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Specialist education. Centres, teachers and students. By ownership of centre

Specialist education. Centres, teachers and students. Total Catalonia. School year 2016/2017
Centres Teachers Students
Music (1) 274 6,067 66,698
Elementary level 243 4,538 61,524
Medium level 27 1,056 3,742
Higher level 4 473 1,432
Dance 67 472 10,643
Elementary level 63 365 10,241
Medium level 3 56 300
Higher level 1 51 102
Dramatic arts (2) 2 192 441
Plastic arts and design 54 1,130 4,805
Higher design studies (3) 9 0 1,549
Catering and conservation 1 24 145
Languages (4) 46 631 52,192
Sport 44 706 3,367
Source: Ministry of Education.
Notes:
(1) Music schools, conservatories and higher schools.
(2) One centre on two sites: Terrassa and Barcelona.
(3) Combined plastic arts and design teaching staff.
(4) Official language schools. Includes face-to-face, distance and self-teaching students.
Specialist education. Centres, teachers and students. Public sector Catalonia. School year 2016/2017
Centres Teachers Students
Music (1) 188 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 48,867
Elementary level 169 3,031 45,552
Medium level 19 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 3,315
Higher level 0 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 0
Dance 13 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 1,931
Elementary level 10 64 1,578
Medium level 2 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 251
Higher level 1 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 102
Dramatic arts (2) 1 128 302
Plastic arts and design 42 779 4,375
Higher design studies (3) 7 0 825
Catering and conservation 1 24 145
Languages (4) 46 631 52,192
Sport 23 488 2,244
Source: Ministry of Education.
Notes:
(1) Music schools, conservatories and higher schools.
(2) One centre on two sites: Terrassa and Barcelona.
(3) Combined plastic arts and design teaching staff.
(4) Official language schools. Includes face-to-face, distance and self-teaching students.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.
Specialist education. Centres, teachers and students. Private sector Catalonia. School year 2016/2017
Centres Teachers Students
Music (1) 86 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 17,831
Elementary level 74 1,507 15,972
Medium level 8 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 427
Higher level 4 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 1,432
Dance 54 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 8,712
Elementary level 53 301 8,663
Medium level 1 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 49
Higher level 0 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 0
Dramatic arts 1 64 139
Plastic arts and design 12 351 430
Higher design studies (2) 2 0 724
Catering and conservation 0 0 0
Languages 0 0 0
Sport 21 218 1,123
Source: Ministry of Education.
Notes:
(1) Music schools, conservatories and higher schools.
(2) Combined plastic arts and design teaching staff.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

Last update: May 23, 2019.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Special regime education
Education that is not integrated in the levels, stages or cycles of the general regime. They have their own structure and levels, and can be anything from elementary education or equivalent studies to diplomas or degrees. They can be studied at the same time as the general regime or special regime.

Methodological aspects

The data on infant, primary and secondary education is taken from an exploitation of the data provided by the Generalitat de Catalunya's Ministry of Education or teaching centres at all education levels. The public sector includes data for the centres that depend on the Ministry of Education and other public administrations, while the private sector deals with privately owned centres.

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 centres and teaching staff is given, on the one hand, for infant and primary education as a whole, and on the other, for secondary education, although it is often the case that centres and teachers overlap in terms of the different levels given.

The centres have been counted as many times as the number of teachings they provide.

Data are provisional.