Policy Document

Codex Secondary Education

Year

2010

Country

Belgium

Topic

Education

Subtopic

Compulsory Schooling

Keywords

Compulsory education Educational policy Educational systems Formal education Schooling Secondary education

Regions

BE2: Flemish Region

Main implications

The Codex Secondary Education combines all decrees concerning secondary education in a clearly arranged whole. Among other things, the organizational and financial aspects of secondary education are recorded in this codex.

Benefits & Requirements

Coverage: Requirements for its application

The decree applies to all recognized and subsidized mainstream full-time secondary educational institutions, special secondary educational institutions and part-time arts educational institutions. It does not apply to (semi-) boarding schools.

Coverage: Eligible groups or beneficiaries

All pupils aged 12 to 18

Age range

12-18

Duration (numbers of years of compulsory education stipulated by this document)

ISCED levels included in compulsory education

2, 3

Dedication (number of hours per week stipulated by this document)

28 x 50 minutes

Is educational tracking implemented or modified by this document?

Education and training required for a compulsory school teacher stipulated by this document

Yes

Implementing Text & Related Legislation

Original name of the legal document/act (native language)

Besluit van de Vlaamse Regering houdende de codificatie betreffende het secundair onderwijs

Date of passage/approval

17^th December 2010

Date of signature

17^th December 2010

Date of publication

24^th June 2011

Are the effects retroactive?

Yes

Date of effect

27^th May 2011

Actors

Prime-Minister of the Flemish Government, K. Peeters
Flemish Minister of Education, Youth, Equality and Brussels, P. Smet

Other related legislation

Decree to ratify the provisions concerning secondary education, codified on 17 December 2010, of 27 May 2011 that ratifies this codex.

Read the Law

Original full text source in native language

Belgisch Staatsblad, 24/06/2011
Page: 37030
Numac: 2011035474

Original full text web source in native language

http://codex.vlaanderen.be/Portals/Codex/documenten/1020342.html
http://data-onderwijs.vlaanderen.be/edulex/document.aspx

Secondary Literature & Sources

Secondary literature

Eurydice. "Secondary and Post-Secondary Non-Tertiary Education (Flemish Community)" (2013). Available at: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/fpfis/mwikis/eurydice/index.php/Belgium-Flemish-Community:Secondary_and_Post-Secondary_Non-Tertiary_Education