Editing Castilla–La Mancha (section)

== Education ==
[[File:Marín visita Sección Educativa Secundaria Las Mesas (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Students in a rural high school in the province of Cuenca]]
The Junta of Castilla–La Mancha assumed responsibility for education in the autonomous community as of January 1, 2000, directly managing over 1,000 schools, with 22,000 teachers and 318,000 students.<ref>{{cite web |title=La educación en Castilla–La Mancha |url=http://www.lacerca.com/Opinin/pagina(30-10-01)-1.htm |access-date=2009-05-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228054440/http://www.lacerca.com/Opinin/pagina%2830-10-01%29-1.htm |archive-date=2008-02-28 }}</ref> In the 2006–2007 school year, the region had 324,904 students below the university level, of whom 17.7 percent were in private schools.<ref>{{cite web | title = Instituto de Estadística de CLM. Total matriculados por provincia y enseñanza. Curso 2006-2007 | url = http://difusion.ies.jccm.es/wds/ReportFolders/ReportFolders.aspx | date = 2008-05-12 | access-date = 2009-11-20 | archive-date = 2022-07-07 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220707160652/http://difusion.ies.jccm.es/wds/ReportFolders/ReportFolders.aspx | url-status = dead }}</ref> In that same year, the region had 1,037 schools<ref name="classification of schools">{{cite web | title = Instituto de Estadística de CLM. Clasificación de los centros por tipo, provincia y enseñanza que imparten | url = http://difusion.ies.jccm.es/wds/ReportFolders/ReportFolders.aspx | access-date = 2009-05-12 | archive-date = 2022-07-07 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220707160652/http://difusion.ies.jccm.es/wds/ReportFolders/ReportFolders.aspx | url-status = dead }}</ref> and 30,172 schoolteachers;<ref>{{cite web | title = Instituto de Estadística de CLM. Profesorado por provincia y tipo de centro | url = http://difusion.ies.jccm.es/wds/ReportFolders/ReportFolders.aspx | access-date = 2008-05-12 | archive-date = 2022-07-07 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220707160652/http://difusion.ies.jccm.es/wds/ReportFolders/ReportFolders.aspx | url-status = dead }}</ref> 15.2 percent of the schools were private.<ref name="classification of schools" />

The decentralized [[University of Castilla–La Mancha]] was formally established in 1982 and has operated since 1985.
There are four main [[campus]]es, one each at Albacete, Ciudad Real, Cuenca and Toledo, with classes also offered in Almadén, Talavera de la Reina and Puertollano. The university offers 54 degree programs (''titulaciones''). The province of Guadalajara stands outside the regional university, with its own [[University of Alcalá]] offering degrees in education, business, tourism, technical architecture, and nursing. The [[National University of Distance Education]] also offers services in the region through five affiliated centers, one in each province: Albacete (with an extension in Almansa), Valdepeñas, Cuenca, Guadalajara, and Talavera de la Reina. Finally, the [[Menéndez Pelayo International University]] has a location in Cuenca.

In the 2005–06 school year, the region had 30,632 students enrolled at universities, down 1.0 percent from the previous year.<ref>{{cite web | title = Instituto de Estadística de CLM. Alumnado matriculado en educación universitaria por CC.AA. y tipo de estudio | url = http://difusion.ies.jccm.es/wds/ReportFolders/ReportFolders.aspx | access-date = 2008-05-12 | archive-date = 2022-07-07 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220707160652/http://difusion.ies.jccm.es/wds/ReportFolders/ReportFolders.aspx | url-status = dead }}</ref>

Historically, the region has had other universities, but these no longer exist. The present University of Castilla–La Mancha uses one of the buildings of the [[Royal University of Toledo]] (1485–1807). Other former universities in the region were the [[Royal and Pontifical University of Our Lady of Rosario]] in Almagro (1550–1807) and the [[University of San Antonio de Porta Coeli]] in [[Sigüenza]] founded in the 15th century by Cardinal [[Pedro González de Mendoza]] and, like the others, closed in the [[Napoleonic era]].