First Release

Year: LVIII.
Zagreb, 11 June 2021
OBR-2021-2-2
ISSN 1334-0557

UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS END OF 2019/2020 SCHOOL YEAR AND BEGINNING OF 2020/2021 SCHOOL YEAR

1. Upper secondary schools − end of 2019/2020 school year

At the end of the 2019/2020 school year, there were 437 active upper secondary schools on the territory of the Republic of Croatia, which, according to the methodology of statistical data collection, included 741 school units of various kinds, depending on the educational plan and programme.

Observing regular, self-contained schools (in which lessons are organised only for one type of a programme), grammar schools had the largest share, 41.7%, while industrial and crafts schools had the lowest share, 9.9%.

The largest share of students who passed the grade was in grammar schools, 99.9%, while the lowest share was in secondary art schools, 97.1%.

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

At the end of the 2019/2020 school year, the number of students decreased by 1.3% compared to the end of the 2018/2019 school year. The share of female students was 50.1%, although their number was not equally distributed in different types of schools. Thus, there were 71.6% of female students in secondary art schools, 63.1% in grammar schools, 47.3% in technical and related schools and only 32.1% in industrial and crafts schools. There were 37 656 students who completed the upper secondary education, out of which female students accounted for 48.9%.

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 92.4% of students, German by 34.9%, Italian by 13.3%, French by 3.7%, while Spanish, Russian, Croatian (for foreign citizens), Arabic, Portuguese, Modern Greek, Japanese, Chinese, Czech, and Hungarian were learned by only 2.0% of students.

The share of female teachers was the largest in grammar schools, 74.2%, while it was the lowest in industrial and crafts schools, 61.9%.

G-1 ACHIEVEMENT OF UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, BY GRADES, END OF 2019/2020 SCHOOL YEAR

1.1. UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS, CLASS UNITS AND STUDENTS, END OF 2019/2020 SCHOOL YEAR
    Schools1) Class units Students Graduated students
Total Self-contained School/class units Total Female students Total Female students
Upper secondary schools – total  741  239  502 7 598 145 434 72 923 37 656 18 398
State  689  203  486 7 293 139 785 69 653 36 199 17 542
Private  34  22  12  158 2 472 1 122  625  287
Religious community  18  14  4  147 3 177 2 148  832  569
Secondary schools – regular  695  223  472 7 374 144 415 72 492 37 336 18 266
Grammar schools  189  93  96 2 067 45 290 28 593 11 673 7 288
State  154  64  90 1 851 40 996 25 999 10 574 6 609
Private  19  15  4  90 1 587  783  404  205
Religious community  16  14  2  126 2 707 1 811  695  474
Technical and related schools  260  65  195 3 327 67 420 31 901 16 519 7 705
State  249  62  187 3 254 66 157 31 254 16 190 7 536
Private  9  3  6  52  793  310  192  74
Religious community  2 -  2  21  470  337  137  95
Secondary art schools  52  43  9  326 4 611 3 301  983  705
State  48  39  9  316 4 584 3 286  979  701
Private  4  4 -  10  27  15  4  4
Industrial and crafts schools  194  22  172 1 654 27 094 8 697 8 161 2 568
State  192  22  170 1 648 27 029 8 683 8 136 2 564
Private  2 -  2  6  65  14  25  4
Upper secondary schools for disabled youth  46  16  30  224 1 019  431  320  132
State  46  16  30  224 1 019  431  320  132
Education of adults2)  62  9  53  350 3 103 1 252 1 291  499
State  36  1  35  191 1 960  873  680  286
Private  26  8  18  159 1 143  379  611  213

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 2019/2020 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 144 415 143 373 39 505 39 009 37 379 37 102 36 990 36 824 29 585 29 482  956  956
State 138 766 137 747 38 012 37 524 36 012 35 742 35 676 35 512 28 170 28 073  896  896
Private 2 472 2 453  680  675  599  592  576  574  617  612 - -
Religious community 3 177 3 173  813  810  768  768  738  738  798  797  60  60
Grammar schools 45 290 45 238 11 148 11 138 11 104 11 082 11 296 11 291 11 742 11 727 - -
State 40 996 40 958 10 032 10 026 10 041 10 026 10 298 10 293 10 625 10 613 - -
Private 1 587 1 576  405  403  400  393  364  364  418  416 - -
Religious community 2 707 2 704  711  709  663  663  634  634  699  698 - -
Technical and related schools 67 420 67 128 17 176 17 047 16 316 16 251 16 333 16 283 16 639 16 591  956  956
State 66 157 65 872 16 828 16 702 16 038 15 973 16 050 16 001 16 345 16 300  896  896
Private  793  787  246  244  173  173  179  178  195  192 - -
Religious community  470  469  102  101  105  105  104  104  99  99  60  60
Secondary art schools 4 611 4 477 1 334 1 290 1 176 1 142 1 044 1 027 1 057 1 018 - -
State 4 584 4 452 1 325 1 282 1 170 1 136 1 036 1 020 1 053 1 014 - -
Private  27  25  9  8  6  6  8  7  4  4 - -
Music schools 2 027 1 922  618  585  540  519  416  402  453  416 - -
Dance schools  242  234  96  91  39  39  54  52  53  52 - -
Fine arts and design 2 342 2 321  620  614  597  584  574  573  551  550 - -
Industrial and crafts schools 27 094 26 530 9 847 9 534 8 783 8 627 8 317 8 223  147  146 - -
State 27 029 26 465 9 827 9 514 8 763 8 607 8 292 8 198  147  146 - -
Private  65  65  20  20  20  20  25  25 - - - -
Upper secondary schools for disabled youth 1 019  985  335  317  309  301  332  324  43  43 - -
State 1 019  985  335  317  309  301  332  324  43  43 - -

1.3. UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS, BY COUNTIES, END OF 2019/2020 SCHOOL YEAR
County of Schools1) Class units Students Graduated students Teachers1)
All Female students All Female students
Republic of Croatia  741 7 598 145 434 72 923 37 656 18 398 26 169
Zagreb  34  311 6 066 2 750 1 477  695 1 099
Krapina-Zagorje  23  219 4 317 2 160 1 142  552  819
Sisak-Moslavina  29  241 4 116 1 943 1 029  479  812
Karlovac  28  222 3 877 1 947 1 019  499  874
Varaždin  39  356 6 872 3 627 1 833  924 1 674
Koprivnica-Križevci  18  195 3 592 1 799  919  438  730
Bjelovar-Bilogora  27  234 4 214 2 115 1 164  587  878
Primorje-Gorski kotar  57  484 9 135 4 605 2 343 1 130 1 686
Lika-Senj  11  70 1 151  525  307  125  267
Virovitica-Podravina  17  152 2 623 1 327  718  335  516
Požega-Slavonia  15  149 2 563 1 347  680  331  561
Slavonski Brod-Posavina  15  265 4 845 2 363 1 400  648  656
Zadar  34  325 6 252 3 240 1 617  801 1 132
Osijek-Baranja  52  548 10 157 5 125 2 698 1 374 1 886
Šibenik-Knin  21  184 3 325 1 700  899  442  666
Vukovar-Sirmium  30  364 5 881 2 891 1 595  734 1 302
Split-Dalmatia  90  881 17 788 8 824 4 542 2 261 2 996
Istria  42  336 6 085 2 946 1 521  692 1 358
Dubrovnik-Neretva  29  232 4 146 2 070 1 069  519  821
Međimurje  21  193 3 672 1 791 1 025  493  809
City of Zagreb  109 1 638 34 757 17 828 8 659 4 339 4 627

1) See Notes on Methodology.

1.4. UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO LEARN FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS, END OF 2019/2020 SCHOOL YEAR
      Students attending Teachers1)
Total Grammar schools Technical and related schools Art schools Industrial and crafts schools Secondary schools for disabled youth
English 134 405 45 188 61 520 2 700 24 769  228 1 928
German 50 812 28 113 16 267  250 6 121  61 1 116
Italian 19 276 10 282 7 159  380 1 439  16  371
French 5 354 2 019 1 504  4 1 827 -  143
Spanish 2 596 2 048  547  1  -  -  58
Russian  223  179  44 -  -  -  10
Arabic  73  73 - - - -  1
Portuguese  10  10 - - - -  1
Other languages  82  82 - - - -  9

1) See Notes on Methodology.

1.5. UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS AND ASSISTANTS, BY SEX AND WORKING TIME1), END OF 2019/2020 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 25 542 17 295 11 824 8 017 13 718 9 278 17 207,70 11 607,50  920,63  820,90
State 24 397 16 469 11 416 7 706 12 981 8 763 16 540,83 11 106,96  868,84  773,96
Private  664  462  211  153  453  309  343,67  251,19  18,97  17,12
Religious community  481  364  197  158  284  206  323,20  249,35  32,82  29,82
Grammar schools 6 232 4 627 2 962 2 278 3 270 2 349 4 200,69 3 166,18  297,94  269,30
State 5 454 4 056 2 678 2 061 2 776 1 995 3 729,84 2 814,01  256,51  231,97
Private  400  284  130  93  270  191  211,71  154,84  11,11  10,01
Religious community  378  287  154  124  224  163  259,14  197,33  30,32  27,32
Technical and related schools 11 012 7 464 5 266 3 598 5 746 3 866 7 733,94 5 270,62  368,80  326,12
State 10 727 7 256 5 154 3 509 5 573 3 747 7 565,73 5 137,26  358,73  316,80
Private  182  131  69  55  113  76  104,15  81,34  7,57  6,82
Religious community  103  77  43  34  60  43  64,06  52,02  2,50  2,50
Secondary art schools 1 744 1 147 1 113  740  631  407 1 340,65  885,95  28,80  26,17
State 1 691 1 121 1 104  737  587  384 1 323,72  878,99  28,60  25,97
Private  53  26  9  3  44  23  16,93  6,96  0,20  0,20
Industrial and crafts schools 6 554 4 057 2 483 1 401 4 071 2 656 3 932,42 2 284,75  225,09  199,31
State 6 525 4 036 2 480 1 399 4 045 2 637 3 921,54 2 276,70  225,00  199,22
Private  29  21  3  2  26  19  10,88  8,05  0,09  0,09
Upper secondary schools for disabled youth  627  440  190  138  437  302  313,99  216,30  40,40  36,11
State  627  440  190  138  437  302  313,99  216,30  40,40  36,11
Education of adults 1 540  900  118  66 1 422  834  342,12  197,18  -  -
State  902  526  43  30  859  496  172,88  103,38  -  -
Private  638  374  75  36  563  338  169,24  93,80  -  -

1) See Notes on Methodology.

 

2. Upper secondary schools − beginning of 2020/2021 school year

At the beginning of the 2020/2021 school year, there were 439 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 2020/2021 school year, the number of students increased by 0.3% compared to the beginning of the 2019/2020 school year. The share of female students was 50.1%. Out of the total number of students in regular education, there were only 0.4% of repeaters, as follows: 0.6% in the 1st grade, 0.4% in the 2nd grade, 0.2% in the 3rd grade and 0.2% in the 4th grade, while in the 5th grade, there were no repeaters.

By year of birth, there were 98.3% 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 1.7% 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 2020/2021 SCHOOL YEAR
      Schools1) Class units Students Repeaters
Total Self-contained School/class units Total Female students Total Female students
Upper secondary schools – total  741  240  501 7 638 146 671 73 494  529  184
State  688  203  485 7 333 141 070 70 183  522  178
Private  35  23  12  158 2 420 1 126  3  2
Religious community  18  14  4  147 3 181 2 185  4  4
Secondary schools – regular  696  224  472 7 417 145 640 73 034  509  178
Grammar schools  190  94  96 2 049 44 575 28 364  20  10
State  154  64  90 1 834 40 301 25 733  18  8
Private  20  16  4  89 1 545  781  1  1
Religious community  16  14  2  126 2 729 1 850  1  1
Technical and related schools  259  64  195 3 364 68 348 32 357  127  40
State  249  62  187 3 293 67 125 31 713  123  37
Private  8  2  6  50  771  309  1 -
Religious community  2 -  2  21  452  335  3  3
Secondary art schools  53  44  9  331 4 666 3 358  52  27
State  48  39  9  318 4 636 3 339  51  26
Private  5  5 -  13  30  19  1  1
Industrial and crafts schools  194  22  172 1 673 28 051 8 955  310  101
State  192  22  170 1 667 27 977 8 938  310  101
Private  2 -  2  6  74  17 - -
Upper secondary schools for disabled youth  45  16  29  221 1 031  460  20  6
State  45  16  29  221 1 031  460  20  6
Education of adults2)  57  9  48  295 2 395 1 062  -  -
State  35  1  34  179 1 679  794  -  -
Private  22  8  14  116  716  268  -  -

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 2020/2021 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 145 640  509 39 475  232 39 172  145 36 959  68 28 984  64 1 050 -
Female students 73 034  178 19 259  75 19 134  59 18 065  23 15 761  21  815 -
Grammar schools – total 44 575  20 11 102  3 11 061  6 11 078  3 11 334  8 - -
Female students 28 364  10 7 125  1 7 001  3 6 998  1 7 240  5 - -
State 40 301  18 9 988  3 9 953  5 10 025  3 10 335  7 - -
Private 1 545  1  377 -  404  1  395 -  369 - - -
Religious community 2 729  1  737 -  704 -  658 -  630  1 - -
Technical and related schools – total 68 348  127 17 450  40 17 210  37 16 208  20 16 430  30 1 050 -
Female students 32 357  40 8 183  16 8 172  14 7 565  6 7 622  4  815 -
State 67 125  123 17 179  40 16 844  34 15 947  20 16 156  29  999 -
Private  771  1  180 -  252 -  161 -  178  1 - -
Religious community  452  3  91 -  114  3  100 -  96 -  51 -
Secondary art schools – total 4 666  52 1 267  8 1 235  10 1 119  8 1 045  26 - -
Female students 3 358  27  906  4  921  8  807  3  724  12 - -
State 4 636  51 1 257  8 1 230  10 1 110  7 1 039  26 - -
Private  30  1  10 -  5 -  9  1  6 - - -
Music schools 2 021  38  590  1  525  6  488  7  418  24  -  -
Dance schools  253  3  66  2  89 -  43  -  55  1  -  -
Fine arts and design 2 392  11  611  5  621  4  588  1  572  1  -  -
Industrial and crafts schools – total 28 051  310 9 656  181 9 666  92 8 554  37  175 - - -
Female students 8 955  101 3 045  54 3 040  34 2 695  13  175 - - -
State 27 977  310 9 632  181 9 644  92 8 526  37  175 - - -
Private  74 -  24 -  22 -  28 - - - - -
Upper secondary schools for disabled youth 1 031  20  345  14  323  3  318  2  45  1 - -
Female students  460  6  160  3  138  1  142  1  20  1 - -
State 1 031  20  345  14  323  3  318  2  45  1 - -

2.3. UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS, BY COUNTIES, BEGINNING OF 2020/2021 SCHOOL YEAR
County of Schools1) Class units Students Teachers1)
All Female students All Women
Republic of Croatia  741 7 638 146 671 73 494 26 553 17 993
Zagreb  33  317 6 293 2 810 1 076  737
Krapina-Zagorje  23  222 4 309 2 162  845  570
Sisak-Moslavina  29  247 4 096 1 973  834  552
Karlovac  28  223 3 869 1 933  870  565
Varaždin  39  354 6 818 3 637 1 636 1 070
Koprivnica-Križevci  18  197 3 699 1 821  731  439
Bjelovar-Bilogora  27  236 4 205 2 100  889  578
Primorje-Gorski kotar  57  484 9 243 4 666 1 751 1 195
Lika-Senj  11  72 1 150  543  276  164
Virovitica-Podravina  16  149 2 622 1 331  503  304
Požega-Slavonia  15  147 2 550 1 312  567  365
Slavonski Brod-Posavina  15  269 4 825 2 349  661  436
Zadar  35  327 6 402 3 300 1 139  787
Osijek-Baranja  52  551 10 199 5 140 1 924 1 260
Šibenik-Knin  21  183 3 320 1 700  703  444
Vukovar-Sirmium  30  367 5 814 2 883 1 336  891
Split-Dalmatia  90  879 17 802 8 827 3 107 2 233
Istria  42  344 6 282 3 044 1 383  984
Dubrovnik-Neretva  29  235 4 219 2 098  829  570
Međimurje  21  195 3 629 1 786  809  543
City of Zagreb  110 1 640 35 325 18 079 4 684 3 306

1) See Notes on Methodology.

2.4. UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, BY GRADES, SEX AND YEAR OF BIRTH, BEGINNING OF 2020/2021 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 145 640 73 034 39 475 19 259 39 172 19 134 36 959 18 065 28 984 15 761 1 050  815
2007 and after  26  17  26  17 - - - - - - - -
2006 8 442 4 555 8 332 4 472  110  83 - - - - - -
2005 37 905 18 747 29 427 14 153 8 393 4 556  80  35  5  3 - -
2004 37 663 18 270 1 504  547 28 350 13 574 7 637 4 050  172  99 - -
2003 35 499 17 702  129  47 2 133  836 27 053 13 174 6 181 3 642  3  3
2002 23 676 12 421  29  13  145  61 1 983  724 21 306 11 450  213  173
2001 2 226 1 211  8  2  17  7  168  59 1 238  527  795  616
2000 and before  203  111  20  8  24  17  38  23  82  40  39  23
Upper secondary schools for disabled youth 1 031  460  345  160  323  138  318  142  45  20 - -
2006 and after  18  9  18  9  -  -  -  - - - - -
2005  162  90  155  85  7  5  -  - - - - -
2004  300  133  141  57  143  66  16  10 - - - -
2003  323  131  29  9  146  56  146  64  2  2 - -
2002  185  80  2 -  22  8  136  62  25  10 - -
2001  37  15 - -  5  3  16  5  16  7 - -
2000  6  2 - - - -  4  1  2  1 - -
1999 and before  -   - - - - - - - - - - -

2.5. UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS AND ASSISTANTS, BY SEX AND WORKING TIME1), BEGINNING OF 2020/2021 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 25 939 17 549 12 094 8 193 13 845 9 356 17 522,21 11 856,80  921,41  823,37
State 24 764 16 715 11 676 7 885 13 088 8 830 16 828,04 11 352,71  870,98  778,19
Private  683  470  220  151  463  319  365,50  252,95  18,89  16,64
Religious community  492  364  198  157  294  207  328,67  251,14  31,54  28,54
Grammar schools 6 315 4 673 3 075 2 390 3 240 2 283 4 313,82 3 288,19  298,54  269,09
State 5 508 4 100 2 782 2 176 2 726 1 924 3 820,59 2 933,10  259,12  233,67
Private  416  286  138  91  278  195  228,62  155,97  10,38  9,38
Religious community  391  287  155  123  236  164  264,61  199,12  29,04  26,04
Technical and related schools 11 108 7 562 5 358 3 662 5 750 3 900 7 820,79 5 348,72  365,28  323,67
State 10 841 7 359 5 246 3 575 5 595 3 784 7 654,69 5 220,38  354,71  314,35
Private  166  126  69  53  97  73  102,04  76,32  8,07  6,82
Religious community  101  77  43  34  58  43  64,06  52,02  2,50  2,50
Secondary art schools 1 858 1 217 1 156  762  702  455 1 413,74  927,00  27,95  25,32
State 1 787 1 180 1 146  757  641  423 1 390,48  914,75  27,60  24,97
Private  71  37  10  5  61  32  23,26  12,25  0,35  0,35
Industrial and crafts schools 6 658 4 097 2 505 1 379 4 153 2 718 3 973,86 2 292,89  229,64  205,29
State 6 628 4 076 2 502 1 377 4 126 2 699 3 962,28 2 284,48  229,55  205,20
Private  30  21  3  2  27  19  11,58  8,41  0,09  0,09
Upper secondary schools for disabled youth  614  444  210  156  404  288  320,87  229,99  40,76  36,10
State  614  444  210  156  404  288  320,87  229,99  40,76  36,10
Education of adults 1 424  828  108  60 1 316  768  336,61  190,83  -  -
State  813  466  40  30  773  436  162,88  93,82  -  -
Private  611  362  68  30  543  332  173,73  97,01  -  -

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. 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.

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, 2019.

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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