Organisation of the Education System in the Flemish Community of Belgium 2009/2010
Organisation of the education system in the Flemish Community of Belgium 2009/2010 BE nl European Commission EURYBASE BELGIUM --- Flemish Community 1. POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC BACKGROUND AND TRENDS 8 1.1. Historical overview 8 1.1.1. Towards a federal state with communitarisation of education 8 1.1.2. Structure of political decision-making 10 1.1.3. Political parties in Flanders 10 1.2. Main executive and legislative bodies 12 1.2.1. Federal 12 1.2.2. The Flemish Community and the Flemish Region 14 1.2.3. The Brussels-Capital Region 16 1.2.4. Provinces, cities and municipalities 17 1.3. Religions 17 1.4. Official and minority languages 19 1.5. Demographic situation 20 1.6. Economic situation 23 1.7. Statistics 24 1.7.1. Demographic statistics 24 1.7.2. Economic statistics 26 1.7.3. Level of education & unskilled outflow & participation in continuing education 29 2. GENERAL ORGANISATION OF THE EDUCATION SYSTEM AND ADMINISTRATION OF EDUCATION 34 2.1. Historical overview 35 2.2. Ongoing debates and future developments 37 2.3. Fundamental principles and basic legislation 42 2.3.1. Freedom of education 42 2.3.2. Educational networks 45 2.3.3. Legal provisions for funding or subsidising schools 47 2.3.4. Teaching methods and ‘pedagogical project’ 48 2.3.5. Quality assurance in education 49 2.3.6. General regulation techniques 53 2.4. General structure and defining moments in educational guidance 54 2.5. Compulsory education 55 2.5.1. Historical overview 56 2.5.2.
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