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Educational services in the suburban zone of Szczecin (Poland)
Educational services in the suburban zone of Szczecin (Poland)

Author(s): Tomasz Rydzewski
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Economy, Education, Sociology, State/Government and Education, Sociology of the arts, business, education, Public Finances, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: services; educational services; suburban zone; Szczecin

Summary/Abstract: The main objective of the study was to analyze the diversification of the potential of educational servicesof communes (NUTS 5) belonging to the suburban area of Szczecin, at all levels of general education (InternationalStandard Classification of Education, ISCED 1, 2 and 3) in the 2016/2017 school year – primary, juniorhigh school, and high schools. The research covered 19 communes forming the internal and external ringsurrounding Szczecin. For this purpose, following measures of the potential of educational services were used:the number of schools, school classes, pupils and teachers’ posts, as well as educational indicators, i.e. thenumber of pupils per school, the number of classes per school, and the number of full-time teacher’s positionper school. In order to determine the demand for educational services, a gross enrollment rate was applied toindividual communes. The final result of the research is a synthetic map of the potential of educational servicesfor the communes of the suburban zone of Szczecin.

  • Issue Year: 28/2018
  • Issue No: 4/2
  • Page Range: 395-401
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: English