248562_not-searchable
/en/utdanning/statistikker/barnehager/aar-endelige
248562
Nine per cent of employees are men
statistikk
2016-04-20T10:00:00.000Z
Education;Public sector;Immigration and immigrants;Svalbard
en
barnehager, Kindergartens, kindergartens, private kindergartens, public kindergartens, non-municipal kindergartens, coverage, part-time place, duration of stay, minority language children, refugee kindergartens, family kindergartens, open kindergartens, kindergarten personnel, nursery nursesKOSTRA , Education, Education, Kindergartens, Public sector, Immigration and immigrants, Education, Svalbard
false
The purpose of the statistics is to provide information about the status and changes in numbers of kindergartens, as well as employees in kindergartens.

Kindergartens, 2015

Content

Published:

This is an archived release.

Go to latest release

Nine per cent of employees are men

In 2015, 9 per cent of all employees in kindergartens were men. The proportion of male employees has increased in the last 10 years.

Main figures - KindergartensPublished 20 April 2016
2015Difference from last yearDifference last 5 years
Number of children in kindergarten283 608-2 8066 469
Percentage of children 1-5 years90.40.21.1
Percentage of children 1-2 years80.70.61.9
Percentage of children 3-5 years96.60.00.1
 
Number of kindergartens6 087-118-492
Percentage of public kindergartens4700
 
Employees93 9741606 573
Percentage of employees to primary functions67.0-0.1-17.0
Percentage of directors and educational leaders with pre-school teacher education91.81.87.2

Source: Statistics Norway

Figure 1. Percentage of children age 1-5 in kindergarten

Percentage of children age 1-5 in kindergarten
200062.0
200163.3
200265.9
200369.1
200472.2
200576.2
200680.4
200784.3
200887.2
200988.5
201089.3
201189.7
201290.1
201390.0
201490.2
201590.4

Figure 2. Children from linguistic and cultural minorities in kindergarten, as a percentage of all children in kindergarten age 1-5

Children from linguistic and cultural minorities in kindergarten, as a percentage of all children in kindergarten age 1-5
20056.2
20066.7
20077.6
20088.5
20099.3
20109.9
201110.8
201212.0
201313.2
201414.4
201515.3
< PreviousNext >

From 2005 until 2015, the proportion of male employees in primary functions rose from seven to nine per cent. There were 3 400 male assistants in 2015, which was 11 per cent of all assistants in kindergartens. Nine per cent of all educational leaders and eight per cent of all leaders in kindergartens were male.

More employees have approved pre-school teacher education

92 per cent of all directors and educational leaders had approved pre-school teacher education in 2015; an increase of 2 percentage points from the previous year.

The proportion of children in kindergarten increased slightly

In total, 283 600 children attended kindergarten at the end of 2015; a decrease of 2 800 children from 2014. The proportion of children aged 1-5 who attended kindergarten in 2015 was 90 per cent, which is just a slight increase compared with 2014. About 81 per cent of children aged 1-2 and 97 per cent of children aged 3-5 attended kindergarten in 2015.

Increasing number of children from linguistic and cultural minorities.

In 2015, there were 43 400 children from linguistic and cultural minorities in kindergarten; an increase of five per cent from 2014.