in this same year more than half of special basic education schools were privatesubsidised while were public schools there were only three private nonsubsidised schools offering this modality of education ministry of education close to twothirds of students in special education basic schools attend privatesubsidised schools attend municipal schools and only attend private nonsubsidised schools ministry of education as shown in figure enrolment in special basic education increased significantly during the last decade particularly in the privatesubsidised sector where it went from students in to students in a increase compared to a increase in public schools ministry of education only correspond to students with visual or hearing impairments the proportion of students with autism is twice as large in privatesubsidised schools as in municipal schools