Education, Language Policy and Culture Department Basque Government

Jaun agurgarriak, andra agurgarriak, ongi etorri Good morning and welcome to Basque Country Hello, Good morning everybody,   Before we start, we’d like to welcome you to this little corner of the world, the Basque Country, where you’ll be spending 7 or 8 days. Welcome in the name of the Basque Government and the Department of Education. Your Arion visit is part of the European Union’s Socrates Programme. And, although I imagine you already got to know each other yesterday at the informal meeting at the hotel, I’d like to remind everyone of the European Union States represented here: Germany, Netherlans, Greece, Sweden, Poland, Turkey, Romania, Slovakia and Lithuania, We, as European Union members, have taken part in European programmes…. And we have some experience hosting Study Visits . Anyway we ask for your help and co-operation, and beg your forgiveness for any possible mistake you might find. Guten morgen; Buongiorno; Labas rytas; Bună dimineaţa; Kalimera; Günaydın; Bom dia

Basque Autonomous Community General background on the Basque Autonomous Community (BAC)   The BAC, or Euskadi, is made up of three ‘historic territories’, or provinces: Bizkaia, Alava and Gipuzkoa. As you know, we are located near the Pyrenees, the mountain range that forms the official border between Spain and France. There are three important cities in the BAC: 1.      Vitoria-Gasteiz is the administrative capital and seat of the Basque Government, Central Education Services, etc. 2.    Donostia-San Sebastian is the tourism capital and home of the International Film Festival. 3.    Bilbao, the economic and industrial capital, nowadays in the process of converting to a service-oriented centre. Bizkaia’s capital city is the center of a number of surrounding towns, with a population of 1,100,000, so ± 50% of the entire population of the BAC. Your Arion visit is mostly centred in Bilbao,

Three Linguistic Models B SPANISH BASQUE SPANISH A BASQUE BASQUE SPANISH D

Three Linguistic Models Languages used in teaching classes (%) Preschool, primary, secondary and vocational training. 2014-2015

Three Linguistic Models Distribution of students in the different linguistic models. Preschool, primary,secondary and vocational training. 15,1 % 19 % 65,3 % 0,6 % 364,381 students 125.402 students 181.990 students 56.989 students 2014-2015

IRALE Program Level 0 18% Level 1 8% Level 2 77%

Some significant features: 398.663 Students 217.980 public 55 % 180.683 private 45% 36.788 Teachers 23.405 public 64% 13.383 private 36% 1.192 Schools 806 public 68% 386 private 32% 2014-2015

AVERAGE SCHOOLS GOVERNING BODY: The School Leader The Head of Studies. The Secretary 8 Teachers 8 Parents 1 Town Council representative 1 representative of the non-teaching staff and 2 Secondary Education students

BASQUE SYSTEM OF EDUCATION INDICATORS EUROPE 2020 INDICATORS BASQUE SYSTEM OF EDUCATION INDICATORS

SPAIN: 65,8 EU: 82,3 BASQUE COUNTRY: 86,7 PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS FINISHING POST-COMPULSORY SECONDARY EDUCATION 2014 12

PARTICIPATION IN THE LIFELONG LEARNING 2013 BASQUE COUNTRY: 13.4 SPAIN: 11,1 EU: 10.5

EARLY SCHOOL LEAVERS RATE 2014 EU: 11,1 SPAIN: 21,9 14

EARLY SCHOOL LEAVERS RATE 2014 BASQUE COUNTRY 9,4 EU: 11,1 SPAIN: 21,9 SOURCE: MECD 15

BASQUE COUNTRY: 61,3 SPAIN: 42,3 EU: 36,9 PERCENTAGE OF POPULATION (30-34 YEARS OLD), ENTITLED HIGHER EDUCATION

MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATES 2012 BASQUE COUNTRY: 28,2 EU: 17,1 SPAIN: 15,6 MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATES 2012 17

ESKERRIK ASKO THANK YOU VERY MUCH MUCHAS GRACIAS Hello, Good morning everybody,   Before we start, we’d like to welcome you to this little corner of the world, the Basque Country, where you’ll be spending 7 or 8 days. Welcome in the name of the Basque Government and the Department of Education. Your Arion visit is part of the European Union’s Socrates Programme. And, although I imagine you already got to know each other yesterday at the informal meeting at the hotel, I’d like to remind everyone of the European Union States represented here: Germany, Netherlans, Greece, Sweden, Poland, Turkey, Romania, Slovakia and Lithuania, We, as European Union members, have taken part in European programmes…. And we have some experience hosting Study Visits . Anyway we ask for your help and co-operation, and beg your forgiveness for any possible mistake you might find.