Education and Training

	2006/07	2007/08	2008/09	2009/10	2010/11
Vocational schools total
Pupils	26 708	26 022	24 910	24 033	22 299
Teaching staff	1 754	1 762	1 715	1 683	1 747
incl. main job	1 061	1 063	1 031	1 008	1 019
Vocational schools ("Berufsschule") 1)
Pupils	14 030	13 573	13 141	12 363	11 061
Teaching staff	457	427	427	422	404
incl. main job	433	406	409	399	384
Vocational schools for handicapped persons 1)
Pupils	1 474	1 466	1 373	1 266	1 187
Teaching staff	97	108	104	101	102
incl. main job	92	101	98	96	99
Vocational colleges for obtaining matriculation standard for general colleges ("Berufliches Gymnasium")
Pupils	516	570	561	537	521
Teaching staff	50	60	58	47	50
incl. main job	50	60	58	47	50
Vocational colleges ("Berufsfachschule") 2)
Pupils	7 891	7 735	7 111	6 807	6 163
Teaching staff	919	946	890	848	855
incl. main job	338	346	318	310	309
Technical colleges ("Fachoberschule")
Pupils	1 292	1 271	1 254	1 288	1 347
Teaching staff	94	97	91	90	121
incl. main job	69	68	60	58	73
Technical colleges ("Fachschule")
Pupils	1 317	1 253	1 361	1 772	2 020
Teaching staff	132	120	140	170	211
incl. main job	74	78	83	93	100

Incl. schools on responsibility of institutions under private law

1) Including one-year vocational basic training, One-year pre-vocational training and Pre-vocational training schemes of the federal employment agency 2) Including vocational colleges providing medical-technical education

Source: Statistical Office of the Free State of Saxony