This new Eurydice report provides a detailed overview of the national public fee and support systems in place across European countries. The report contains key points which enable readers to have a good overall understanding of the topic while the national diagrams aim to show the main characteristics of each system.

- European Commission Press release

This publication shows how the academic year is structured (beginning of the year, term times, holidays and examination periods) for each country of the Network. Where times may vary depending on types of (university or non-university) study programme, this is also indicated.

This publication indicates the dates at which the school year begins and the occurrence of holidays holidays for each country of the Network. Regional variations are also indicated where applicable.

- Diagrams providing an overview of the educational structure for mainstream schooling in Europe.

The Eurydice data collection on taught time targets recommended compulsory curriculum by grades/stages for full-time compulsory education. The taught time presented in the national figures corresponds to the most common general education programme in the country concerned. It includes the time spent by a student in receiving instruction on all the subjects integrated in the compulsory core or compulsory flexible curriculum in the school premises or in out-of school activities which are formal part of the programme.

The report presents both data by subject and country as annual compulsory taught time in hours of 60 minutes per grade bearing in mind the number of taught days and weeks per year as well as the number and length of the class periods.

This annual Eurydice report contains national descriptions and a comparative overview on teachers and school heads' salaries in Europe. The report covers full-time, fully qualified teachers and school heads at pre-primary, primary, lower secondary and upper secondary education levels. Main topics covered in the report include:

• Decision-making bodies responsible for fixing teachers' salaries;
• Salaries in the private sector;
• Minimum and maximum statutory salaries relative to GDP per capita and in relation to actual salaries (comprised of statutory salaries plus allowances);
• Salary progression in relation to experience;
• Latest increase/decrease in teachers purchasing power and the effect of the economic crisis;
• Different types of allowances and the decision –making bodies responsible for their allocation.

- European Commission Press release