EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, TEACHING STAFF AND ENROLMENTS, 2008
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS BY TYPE AND KIND OF OWNERSHIP
  1990/91 1991/92 1992/93 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99 1999/2000 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09
TOTAL 8 755 8 624 8 563 7 933 7 759 7 838 7 720 7 407 7 313 7 181 6 791 6 746 6 534 6 648 6 638 6 750 5 838 5 782 5 303
   Kindergartens 4 590 4 465 4 429 3 856 3 659 3 762 3 713 3 559 3 518 3 434 3 249 3 242 3 127 3 278 3 301 3 331 5 2 470 5 2 456 5 2 291
   General and special schools 3 584 3 570 3 535 3 496 3 490 3 453 3 415 3 258 3 196 3 157 2 981 2 948 2 852 2 823 2 784 2 757 6 2 654 6 2 563 6 2 254
      Primary (I - IV grade)1 671 636 623 618 596 570 548 493 459 441 379 372 325 315 295 277 252 226 169
      Basic (I - VIII grade) 2 263 2 272 2 267 2 238 2 238 2 228 2 215 2 122 2 101 2 075 1 966 1 950 1 901 1 892 1 877 1 872 1 791 1 729 1 487
      Lower secondary (V - VIII grade)1 37 37 39 35 36 33 31 29 25 23 23 22 22 22 21 21 20 18 16
      Upper secondary (IX - XIII grade) 63 57 83 139 152 152 151 154 158 159 163 160 161 165 167 168 170 176 167
      Secondary general (I-XIII grade) 550 568 523 466 468 470 470 460 453 459 450 444 443 429 424 419 421 414 415
   Vocational 497 503 512 494 522 535 547 545 553 545 516 506 504 496 500 495 506 503 487
      Art schools 20 20 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 18 18 19 19 19 20 20 21 21
      Vocational gymnasiums2 473 478 487 469 494 508 521 499 504 500 476 470 463 457 459 453 458 449 433
      Vocational colleges . . . . . . . 20 26 23 18 15 18 13 17 17 23 28 28
      Vocational training schools3 4 5 6 6 9 8 7 7 4 3 4 3 4 7 5 5 5 5 5
   Vocational Training Centres4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . 114 155 207 218
   Higher 84 86 87 87 88 88 45 45 46 45 45 50 51 51 53 53 53 53 53
      Independent colleges 46 46 47 47 48 47 3 3 4 4 4 8 9 9 10 10 10 10 10
         Colleges, at the universities - - - - - - 43 41 42 43 43 40 40 41 40 40 36 31 28
      Universities and equivalent higher schools 38 40 40 40 40 41 42 42 42 41 41 42 42 42 43 43 43 43 43
OF WHICH PRIVATE
TOTAL - - 16 31 43 65 79 91 100 111 113 126 132 128 141 254 303 363 372
   Kindergartens - - 2 4 6 8 11 14 15 18 18 22 20 24 26 34 5 32 5 36 5 42
   General and special schools - - 9 22 22 31 35 43 44 52 54 55 59 54 56 59 60 67 66
      Primary (I - IV grade)1 - - 7 11 11 12 9 8 6 6 7 8 9 6 5 4 5 5 3
      Basic (I - VIII grade) - - - - 1 6 13 18 20 23 22 20 19 18 22 22 21 23 27
      Lower secondary (V - VIII grade)1 - - 1 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 3 3 3 3
      Upper secondary (IX - XIII grade) - - 1 9 8 10 10 15 15 17 19 21 23 24 23 26 27 32 29
      Secondary general (I-XIII grade ) - - - - - - - - 1 4 4 4 6 5 4 4 4 4 4
   Vocational - - - - 9 18 27 28 34 35 35 38 39 36 43 43 52 56 53
      Art schools - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
      Vocational gymnasiums2 - - - - 9 18 27 16 21 22 22 24 24 24 26 25 28 27 26
      Vocational colleges . . . . . . . 12 13 13 13 14 14 11 16 17 23 28 26
   Vocational Training Centres4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . 102 143 188 195
   Higher - - 5 5 6 8 6 6 7 6 6 11 14 14 16 16 16 16 16
      Independent colleges - - 2 2 3 3 1 1 2 2 2 6 7 7 9 9 9 9 9
         Colleges, at the universities - - - - - - 2 3 4 4 4 - - - - - - - -
      Universities and equivalent higher schools - - 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
1 Up to 1992/93 primary schools cover I-III grade‚ lower secondary schools - IV-VIII grade.
2 Up to 2002/03 including technical schools and secondary vocational technical schools.
3 Up to 2002/03 including vocational technical schools.
4 Centres realize programmes attaining to vocational qualification.
5 Excl. dependent half-day kindergartens.
6 Incl. bulgarian schools abroad.
PUPILS AND STUDENTS BY LEVEL OF INTERNATIONAL STANDARD CLASSIFICATION OF EDUCATION (ISCED - 97)
  1990/91 1991/92 1992/93 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99 1999/2000 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09
TOTAL 1 859 185 1 763 671 1 723 949 1 670 401 1 680 226 1 695 045 1 674 924 1 624 069 1 608 038 1 569 011 1 522 401 1 474 077 1 475 262 1 451 284 1 419 405 1 398 751 1 381 948 1 349 508 1 322 952
   Pre-primary education (ISCED - 0) 303 779 258 995 263 004 247 472 246 608 254 234 247 015 220 177 218 525 211 943 200 449 199 206 201 317 201 145 202 803 206 243 206 745 207 682 212 454
   Primary education (I-IV grade, ISCED-1)1 341 682 332 822 328 315 430 433 431 614 433 926 431 790 425 511 411 726 392 876 374 361 349 616 333 016 314 221 290 017 273 045 267 584 262 701 261 007
   Lower secondary education (V-VIII grade, ISCED-2A)1 633 413 601 840 562 390 422 881 407 586 387 991 376 677 371 531 367 509 367 055 366 047 358 476 348 317 330 416 312 480 295 160 276 057 256 231 235 022
   Vocational training  for adults - first level professional qualification (ISCED-2C) 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . 4 776 4 984 8 615 5 992
   Upper secondary education (IX-XIII grade, ISCED-3A, 3C) 391 832 384 100 374 793 363 436 371 388 368 558 356 685 340 103 332 448 329 018 329 427 334 813 358 934 374 262 373 160 367 350 357 286 337 090 319 813
   Vocational training for adults - second level professional qualification (ISCED-3C)  2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . 4 006 4 181 5 283 6 441
   Post-secondary non-tertiary education (ISCED-4C) . . . . . . . 6 260 7 753 6 798 5 111 3 572 3 165 2 772 3 036 2 810 3 984 4 020 4 368
   Vocational training for adults - third and fourth level professional qualification (ISCED-4C) 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . 1 897 2 435 3 423 3 608
   Tertiary education (ISCED-5Â, 5À, 6) 188 479 185 914 195 447 206 179 223 030 250 336 262 757 260 487 270 077 261 321 247 006 228 394 230 513 228 468 237 909 243 464 258 692 264 463 274 247
      Education in colleges (ISCED-5Â) 31 943 29 672 30 261 27 791 25 161 25 311 24 981 23 747 22 065 18 461 16 369 16 646 14 801 16 294 18 432 23 608 26 953 26 169 27 724
      Education in universities and equivalent higher schools (ISCED-5A) 151 510 151 597 162 009 175 810 196 046 223 260 235 701 234 182 245 237 239 769 227 223 207 750 211 272 207 340 214 398 214 693 226 923 233 941 242 574
      Qualification degree and scientific title ‘Doctor’ (ISCED-6) 5 026 4 645 3 177 2 578 1 823 1 765 2 075 2 558 2 775 3 091 3 414 3 998 4 440 4 834 5 079 5 163 4 816 4 353 3 949
OF WHICH PRIVATE
TOTAL - - 5 469 6 998 15 233 25 453 29 869 32 409 39 731 34 802 35 220 36 813 39 572 41 523 48 881 64 457 72 433 81 573 85 323
   Pre-primary education (ISCED - 0) - - 21 159 87 194 249 235 258 329 318 458 555 605 708 952 1 011 1 123 1 620
   Primary education (I-IV grade, ISCED-1)1 - - 499 689 847 1 158 1 182 1 308 1 424 1 269 1 162 1 207 1 244 1 195 1 288 1 383 1 462 1 664 1 925
   Lower secondary education (V-VIII grade, ISCED-2A)1 - - 23 112 107 245 304 495 739 907 948 1 028 1 006 817 914 900 989 1 133 1 242
   Vocational training  for adults - first level professional qualification (ISCED-2C)   2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . 3 733 4 297 7 176 5 394
   Upper secondary education (IX-XIII grade, ISCED-3A, 3C) - - 17 547 1 562 3 584 4 388 3 238 3 315 3 575 3 908 4 419 4 873 5 171 5 416 5 301 5 055 4 873 4 589
   Vocational training for adults - second level professional qualification (ISCED-3C) 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . 3 604 3 887 4 802 5 963
   Post-secondary non-tertiary education (ISCED-4C) . . . . . . . 956 1 501 1 308 945 1 023 910 933 1 456 2 328 3 620 3 682 3 931
   Vocational training for adults - third and fourth level professional qualification (ISCED-4C) 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . 1 112 1 427 2 154 2 279
   Tertiary education (ISCED-5Â, 5À, 6) - - 4 909 5 491 12 630 20 272 23 746 26 177 32 494 27 414 27 939 28 678 30 984 32 802 39 099 45 144 50 685 54 966 58 380
      Education in colleges (ISCED-5Â) - - 171 246 937 1 094 1 238 2 076 2 691 2 516 2 440 3 047 2 635 3 660 6 254 11 250 16 478 17 565 19 273
      Education in universities and equivalent higher schools (ISCED-5A) - - 4 738 5 245 11 693 19 178 22 508 24 101 29 803 24 898 25 476 25 571 28 293 29 065 32 791 33 839 34 146 37 334 39 052
      Qualification degree and scientific title ‘Doctor’ (ISCED-6) - - . . . . . . . . 23 60 56 77 54 55 61 67 55
1 Up to 1992/93 primary schools cover I-III grade‚ lower secondary schools - IV-VIII grade.
2  Incl. students in vocational gymnasiums and colleges.
TEACHING STAFF BY LEVEL OF INTERNATIONAL STANDARD CLASSIFICATION OF EDUCATION (ISCED - 97)
  1990/91 1991/92 1992/93 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99 1999/2000 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09
TOTAL 144 621 145 266 142 816 138 274 140 174 141 427 142 604 131 148 132 179 133 031 126 048 126 248 121 672 122 986 122 002 122 339 119 694 115 962 108 305
   Pre-primary education (ISCED - 0) 28 776 28 045 27 400 25 623 24 091 23 890 23 353 20 607 20 450 20 022 18 693 18 637 18 276 18 675 18 893 19 254 19 305 19 456 19 348
   Primary education (I-IV grade, ISCED-1)1 25 042 24 466 24 005 24 601 25 017 25 503 25 860 24 716 24 331 23 820 22 618 22 208 19 775 19 089 18 182 17 668 17 054 16 586 15 259
   Lower secondary education (V-VIII grade, ISCED-2A)1 39 756 39 891 39 379 36 183 35 408 34 862 34 770 33 041 32 665 32 505 31 250 30 181 29 008 28 356 27 601 26 844 25 567 24 023 21 132
   Upper secondary education (IX-XIII grade, ISCED-3A, 3C) 27 384 28 910 30 056 30 719 31 384 31 833 32 318 30 402 29 964 29 688 29 866 31 162 33 375 34 135 34 475 34 372 2 33 927 2 32 202 2 29 412
   Post-secondary non-tertiary education (ISCED-4C) . . . . . . . 264 279 261 292 172 234 199 230 268 405 488 482
   Tertiary education (ISCED-5Â, 5À, 6) 23 663 23 954 21 976 21 148 24 274 25 339 26 303 22 118 24 490 26 735 23 329 23 888 21 004 22 532 22 621 23 933 23 436 23 207 22 672
      Education in colleges (ISCED-5Â) 2 947 3 014 3 081 2 990 3 047 3 111 3 018 2 702 2 418 2 367 2 167 2 342 2 294 2 314 2 476 2 399 2 136 1 882 1 566
      Education in universities and equivalent higher schools (ISCED-5A) 20 716 20 940 18 895 18 158 21 227 22 228 23 285 19 416 22 072 24 368 21 162 21 546 18 710 20 218 20 145 21 534 21 300 21 325 21 106
OF WHICH PRIVATE
TOTAL - - . . . . . . 3 599 3 699 3 958 4 082 4 543 4 741 5 342 5 197 5 080 5 232 5 293
   Pre-primary education (ISCED - 0) - - . . . . . . 43 49 51 70 72 96 120 121 148 165 213
   Primary education (I-IV grade, ISCED-1)1 - - . . . . . . 184 186 202 210 206 181 213 208 233 242 254
   Lower secondary education (V-VIII grade, ISCED-2A)1 - - . . . . . . 222 288 344 414 452 300 340 393 380 368 455
   Upper secondary education (IX-XIII grade, ISCED-3A, 3C) - - . . . . . . 486 440 959 916 1 120 1 200 1 222 1 199 1 242 1 297 1 241
   Post-secondary non-tertiary education (ISCED-4C) - - . . . . . . 60 100 120 154 167 162 211 268 405 488 437
   Tertiary education (ISCED-5Â, 5À, 6) - - . . . . . . 2 604 2 636 2 282 2 318 2 526 2 802 3 236 3 008 2 672 2 672 2 693
      Education in colleges (ISCED-5Â) - - . . . . . . 153 160 166 216 218 281 389 417 521 533 574
      Education in universities and equivalent higher schools (ISCED-5A) - - . . . . . . 2 451 2 476 2 116 2 102 2 308 2 521 2 847 2 591 2 151 2 139 2 119
1 Up to 1992/93 primary schools cover I-III grade‚ lower secondary schools - IV-VIII grade.
2  Incl. teaching staff in interschools centres.
NET ENROLMENT RATE OF THE POPULATION IN THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
(Per cent)
  1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99 1999/2000 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09
Group net enrolment rates1 by levels of ISCED - 97
   Pre-primary education (ISCED - 0) 59.7 64.5 66.2 62.1 65.3 66.4 66.8 73.6 74.2 74.6 73.6 73.7 73.9 73.2 73.8
   Primary education (I-IV grade, ISCED-1) 92.8 94.9 95.5 96.0 96.8 96.4 96.3 98.5 99.8 100.3 99.7 99.5 98.5 97.8 94.6
   Lower secondary education (V-VIII grade, ISCED-2A) 79.0 78.0 78.4 79.1 80.2 81.4 82.4 83.1 83.9 84.2 84.2 84.9 85.1 83.7 82.0
   Upper secondary education (IX-XIII grade, ISCED-3A, 3C) 61.4 61.5 61.5 61.3 61.6 63.1 64.7 68.3 74.9 77.1 77.3 78.0 78.0 78.3 78.3
   Post-secondary non-tertiary education (ISCED-4C) . . . 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.7
   Education in colleges (ISCED-5Â) 3.3 3.1 3.0 3.0 2.7 2.4 2.2 2.4 2.4 2.6 3.1 4.1 4.4 4.0 4.1
   Education in universities and equivalent higher schools (ISCED-5A) 18.8 20.6 21.4 21.6 23.4 24.0 23.0 22.8 23.9 24.1 25.8 26.4 27.7 29.0 30.9
Net enrolment rates2 of the population in the educational system by age groups
   3 - 6 years 62.9 67.4 69.1 65.7 68.3 69.6 70.1 77.2 78.5 78.0 76.3 75.7 75.6 74.8 75.4
   7 - 10 years 100.1 100.3 99.6 99.2 99.3 98.8 98.4 101.2 102.3 102.2 101.6 101.4 100.6 99.7 96.4
   11 - 14 years 95.2 95.5 95.3 95.3 95.8 96.1 97.0 97.7 98.0 98.1 98.2 98.3 98.1 97.1 95.9
   15 - 18 years 69.2 69.7 69.4 69.3 70.3 71.1 71.9 75.2 81.0 82.8 82.9 83.4 83.1 82.9 83.0
   19 - 23 years 22.8 24.4 25.1 25.3 26.9 27.2 26.0 25.8 27.4 29.7 32.2 34.0 36.4 36.3 38.3
1 Group rates are calculated in per cents of number of enrolments by levels in age groups 3-6‚ 7-10‚ 11-14‚ 15-18‚ 19-20‚ 19-21 and 19-23 years to number of population in the same age groups.
2 Rate is calculated in per cents of number of enrolments in corresponding age groups, independently of the educational level, to number of population in the same age groups. Numbers of enrolments and population are calculated to 31 Dec of the corresponding year.

Published on 31.03.2009

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