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

Special education. Pupils. By ownership of centre. Counties and Aran School year 2020/2021
Pupils
State Private Total
Alt Camp 9 0 9
Alt Empordà 106 0 106
Alt Penedès 38 33 71
Alt Urgell 6 0 6
Alta Ribagorça 0 0 0
Anoia 12 107 119
Aran 0 0 0
Bages 0 263 263
Baix Camp 126 51 177
Baix Ebre 58 60 118
Baix Empordà 79 0 79
Baix Llobregat 383 463 846
Baix Penedès 48 0 48
Barcelonès 797 1,867 2,664
Berguedà 0 37 37
Cerdanya 0 0 0
Conca de Barberà 0 28 28
Garraf 41 0 41
Garrigues 0 8 8
Garrotxa 0 83 83
Gironès 247 129 376
Maresme 261 48 309
Moianès 0 0 0
Montsià 29 53 82
Noguera 0 21 21
Osona 7 85 92
Pallars Jussà 0 0 0
Pallars Sobirà 0 0 0
Pla d'Urgell 52 0 52
Pla de l'Estany 0 0 0
Priorat 0 0 0
Ribera d'Ebre 0 23 23
Ripollès 13 0 13
Segarra 0 0 0
Segrià 150 43 193
Selva 123 0 123
Solsonès 0 0 0
Tarragonès 128 165 293
Terra Alta 0 0 0
Urgell 0 44 44
Vallès Occidental 518 650 1,168
Vallès Oriental 326 0 326
Catalonia 3,557 4,261 7,818
Source: Ministry of Education.
Note: Special education in specific centres.

Last update: April 3, 2024.

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.