Country Background Report – Denmark
The Danish Folkeskole was founded in 1814. Until the end of the 20
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10932 OECD Country Background Report Denmark
The Danish Folkeskole was founded in 1814. Until the end of the 20
th century, only five major changes were made to the Folkeskole Act (1903, 1937, 1958, 1975, and 1993). Since the beginning of the 21 st century, a number of compre- hensive changes have been made to the Folkeskole Act. Most recently, the new comprehensive reform of the Folkeskole that is being implemented in the school year 2014/15. Some key figures of the Folkeskole are presented below. Key figures of the Danish Folkeskole • 98 municipalities • 1,312 municipal schools (2013) • 557,206 students in pre-school to the 9 th form (2013) 17 • 61,622 students with immigrant background (2012) • The average number of students per class is 21.4 (2013) • From 2014, the minimum number of annual lessons set in the Act of the Folke- skole is 1200 hours for pre-school to the 3 rd form, 1320 hours for forms 4-6 and 1400 hours for forms 7-9. • The student/teacher ratio is 10.45 on average across municipalities (2013) • 49,390 teachers (2014) 18 • 4.8 per cent of the students receive special needs education (2013) • The average municipal cost per student is approximately 61.190 DKK per year (2013), including municipal and regional special schools. Source: (The Ministry of Education 2015b); http://statweb.uni- c.dk/databanken/uvmDataWeb/MainCategories.aspx ?, www.krl.dk and Appendix 1 of this report. 16 http://uvm.dk/Service/Statistik/Tvaergaaende-statistik/Andel-af-en-aargang-der-forventes-at-faa-en-uddannelse/Kommunerne 17 Figures include students in special schools. 18 Full-year equivalents. Including pedagogical leaders of the compulsory pre-school classes (form 0). 36 The Folkeskole, including public special needs schools, covers the vast majority of the teaching of the students at primary and lower secondary level. The Folkeskole is free of charge and is regulated by the Folkeskole Act, which describes the common aims of the Folkeskole. Furthermore, the Act describes the leadership and organisation of the Folkeskole. One important specification is that municipalities are responsible for providing public education, meaning that the 98 Danish municipal councils themselves determine the contents of their respective school policies within the scope of the Folkeskole Act. The number of school-aged children has been declining for several years. According to the demographic forecasts, this development is likely to continue in the years to come. Outside the capital area of Copenhagen, only a few municipalities have experienced a growth in the number of school-aged children over the last years. At the national level, the number of school-aged children has dropped by almost 3 per cent from 2008 to 2014. Across the municipalities, the average decline has been 4.5 per cent. The largest decline has been close to 30 per cent. These demographic changes continuously chal- lenge the municipalities to adjust resource allocation and school capacities to the de- clining number of students. Download 1.6 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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