 956  37 539  36 640  37 412  36 630  35 470  35 064  27 767  27 621  1 002  1 001
Private  2 462  2 442   596   589   715   712   590   585   561   556 - -
Religious community  3 160  3 122   819   802   811   797   752   749   727   723   51   51
Grammar schools  44 308  44 126  11 000  10 941  11 034  10 962  10 979  10 944  11 295  11 279 - -
State  40 058  39 926  9 897  9 861  9 936  9 879  9 929  9 901  10 296  10 285 - -
Private  1 555  1 542   376   370   412   410   397   393   370   369 - -
Religious community  2 695  2 658   727   710   686   673   653   650   629   625 - -
Technical and related schools  68 923  67 900  17 555  17 189  17 340  16 986  16 434  16 229  16 541  16 444  1 053  1 052
State  67 647  66 632  17 273  16 908  16 940  16 588  16 172  15 968  16 260  16 167  1 002  1 001
Private   811   804   190   189   275   274   163   162   183   179 - -
Religious community   465   464   92   92   125   124   99   99   98   98   51   51
Secondary art schools  4 617  4 453  1 240  1 188  1 229  1 191  1 104  1 070  1 044  1 004 - -
State  4 578  4 414  1 229  1 177  1 219  1 181  1 094  1 060  1 036   996 - -
Private   39   39   11   11   10   10   10   10   8   8 - -
Music schools  1 987  1 874   573   537   520   497   473   450   421   390 - -
Dance schools   237   227   62   59   82   79   41   39   52   50 - -
Fine arts and design  2 393  2 352   605   592   627   615   590   581   571   564 - -
Industrial and crafts schools  26 964  26 041  9 159  8 713  9 335  9 000  8 295  8 155   175   173 - -
State  26 907  25 984  9 140  8 694  9 317  8 982  8 275  8 135   175   173 - -
Private   57   57   19   19   18   18   20   20 - - - -
Upper secondary schools for disabled youth  1 331  1 277   434   407   441   424   405   396   51   50 - -
State  1 331  1 277   434   407   441   424   405   396   51   50 - -

1.3 UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS, BY COUNTIES, END OF 2020/2021 SCHOOL YEAR
County of Schools1) Class units Students Graduated students Teachers1)
All Female students All Female students
Republic of Croatia   742  7 666  146 143  73 081  36 797  17 952  25 859
Zagreb   33   317  6 275  2 775  1 548   675   922
Krapina-Zagorje   23   222  4 295  2 154  1 164   551   805
Sisak-Moslavina   29   253  4 020  1 943  1 037   477   812
Karlovac   28   223  3 846  1 920  1 018   487   874
Varaždin   40   357  6 928  3 641  1 854   980  1 619
Koprivnica-Križevci   18   192  3 659  1 778   965   461   682
Bjelovar-Bilogora   27   236  4 168  2 085  1 116   557   873
Primorje-Gorski kotar   57   467  9 188  4 664  2 098  1 046  1 708
Lika-Senj   11   71  1 149   544   269   120   292
Virovitica-Podravina   17   149  2 585  1 316   708   336   478
Požega-Slavonia   15   144  2 543  1 278   610   286   568
Slavonski Brod-Posavina   14   264  4 668  2 290  1 270   611   639
Zadar   35   323  6 388  3 310  1 599   833  1 153
Osijek-Baranja   52   554  10 114  5 046  2 580  1 242  1 946
Šibenik-Knin   21   203  3 612  1 743   961   433   694
Vukovar-Sirmium   30   369  5 830  2 895  1 516   755  1 239
Split-Dalmatia   90   889  17 774  8 863  4 461  2 131  3 074
Istria   42   339  6 230  3 078  1 489   712  1 418
Dubrovnik-Neretva   29   237  4 210  2 061  1 073   521   850
Međimurje   21   198  3 574  1 768   962   448   836
City of Zagreb   110  1 659  35 087  17 929  8 499  4 290  4 377

1) See Notes on Methodology.

1.4 UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO LEARN FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS, END OF 2020/2021 SCHOOL YEAR
    Students attending Teachers1)
Total Grammar schools Technical and related schools Art schools Industrial and crafts schools Secondary schools for disabled youth
English  135 936  44 238  63 554  2 926  24 696   522  1 942
German  50 155  27 445  16 052   212  6 280   166  1 134
Italian  18 880  9 371  7 484   465  1 548   12   353
French  5 309  2 109  1 432 -  1 768 -   136
Spanish  2 623  2 150   470 -   3 -   60
Russian   203   164   39 - - -   11
Portuguese   100   100 - - - -   4
Arabic   59   59 - - - -   1
Czech   20   20 - - - -   1
Slovak   12   12 - - - -   1
Other languages   24   22   2 - - -   6

1) See Notes on Methodology.

1.5 UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS AND ASSISTANTS, BY SEX AND WORKING TIME1), END OF 2020/2021 SCHOOL YEAR
     Teachers Teachers, FTE Assistants, FTE
All Women Full-time Part-time
All Women All Women All Women All Women
Upper secondary schools – regular  25 213  17 048  12 836  8 762  12 377  8 286  17 709,71  11 981,87  1 148,11  1 011,65
State  24 070  16 243  12 339  8 399  11 731  7 844  16 997,59  11 474,56  1 088,58   959,72
Private   658   440   242   155   416   285   374,62   246,20   21,69   17,09
Religious community   485   365   255   208   230   157   337,50   261,11   37,84   34,84
Grammar schools  6 047  4 470  3 189  2 471  2 858  1 999  4 273,19  3 225,34   336,29   301,73
State  5 259  3 915  2 858  2 237  2 401  1 678  3 775,76  2 881,12   292,02   261,96
Private   403   267   150   87   253   180   235,99   146,17   12,03   9,73
Religious community   385   288   181   147   204   141   261,44   198,05   32,24   30,04
Technical and related schools  10 922  7 468  5 715  3 940  5 207  3 528  7 925,84  5 433,10   479,23   420,10
State  10 630  7 251  5 557  3 815  5 073  3 436  7 736,64  5 284,60   466,06   410,03
Private   192   140   84   64   108   76   113,14   85,44   7,57   5,27
Religious community   100   77   74   61   26   16   76,06   63,06   5,60   4,80
Secondary art schools  2 040  1 290  1 385   874   655   416  1 629,86  1 021,70   37,24   33,61
State  1 995  1 271  1 378   871   617   400  1 612,89  1 013,84   35,24   31,61
Private   45   19   7   3   38   16   16,97   7,86   2,00   2,00
Industrial and crafts schools  6 204  3 820  2 547  1 477  3 657  2 343  3 880,82  2 301,73   295,35   256,21
State  6 186  3 806  2 546  1 476  3 640  2 330  3 872,30  2 295,00   295,26   256,12
Private   18   14   1   1   17   13   8,52   6,73   0,09   0,09
Upper secondary schools for disabled youth   646   452   260   186   386   266   355,60   246,76   55,03   42,20
State   646   452   260   186   386   266   355,60   246,76   55,03   42,20
Education of adults  1 591   921   148   85  1 443   836   437,00   249,21  -  -
State   979   571   105   65   874   506   262,30   149,88  -  -
Private   612   350   43   20   569   330   174,70   99,33  -  -

1) See Notes on Methodology.

2 Upper secondary schools − beginning of 2021/2022 school year

At the beginning of the 2021/2022 school year, there were 441 active upper secondary schools on the territory of the Republic of Croatia. According to the methodology of statistical data collection, they included 741 school units of various kinds, depending on the educational plan and programme.

At the beginning of the 2021/2022 school year, the number of students increased by 0.01% compared to the beginning of the 2020/2021 school year. The share of female students was 50.0%. Out of the total number of students in regular education, there were only 0.9% of repeaters, as follows: 1.3% in the 1st grade, 1.3% in the 2nd grade, 0.6% in the 3rd grade and 0.2% in the 4th grade, while there were no repeaters in the 5th grade.

By year of birth, there were 98.5% of students in regular upper secondary schools in the age group from 14 to 18, which is the age appropriate for upper secondary education. There were only 1.5% of students older than 18 and 0.02% of students younger than 14, who mostly attended secondary art schools (music and dance ones).

G-2 STUDENTS IN REGULAR UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS, BY YEAR OF BIRTH AND SEX, BEGINNING OF 2020/2021 SCHOOL YEAR

2.1 UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS, CLASS UNITS AND STUDENTS, BEGINNING OF 2021/2022 SCHOOL YEAR
    Schools1) Class units Students Repeaters
Total Self-contained School/class units Total Female students Total Female students
Upper secondary schools – total   741   245   496  7 683  146 687  73 382  1 331   485
State   686   205   481  7 353  140 906  70 061  1 298   468
Private   37   26   11   182  2 604  1 183   15   6
Religious community   18   14   4   148  3 177  2 138   18   11
Secondary schools – regular   696   229   467  7 449  145 390  72 887  1 304   479
Grammar schools   191   96   95  2 032  43 790  27 676   66   41
State   153   64   89  1 803  39 375  25 027   46   29
Private   22   18   4   102  1 687   828   5   3
Religious community   16   14   2   127  2 728  1 821   15   9
Technical and related schools   260   66   194  3 437  69 135  32 904   593   208
State   249   63   186  3 359  67 866  32 268   580   203
Private   9   3   6   57   820   319   10   3
Religious community   2 -   2   21   449   317   3   2
Secondary art schools   54   45   9   349  4 796  3 572   59   37
State   49   40   9   329  4 752  3 549   59   37
Private   5   5 -   20   44   23 - -
Industrial and crafts schools   191   22   169  1 631  27 669  8 735   586   193
State   190   22   168  1 628  27 616  8 722   586   193
Private   1 -   1   3   53   13 - -
Upper secondary schools for disabled youth   45   16   29   234  1 297   495   27   6
State   45   16   29   234  1 297   495   27   6
Education of adults2)   58   11   47   306  2 297   887  -  -
State   38   1   37   167  1 570   599  -  -
Private   20   10   10   139   727   288  -  -

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 2021/2022 SCHOOL YEAR
    Students
Total 1st grade 2nd grade 3rd grade 4th grade 5th grade
All Repeaters All Repeaters All Repeaters All Repeaters All Repeaters All Repeaters
Upper secondary schools – regular  145 390  1 304  39 120   499  38 670   501  38 175   240  28 457   64   968  -
Female students  72 887   479  18 922   191  18 881   185  18 812   78  15 515   25   757  -
Grammar schools – total  43 790   66  10 928   18  10 938   26  10 953   19  10 971   3  -  -
Female students  27 676   41  6 747   12  7 007   17  6 943   10  6 979   2  -  -
State  39 375   46  9 781   13  9 818   17  9 860   13  9 916   3  -  -
Private  1 687   5   458   1   399   2   420   2   410  -  -  -
Religious community  2 728   15   689   4   721   7   673   4   645  -  -  -
Technical and related schools – total  69 135   593  17 430   192  17 501   225  17 042   137  16 194   39   968  -
Female students  32 904   208  8 252   73  8 243   81  8 107   41  7 545   13   757  -
State  67 866   580  17 140   189  17 215   219  16 672   135  15 919   37   920  -
Private   820   10   189   2   194   4   254   2   183   2  -  -
Religious community   449   3   101   1   92   2   116  -   92  -   48  -
Secondary art schools – total  4 796   59  1 346   11  1 178   13  1 182   14  1 090   21  -  -
Female students  3 572   37  1 041   9   851   8   891   11   789   9  -  -
State  4 752   59  1 330   11  1 170   13  1 173   14  1 079   21  -  -
Private   44  -   16  -   8  -   9  -   11  -  -  -
Music schools  2 038   37   607   9   488   2   472   9   471   17  -  -
Dance schools   259   2   73   1   62   1   84  -   40  -  -  -
Fine arts and design  2 499   20   666   1   628   10   626   5   579   4  -  -
Industrial and crafts schools – total  27 669   586  9 416   278  9 053   237  8 998   70   202   1  -  -
Female students  8 735   193  2 882   97  2 780   79  2 871   16   202   1  -  -
State  27 616   586  9 399   278  9 034   237  8 981   70   202   1  -  -
Private   53  -   17  -   19  -   17  -  -  -  -  -
Upper secondary schools for disabled youth  1 297   27   414   15   419   9   416   3   48  -  -  -
Female students   495   6   152   4   160   1   158   1   25  -  -  -
State  1 297   27   414   15   419   9   416   3   48  -  -  -

2.3 UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS, BY COUNTIES, BEGINNING OF 2021/2022 SCHOOL YEAR
County of Schools1) Class units Students Teachers1)
All Female students All Women
Republic of Croatia   741  7 683  146 687  73 382  26 137  17 733
Zagreb   33   315  6 344  2 832   944   645
Krapina-Zagorje   23   221  4 285  2 164   811   537
Sisak-Moslavina   29   254  3 980  1 928   856   558
Karlovac   28   223  3 830  1 912   888   605
Varaždin   39   363  6 914  3 595  1 606  1 052
Koprivnica-Križevci   18   200  3 591  1 714   702   429
Bjelovar-Bilogora   27   232  4 259  2 113   912   609
Primorje-Gorski kotar   55   465  9 186  4 592  1 721  1 188
Lika-Senj   11   72  1 122   531   295   181
Virovitica-Podravina   16   150  2 580  1 309   480   301
Požega-Slavonia   15   143  2 529  1 297   582   364
Slavonski Brod-Posavina   14   264  4 635  2 261   632   415
Zadar   35   326  6 438  3 311  1 156   796
Osijek-Baranja   52   554  10 070  5 094  1 989  1 305
Šibenik-Knin   21   198  3 535  1 714   730   476
Vukovar-Sirmium   30   359  5 649  2 812  1 216   818
Split-Dalmatia   91   899  17 886  8 909  3 048  2 191
Istria   42   340  6 442  3 168  1 428   997
Dubrovnik-Neretva   29   239  4 238  2 068   863   586
Međimurje   21   200  3 563  1 759   803   524
City of Zagreb   112  1 666  35 611  18 299  4 475  3 156

1) See Notes on Methodology.

2.4 UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, BY GRADES, SEX AND YEAR OF BIRTH, BEGINNING OF 2021/2022 SCHOOL YEAR
    Students
Total 1st grade 2nd grade 3rd grade 4th grade 5th grade
All Female students All Female students All Female students All Female students All Female students All Female students
Upper secondary schools – regular  145 390  72 887  39 120  18 922  38 670  18 881  38 175  18 812  28 457  15 515   968   757
2008 and after   30   24   27   21   1   1   2   2  -  -  -  -
2007  8 905  4 690  8 532  4 503   365   180   8   7  -  -  -  -
2006  37 696  18 318  28 645  13 662  8 594  4 448   457   208  -  -  -  -
2005  38 755  19 062  1 727   653  27 957  13 633  8 778  4 614   293   162  -  -
2004  35 110  17 479   151   56  1 560   542  26 887  13 144  6 475  3 710   37   27
2003  22 769  12 060   23   16   149   58  1 855   743  20 521  11 067   221   176
2002  1 929  1 128   3   2   25   11   138   55  1 078   527   685   533
2001 and before   196   126   12   9   19   8   50   39   90   49   25   21
Upper secondary schools for disabled youth  1 297   495   414   152   419   160   416   158   48   25  -  -
2007 and after   33   18   33   18  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -
2006   236   88   208   74   28   14  -  -  -  -  -  -
2005   404   154   152   53   232   88   20   13  -  -  -  -
2004   391   146   20   7   132   51   236   86   3   2  -  -
2003   190   70   1  -   25   7   140   52   24   11  -  -
2002   37   18  -  -   1  -   17   6   19   12  -  -
2001   5   1  -  -   1  -   3   1   1  -  -  -
2000 and before   1  -  -  -  -  -  -  -   1  -  -  -

2.5 UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS AND ASSISTANTS, BY SEX AND WORKING TIME1), BEGINNING OF 2021/2022 SCHOOL YEAR
    Teachers Teachers, FTE Assistants, FTE
Total Women Full-time Part-time
All Women All Women All Women All Women
Upper secondary schools – regular  25 492  17 283  12 833  8 790  12 659  8 493  17 807,76  12 079,56  1 164,07  1 031,89
State  24 329  16 424  12 352  8 406  11 977  8 018  17 096,76  11 530,26  1 101,39   976,46
Private   670   481   224   172   446   309   366,48   277,15   22,64   18,89
Religious community   493   378   257   212   236   166   344,52   272,15   40,04   36,54
Grammar schools  6 067  4 518  3 147  2 450  2 920  2 068  4 287,24  3 262,72   352,70   314,24
State  5 237  3 898  2 809  2 176  2 428  1 722  3 768,34  2 862,76   305,73   273,52
Private   434   316   153   121   281   195   248,28   188,31   13,43   10,68
Religious community   396   304   185   153   211   151   270,62   211,65   33,54   30,04
Technical and related schools  11 078  7 545  5 718  3 924  5 360  3 621  8 018,29  5 461,13   480,32   426,89
State  10 805  7 337  5 582  3 817  5 223  3 520  7 845,58  5 322,47   466,66   414,23
Private   176   134   64   48   112   86   98,81   78,16   7,16   6,16
Religious community   97   74   72   59   25   15   73,90   60,50   6,50   6,50
Secondary art schools  2 069  1 342  1 451   941   618   401  1 682,65  1 087,71   36,86   32,78
State  2 025  1 324  1 445   939   580   385  1 667,82  1 080,81   34,86   30,78
Private   44   18   6   2   38   16   14,83   6,90   2,00   2,00
Industrial and crafts schools  6 278  3 878  2 517  1 475  3 761  2 403  3 819,58  2 268,00   294,19   257,98
State  6 262  3 865  2 516  1 474  3 746  2 391  3 815,02  2 264,22   294,14   257,93
Private   16   13   1   1   15   12   4,56   3,78   0,05   0,05
Upper secondary schools for disabled youth   645   450   251   177   394   273   350,82   236,24   56,24   44,41
State   645   450   251   177   394   273   350,82   236,24   56,24   44,41
Education of adults  1 382   820   160   90  1 222   730   396,85   229,35  -  -
State   863   514   104   64   759   450   224,04   131,25  -  -
Private   519   306   56   26   463   280   172,81   98,10  -  -

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 at 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, Art Schools and Departments of Fine Arts and Design as well as Departments for Disabled Youth (Š-S/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 secondary 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 5 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., 2.1. and 2.3. is larger than the actual number of upper secondary schools. If a single secondary school embraces several school units of different types, e.g. grammar school, technical, industrial and crafts school, each unit is then 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.

Data by counties are presented according to the Act on Territories of Counties, Towns and Municipalities in the Republic of Croatia (NN, Nos 86/06, 125/06, 16/07, 95/08, 46/10, 145/10, 37/13, 44/13, 45/13 and 110/15.), with the situation as on 31 December, 2020.

The constitution and activity of the upper secondary education is based on the Basic and Secondary Education Act (NN, Nos 87/08, 86/09, 92/10,105/10, 90/11, 5/12, 16/12, 86/12, 126/12, 94/13, 152/14, 7/17 and 68/18) and Vocational Education Act (NN, Nos 30/09, 24/10, 22/13 and 25/18).

Abbreviations

FTE        full-time equivalent
NN         Narodne novine, official gazette of the Republic of Croatia

Symbols

-              no occurrence

 

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