- The Catalan Statute of Autonomy establishes that the Catalan government's Education Department is responsible for administering the educational system. The 2006 Statute further specifies Catalan competencies in education. - The Catalan government has exclusive competencies over early childhood education contents, establishing schools, education inspections, and teacher training. It shares competencies with Spain over general curriculum organization and evaluation of the system. - In the 2005-2006 school year, Catalonia had 1,366 private schools and 2,714 state schools, educating a total of 1,076,576 students with 90,373 teachers.

1. Catalan Educational System

6. Number of students: 1.076.576 School year 2005-2006

7. Number of teachers: 90.373 School year 2005/2006

8. The Catalan Education System UEE Sixth Form HGVET MGVET SGP Secondary Education Primary Education Pre-school Education Education System Structure University Age Non-Compulsory Education Compulsory Education MGVET- Medium Grade Vocational Education and Training SGP- Social Guarantee Programme HGVET- Higher Grade Vocational Education and Training UEE- University Entrance Examination

11. Plan para la lengua y la cohesión social

13. According to the law: “ The Catalan language shall normally be used as the vehicle for learning and non-university teaching .” Law 1/1998, of January 7, of language policy

15. They know Catalan They know Catalan and Spanish They know Spanish They do not know Catalan or Spanish, but they know othes langages They know the two official languages and have a good knowledge of at least a foreign language When the children go to school: When the children finish compusory education: School gives everyone the opportunity to have the language skills needed to be prepared and participatory citizens Application of second laguage methodologies