First Release

Year: LXI.
Zagreb, 11 July 2024
OBR-2024-2-2
ISSN 1334-0557

UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS, END OF 2022/2023 SCHOOL YEAR AND BEGINNING OF 2023/2024 SCHOOL YEAR

1 Upper secondary schools − end of 2022/2023 school year

At the end of the 2022/2023 school year, there were 441 active upper secondary schools on the territory of the Republic of Croatia which, according to the methodology of statistical data collection, included 754 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, 48.0%, in grammar schools, 29.9%, and in industrial and crafts schools, 18.8%, while the smallest share, 3.3%, was recorded in secondary art schools.

The largest share of students who graduated was recorded in grammar schools, 99.4%, while in industrial and crafts schools it was the smallest, 96.1%.

Art schools had the highest share of female students, while industrial and crafts schools had the lowest share of them

At the end of the 2022/2023 school year, the number of students increased by 0.6% compared to the end of the 2021/2022 school year. The share of female students was 50.5%, although their number was not equally distributed in different types of schools. Thus, there were 75.3% of female students in secondary art schools, 63.3% in grammar schools, 49.4% in technical and related schools and only 29.0% in industrial and crafts schools. There were 37 259 students who completed the upper secondary education, out of which female students accounted for 49.2%.

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 92.6% of students, German by 31.8%, Italian by 13.2% and French by 3.4% of students, while Spanish, Russian, Portuguese, Arabic and other languages were learned by only 2.1% of students.

In order to present the number of teachers more accurately, the full-time equivalent (FTE) metric is applied, according to which the number of employed teachers is converted to the full-time equivalent (the share of teachers’ workload in legally set norm). The number of teachers presented in full-time equivalent would correspond the actual number of physical persons.

The share of female teachers was largest in grammar schools, 75.2%, while it was lowest in industrial and crafts schools, 63.4%.

G-1 ACHIEVEMENT OF UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, BY GRADES, END OF 2022/2023 SCHOOL YEAR

1.1 UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS, CLASS UNITS AND STUDENTS, END OF 2022/2023 SCHOOL YEAR
        Schools1) Class units Students Graduated students
Total Self-contained School/class units Total Female students Total Female students
Upper secondary schools – total 754 224 530 7 718 146 288 73 848 37 259 18 313
State 697 188 509 7 374 140 190 70 419 35 784 17 499
Private 38 22 16 197 2 961 1 365 724 343
Religious community 19 14 5 147 3 137 2 064 751 471
Secondary schools – regular 702 208 494 7 464 145 145 73 368 36 959 18 186
Grammar schools 180 95 85 2 024 43 445 27 479 10 776 6 781
State 142 64 78 1 787 38 855 24 773 9 687 6 149
Private 22 17 5 111 1 895 939 441 227
Religious community 16 14 2 126 2 695 1 767 648 405
Technical and related schools 269 57 212 3 460 69 719 34 409 16 729 8 160
State 257 56 201 3 381 68 333 33 743 16 372 7 987
Private 10 1 9 61 838 330 257 110
Religious community 2 - 2 18 422 279 100 63
Secondary art schools 53 44 9 370 4 783 3 600 1 075 813
State 49 40 9 350 4 743 3 575 1 069 808
Private 4 4 - 20 40 25 6 5
Industrial and crafts schools 200 12 188 1 610 27 198 7 880 8 379 2 432
State 197 12 185 1 602 27 116 7 848 8 356 2 428
Private 2 - 2 5 62 14 20 1
Religious community 1 - 1 3 20 18 3 3
Upper secondary schools for disabled youth 52 16 36 254 1 143 480 300 127
State 52 16 36 254 1 143 480 300 127
Education of adults2) 54 9 45 343 2 530 1 059 1 078 448
State 36 1 35 174 1 548 678 526 232
Private 18 8 10 168 982 381 552 216

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 2022/2023 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 145 145 142 615 39 731 38 454 37 712 36 997 37 703 37 328 28 958 28 796 1 041 1 040
State 139 047 136 643 38 089 36 895 36 228 35 530 36 255 35 899 27 479 27 324 996 995
Private 2 961 2 929 842 833 736 729 663 654 720 713 - -
Religious community 3 137 3 043 800 726 748 738 785 775 759 759 45 45
Grammar schools 43 445 43 174 11 101 10 948 10 696 10 634 10 798 10 760 10 850 10 832 - -
State 38 855 38 698 9 885 9 807 9 562 9 514 9 665 9 646 9 743 9 731 - -
Private 1 895 1 875 519 518 485 481 438 429 453 447 - -
Religious community 2 695 2 601 697 623 649 639 695 685 654 654 - -
Technical and related schools 69 719 68 659 17 599 17 118 16 952 16 653 17 192 17 001 16 935 16 847 1 041 1 040
State 68 333 67 281 17 221 16 746 16 644 16 346 16 903 16 712 16 569 16 482 996 995
Private 964 956 284 278 217 216 202 202 261 260 - -
Religious community 422 422 94 94 91 91 87 87 105 105 45 45
Secondary art schools 4 783 4 636 1 265 1 230 1 273 1 235 1 095 1 077 1 150 1 094 - -
State 4 743 4 598 1 250 1 216 1 257 1 220 1 092 1 074 1 144 1 088 - -
Private 40 38 15 14 16 15 3 3 6 6 - -
Music schools 2 004 1 905 556 531 542 522 439 426 467 426 - -
Dance schools 263 256 75 74 61 56 54 54 73 72 - -
Fine arts and design 2 516 2 475 634 625 670 657 602 597 610 596 - -
Industrial and crafts schools 27 198 26 146 9 766 9 158 8 791 8 475 8 618 8 490 23 23 - -
State 27 116 26 066 9 733 9 126 8 765 8 450 8 595 8 467 23 23 - -
Private 62 60 24 23 18 17 20 20 - - - -
Religious community 20 20 9 9 8 8 3 3 - - - -
Upper secondary schools for disabled youth 1 143 1 074 439 404 332 310 329 318 43 42 - -
State 1 143 1 074 439 404 332 310 329 318 43 42 - -

1.3 UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS, BY COUNTIES, END OF 2022/2023 SCHOOL YEAR
     County of Schools1) Class units Students Graduated students Teachers1)
All Female students All Female students
Republic of Croatia 754 7 718 146 288 73 848 37 259 18 313 27 308
Zagreb 34 317 6 412 2 891 1 639 742 1 194
Krapina-Zagorje 23 222 4 259 2 170 1 105 534 850
Sisak-Moslavina 30 253 3 978 2 014 999 495 870
Karlovac 29 227 3 761 1 911 977 478 935
Varaždin 35 353 6 708 3 455 1 848 927 1 756
Koprivnica-Križevci 18 200 3 753 1 813 955 427 730
Bjelovar-Bilogora 27 229 4 226 2 093 1 068 501 898
Primorje-Gorski kotar 57 457 9 155 4 619 2 278 1 116 1 774
Lika-Senj 11 75 1 103 547 303 145 390
Virovitica-Podravina 18 153 2 555 1 294 692 347 565
Požega-Slavonia 15 147 2 606 1 346 700 367 566
Slavonski Brod-Posavina 17 282 4 600 2 256 1 197 554 729
Zadar 36 332 6 503 3 306 1 601 768 1 192
Osijek-Baranja 52 545 9 886 5 039 2 503 1 205 1 876
Šibenik-Knin 23 184 3 184 1 607 819 389 759
Vukovar-Srijem 31 371 5 609 2 794 1 501 740 1 250
Split-Dalmatia 89 885 17 825 9 070 4 515 2 268 3 080
Istria 43 352 6 607 3 285 1 549 740 1 413
Dubrovnik-Neretva 29 253 4 446 2 188 1 112 544 886
Međimurje 21 202 3 592 1 812 935 450 882
City of Zagreb 116 1 679 35 520 18 338 8 963 4 576 4 713

1) See Notes on Methodology.

1.4 UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO LEARN FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS, END OF 2022/2023 SCHOOL YEAR
      Students attending Teachers1)
Total Grammar schools Technical and related schools Art schools Industrial and crafts schools Secondary schools for disabled youth
English 135 497 43 280 64 164 2 871 24 983 199 1 997
German 46 455 25 644 15 406 162 5 205 38 1 115
Italian 19 291 9 858 7 816 425 1 184 8 366
French 4 988 2 016 1 407 - 1 565 - 132
Spanish 2 604 2 124 477 - 3 - 59
Russian 202 166 26 10 - - 12
Arabic 67 67 - - - - 1
Portuguese 32 32 - - - - 4
Other languages 232 204 28 - - - 12

1) See Notes on Methodology.

1.5 UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS AND ASSISTANTS, BY SEX AND WORKING TIME1), END OF 2022/2023 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 26 475 18 044 13 652 9 348 12 823 8 696 18 681,64 12 705,04 1 095,61 984,01
State 25 317 17 220 13 105 8 944 12 212 8 276 17 882,21 12 125,83 1 026,82 925,07
Private 683 453 293 198 390 255 452,95 306,77 30,02 23,77
Religious community 475 371 254 206 221 165 346,48 272,44 38,77 35,17
Grammar schools 6 025 4 532 3 165 2 445 2 860 2 087 4 339,46 3 308,83 344,80 307,58
State 5 232 3 955 2 801 2 171 2 431 1 784 3 784,39 2 902,98 292,18 260,51
Private 425 295 190 136 235 159 294,89 206,81 20,03 16,58
Religious community 368 282 174 138 194 144 260,18 199,04 32,59 30,49
Technical and related schools 11 376 7 692 5 947 4 050 5 429 3 642 8 196,78 5 536,71 438,00 394,14
State 11 095 7 498 5 797 3 943 5 298 3 555 7 996,10 5 392,99 425,76 386,20
Private 195 124 89 56 106 68 134,18 88,12 7,90 5,10
Religious community 86 70 61 51 25 19 66,50 55,60 4,34 2,84
Secondary art schools 2 088 1 391 1 512 1 001 576 390 1 715,42 1 133,68 40,38 36,88
State 2 047 1 372 1 500 996 547 376 1 698,78 1 126,40 39,38 35,88
Private 41 19 12 5 29 14 16,64 7,28 1,00 1,00
Industrial and crafts schools 6 986 4 429 3 028 1 852 3 958 2 577 4 429,98 2 725,82 272,43 245,41
State 6 943 4 395 3 007 1 834 3 936 2 561 4 402,94 2 703,46 269,50 242,48
Private 22 15 2 1 20 14 7,24 4,56 1,09 1,09
Religious community 21 19 19 17 2 2 19,80 17,80 1,84 1,84
Upper secondary schools for disabled youth 833 601 324 231 509 370 472,12 331,86 64,98 55,21
State 833 601 324 231 509 370 472,12 331,86 64,98 55,21
Education of adults 1 405 842 127 80 1 278 762 422,19 258,73  -  -
State 897 543 83 52 814 491 255,19 156,12  -  -
Private 508 299 44 28 464 271 167,00 102,61  -  -

1) See Notes on Methodology.

2 Upper secondary schools − beginning of 2023/2024 school year

At the beginning of the 2023/2024 school year, there were 445 active upper secondary schools on the territory of the Republic of Croatia. According to the methodology of statistical data collection, they included 761 school units of various kinds, depending on the educational plan and programme. The number of school units, as compared to the end of the 2022/2023 school year, increased mainly due to opening of grammar schools.

At the beginning of the 2023/2024 school year, the number of students increased by 1.0% compared to the beginning of the 2022/2023 school year. The share of female students was 50.5%. Out of the total number of students in regular education, there were 0.9% of repeaters, as follows: 1.7% in the 1st grade, 1.1% in the 2nd grade, 0.6% in the 3rd grade, 0.2% in the 4th grade and 0.8% in the 5th grade.

By year of birth, there were 98.0% 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 1.6% of students older than 18 and 0.2% of students younger than 14 that 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 2023/2024 SCHOOL YEAR

2.1 UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS, CLASS UNITS AND STUDENTS, BEGINNING OF 2023/2024 SCHOOL YEAR
       Schools1) Class units Students Repeaters
Total Self-contained School/class units Total Female students Total Female students
Upper secondary schools – total 761 228 533 7 729 148 550 75 081 1 439 579
State 701 188 513 7 368 142 218 71 481 1 404 559
Private 42 26 16 213 3 193 1 504 20 13
Religious community 18 14 4 148 3 139 2 096 15 7
Secondary schools – regular 707 212 495 7 481 147 376 74 589 1 405 570
Grammar schools 184 99 85 2 029 43 299 27 509 85 51
State 143 64 79 1 778 38 544 24 701 59 37
Private 26 21 5 124 2 064 1 023 11 7
Religious community 15 14 1 127 2 691 1 785 15 7
Technical and related schools 269 57 212 3 476 70 734 35 038 535 258
State 257 56 201 3 395 69 289 34 310 528 253
Private 10 1 9 63 1 018 436 7 5
Religious community 2 - 2 18 427 292 - -
Secondary art schools 53 44 9 367 4 912 3 719 64 41
State 49 40 9 347 4 865 3 695 63 41
Private 4 4 - 20 47 24 1 -
Industrial and crafts schools 201 12 189 1 609 28 431 8 323 721 220
State 198 12 186 1 600 28 346 8 283 720 219
Private 2 - 2 6 64 21 1 1
Religious community 1 - 1 3 21 19 - -
Upper secondary schools for disabled youth 54 16 38 248 1 174 492 34 9
State 54 16 38 248 1 174 492 34 9
Education of adults2) 48 8 40 249 1 956 870  -  -
State 33 1 32 143 1 427 639  -  -
Private 15 7 8 106 529 231  -  -

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 2023/2024 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 147 376 1 405 41 227 692 38 997 414 37 038 219 29 052 71 1 062 9
Female students 74 589 570 20 305 261 19 398 167 17 976 95 16 083 38 827 9
Grammar schools – total 43 299 85 10 985 33 10 933 26 10 599 19 10 782 7 - -
Female students 27 509 51 7 056 22 6 987 15 6 492 11 6 974 3 - -
State 38 544 59 9 715 23 9 731 18 9 461 13 9 637 5 - -
Private 2 064 11 578 3 529 2 502 4 455 2 - -
Religious community 2 691 15 692 7 673 6 636 2 690 - - -
Technical and related schools – total 70 734 535 18 398 200 17 415 165 16 723 121 17 136 40 1 062 9
Female students 33 767 278 8 589 124 8 095 60 8 197 67 8 105 26 781 1
State 69 289 528 18 008 195 17 024 164 16 405 120 16 843 40 1 009 9
Private 1 018 7 297 5 289 1 225 1 207 - - -
Religious community 427 - 93 - 102 - 93 - 86 - 53 -
Secondary art schools – total 4 912 64 1 392 15 1 195 13 1 210 12 1 115 24 - -
Female students 3 719 41 1 045 9 901 10 949 7 824 15 - -
State 4 865 63 1 376 14 1 181 13 1 197 12 1 111 24 - -
Private 47 1 16 1 14 - 13 - 4 - - -
Music schools 2 069 39 635 7 493 6 493 8 448 18  -  -
Dance schools 282 2 96 - 71 1 59 - 56 1  -  -
Fine arts and design 2 561 23 661 8 631 6 658 4 611 5  -  -
Industrial and crafts schools – total 28 431 721 10 452 444 9 454 210 8 506 67 19 - - -
Female students 8 323 220 3 068 128 2 865 69 2 371 23 19 - - -
State 28 346 720 10 422 443 9 423 210 8 482 67 19 - - -
Private 64 1 24 1 22 - 18 - - - - -
Religious community 21 - 6 - 9 - 6 - - - - -
Upper secondary schools for disabled youth 1 174 34 417 22 408 5 318 7 31 - - -
Female students 492 9 164 5 177 2 133 2 18 - - -
State 1 174 34 417 22 408 5 318 7 31 - - -

2.3 UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS, BY COUNTIES, BEGINNING OF 2023/2024 SCHOOL YEAR
    County of Schools1) Class units Students Teachers1)
All Female students All Women
Republic of Croatia 761 7 729 148 550 75 081 27 657 18 808
Zagreb 34 316 6 452 2 917 1 205 862
Krapina-Zagorje 22 224 4 326 2 208 849 573
Sisak-Moslavina 30 250 4 058 1 999 875 571
Karlovac 29 229 3 874 1 975 975 632
Varaždin 35 351 6 643 3 329 1 735 1 177
Koprivnica-Križevci 18 196 3 743 1 753 707 415
Bjelovar-Bilogora 27 230 4 272 2 148 901 593
Primorje-Gorski kotar 60 462 9 379 4 755 1 823 1 249
Lika-Senj 11 74 1 096 529 367 234
Virovitica-Podravina 18 157 2 589 1 343 560 335
Požega-Slavonia 15 146 2 650 1 340 553 356
Slavonski Brod-Posavina 17 279 4 679 2 287 762 491
Zadar 36 331 6 667 3 433 1 213 858
Osijek-Baranja 53 540 9 970 5 170 1 919 1 250
Šibenik-Knin 23 185 3 278 1 676 754 491
Vukovar-Srijem 31 359 5 374 2 669 1 291 890
Split-Dalmatia 90 888 17 970 9 265 3 184 2 253
Istria 43 361 6 894 3 359 1 419 998
Dubrovnik-Neretva 31 259 4 574 2 262 906 644
Međimurje 21 196 3 694 1 853 897 601
City of Zagreb 117 1 696 36 368 18 811 4 762 3 335

1) See Notes on Methodology.

2.4 UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, BY GRADES, SEX AND YEAR OF BIRTH, BEGINNING OF 2023/2024 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 147 376 74 589 41 227 20 305 38 997 19 398 37 038 17 976 29 052 16 083 1 062 827
2010 and after 564 373 559 370 5 3 0 0  -  -  -  -
2009 9 454 5 090 9 039 4 845 376 218 30 20 9 7  -  -
2008 38 614 19 258 29 091 14 035 9 013 4 922 471 273 39 28  -  -
2007 38 305 18 935 2 355 981 27 252 13 204 8 203 4 439 495 311  -  -
2006 35 409 17 360 138 53 2 115 945 26 285 12 402 6 871 3 960  -  -
2005 22 697 12 165 26 12 188 81 1 880 773 20 401 11 144 202 155
2004 2 145 1 290 10 4 38 17 138 49 1 145 581 814 639
2003 and before 188 118 9 5 10 8 31 20 92 52 46 33
Upper secondary schools for disabled youth 1 174 492 417 164 408 177 318 133 31 18  -  -
2009 and after 29 10 29 10  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -
2008 228 102 187 82 41 20  -  -  -  -  -  -
2007 361 158 167 64 178 86 16 8  -  -  -  -
2006 336 133 27 7 163 62 145 63 1 1  -  -
2005 183 72 7 1 21 6 141 58 14 7  -  -
2004 35 16  -  - 5 3 14 3 16 10  -  -
2003 2 1  -  -  -  - 2 1  -  -  -  -
2002 and before  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -

2.5 UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS AND ASSISTANTS, BY SEX AND WORKING TIME1), BEGINNING OF 2023/2024 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 26 812 18 199 13 646 9 317 13 166 8 882 18 759,24 12 708,16 1 095,83 990,00
State 25 563 17 334 13 091 8 912 12 472 8 422 17 928,04 12 123,07 1 024,61 929,76
Private 759 496 301 201 458 295 483,18 316,37 33,07 25,57
Religious community 490 369 254 204 236 165 348,02 268,72 38,15 34,67
Grammar schools 6 128 4 543 3 195 2 431 2 933 2 112 4 387,91 3 296,31 348,42 312,81
State 5 263 3 938 2 832 2 163 2 431 1 775 3 812,45 2 888,98 292,43 264,19
Private 491 329 189 129 302 200 315,19 209,66 23,94 18,63
Religious community 374 276 174 139 200 137 260,27 197,67 32,05 29,99
Technical and related schools 11 471 7 786 5 972 4 073 5 499 3 713 8 259,39 5 601,38 438,89 397,32
State 11 177 7 580 5 816 3 957 5 361 3 623 8 051,64 5 451,93 428,05 389,54
Private 202 133 95 66 107 67 139,62 94,02 7,04 4,94
Religious community 92 73 61 50 31 23 68,13 55,43 3,80 2,84
Secondary art schools 2 151 1 442 1 439 975 712 467 1 676,16 1 117,55 39,97 36,47
State 2 111 1 426 1 424 971 687 455 1 656,19 1 111,27 38,97 35,47
Private 40 16 15 4 25 12 19,97 6,28 1,00 1,00
Industrial and crafts schools 7 062 4 428 3 040 1 838 4 022 2 590 4 435,78 2 692,92 268,55 243,40
State 7 012 4 390 3 019 1 821 3 993 2 569 4 407,76 2 670,89 265,16 240,56
Private 26 18 2 2 24 16 8,40 6,41 1,09 1,00
Religious community 24 20 19 15 5 5 19,62 15,62 2,30 1,84
Upper secondary schools for disabled youth 845 609 335 249 510 360 488,52 352,64 64,96 55,86
State 845 609 335 249 510 360 488,52 352,64 64,96 55,86
Education of adults 1 183 714 137 80 1 046 634 392,26 232,35  -  -
State 795 470 72 45 723 425 219,02 130,05  -  -
Private 388 244 65 35 323 209 173,24 102,30  -  -

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 covers 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 educational 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 complete 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 work 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 of 31 December 2022.

The constitution and activity of the upper secondary education is based on the Primary and Secondary School 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, 68/18, 98/18 and 64/20) and Vocational Education Act (NN, Nos 30/09, 24/10, 22/13, 25/18 and 69/22).

 

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