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Special education. School units and pupils. By ownership of centre. Counties and Aran

Special education. School units and pupils. By ownership of centre. Counties, areas and provinces Catalonia
Units Pupils
State Private Total State Private Total
SY 2013/14 508 541 1,049 2,898 4,031 6,929
SY 2012/13 495 520 1,015 2,856 3,888 6,744
SY 2011/12 497 518 1,015 2,772 3,796 6,568
SY 2010/11 490 515 1,005 2,697 3,672 6,369
Source: Ministry of Education.
Notes:
Special education in specific centres.
Law 23/2010, of July 22, on the creation of the area of Penedès, divides Catalonia into eight territorial planning areas. This change implies that the data for the Metropolitan Area, Central Counties and Camp de Tarragona are not directly comparable with previous years.

Last update: July 20, 2015.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Special education
Education that involves curricular care and adaptations designed for disabled pupils to carry out their education process while integrated in ordinary centres or specific centres when this is recommendable due to the seriousness and circumstances of the disability.

Methodological aspects

In 1990 the Law for general ordering of the education system (LOGSE) was passed, which modifies the previous education system (LGE) of 1970. In the 1991/92 academic year the teaching approved by the new law was gradually introduced and the 2000/01 academic year was the first in which none of the teaching relating to the previous education system was still in existence.

However, the two education models coexisted over the long period of experimentation and implantation of the new education law.

The data on special education presented here corresponds to specific special education centres and specific special education groups located in ordinary centres. Integrated pupils are excluded.

Data are provisional.