Vocational education in Croatia - Dualno obrazovanje

Duration of education in vocational schools depends on the type of curriculum and can last from one to five years. After finishing vocational school, a student can be included into the labour market or fulfil certain conditions in order to continue his education at the secondary or tertiary level.

Programmes of secondary vocational education can be:

four or five-year programmes which prepare students for labour market or continuation of their education at higher level;
three-year programmes which prepare students for working in the field of industry, economy and crafts;
programmes for acquisition of lower level qualification of secondary education which are, by organizational and performance characteristics, similar to the three-year vocational programme;
special education programmes for students with disabilities which provide lower or secondary level of education for students with disabilities.

Source: MZO

In school year 2016/2017 in upper secondary schools there are 103 four-year and 134 three-year programmes
The total number and names of all programs are available at the link.

Upper secondary schools, class units and students, beginning of 2016/2017 school year.
Source: Croatian bureau of statistics

Škole *Schools*			Razredni odjeli *Class units*	Učenici *Students*		Ponavljači *Repeaters*
ukupno *Total*	samostalne Self-contained	školske jedinice/odjeli School/class units	Razredni odjeli *Class units*	ukupno Total	učenice Female students	ukupno Total	učenice Female students
Tehničke i srodne Technical and related schools	258	64	194	3 323	75 486	36 026	1 040
Državne *State*	247	62	185	3 257	74 397	35 458	1 029
Privatne *Private*	9	2	7	48	647	262	9
Industrijske i obrtničke *Industrial and crafts schools*	194	22	172	1 651	30 310	10 201	1 225
Državne *State*	192	22	170	1 646	30 266	10 195	1 223
Privatne *Private*	2	-	2	5	44	6	2

List of schools that are running vocational education programs:

Source: MZO

Number of students of secondary schools (including repeaters) by grades and sex, beginning of 2016/2017 school year.
Source: Croatian bureau of statistics

	Učenici Students
	ukupno Total		I. razred 1^st grade		II. razred 2^nd grade		III. razred 3^rd grade		IV. razred 4^th grade		V. razred 5^th grade
	svega All	ponavljači Repeaters	svega All	ponavljači Repeaters	svega All	ponavljači Repeaters	svega All	ponavljači Repeaters	svega All	ponavljači Repeaters	svega All	ponavljači Repeaters
Tehničke i srodne – ukupno Technical and related schools – all	75 486	1 040	18 214	387	18 273	336	18 562	235	19 166	81	1 271	1
Učenice Female students	36 026	361	8 397	156	8 492	110	8 870	69	9 284	26	983	-
Državne State	74 397	1 029	17 966	381	17 992	334	18 315	234	18 907	79	1 217	1
Privatne Private	647	9	158	6	179	2	146	-	164	1	-	-
Vjerskih zajednica Religious community	442	2	90	-	102	-	101	1	95	1	54	-
Industrijske i obrtničke – ukupno Industrial and crafts schools – all	30 310	1 225	9 598	662	10 533	435	10 055	128	124	-	-	-
Učenice Female students	10 201	335	3 112	175	3 585	125	3 380	35	124	-	-	-
Državne State	30 266	1 223	9 586	661	10 514	434	10 042	128	124	-	-	-
Privatne Private	44	2	12	1	19	1	13	-	-	-	-	-

Statistical data on vocational education and training in the EU is available on Eurostat website.

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