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Less than 2 per cent in private schools
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Private primary and lower secondary schools2000-2001

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Less than 2 per cent in private schools

There were 10 100 pupils in private primary and lower secondary schools in Norway in the school year 2000/01. This figure accounted for 1.7 per cent of the 590 000 primary and lower secondary pupils. The corresponding proportion in Denmark was 12 per cent.

Oslo was the county with the highest proportion of pupils in private primary and lower secondary schools with 4.4 per cent. Hordaland had 2.7 per cent of private pupils and Vestfold had 2.6 per cent. There was an equivalent of around 2 per cent in Østfold and Akershus, whilst there was less than 1 per cent of private pupils in Telemark, Aust-Agder, Møre- og Romsdal, Nordland and Finnmark. Sogn og Fjordane had no pupils in private primary and lower secondary schools.

Increase in the last 15 years

There has been an increase in the proportion of pupils in private primary and lower secondary schools during the last 15 years. The Number of pupils in the school year 1985/86 who attended private primary and lower secondary schools were 4 400 and accounted for 0.8 per cent of the total number of pupils. The proportion in Oslo was 3.9 per cent and 1.9 per cent in Vestfold.

 Percentage of primary and lower secondary school pupils1. School years 1985/86, 1990/91, 1995/96 and 2000/01. Per cent

Large proportion in Denmark

Denmark differentiates itself considerably from the other Nordic countries with a large proportion of pupils in private schools. Around 12 per cent of pupils in primary and lower secondary schools attend private schools. About 2 per cent of primary and lower secondary pupils attend private schools in Finland and there has been a gradual increase in the percentage in recent years. Increases in the proportion of pupils in private schools have been higher in Sweden. Out of the country's 1 034 900 primary and lower secondary pupils in school year 1999/2000, 3.4 per cent attended private schools.

The corresponding proportion in Iceland varies between 1 and 2 per cent in the last 15 years, but in contrast to the other Nordic countries the proportion declined from the school year 1995/96 to 1999/2000.

 Percentage of private primary and lower secondary schools. School years 1985/86, 1990/91, 1995/96 and 2000/01. Per cent

Twice as many schools since 1985

There were 88 private schools in school year 2000/01 and this number represented 2.7 per cent of the 3 260 primary and lower secondary schools in Norway. The reason why the percentage of private schools are higher than the percentage of pupils in private schools is that the private primary and lower secondary schools on the average have a lower number of pupils than the public schools. The number of private primary and lower secondary schools has doubled since the enactment of the new private school law in1985. In the school year 1985/86, 39 or 1.1 per cent of the country's 3 524 primary and lower secondary schools were private.

Akershus, Rogaland and Hordaland were the counties with the highest number of private primary and lower secondary schools in the school year 2000/01 with 10 schools each. Oslo had 9 private schools and 7 in Vestfold. There was only 1 private primary and lower secondary school in Finnmark while Hedmark, Telemark, Aust-Agder, Møre- og Romsdal and Nordland had 2 private schools each. Sogn og Fjordane had no private primary and lower secondary school. Buskerud is the only county with a declining number of private primary and lower secondary schools during the last 5 years. The number has increased in most of the counties and remained stable in others. The number of private primary and lower secondary schools increased from 2 to 6 in Sør-Trøndelag and from 6 to 10 in Akershus. Finnmark had no private primary and lower secondary school in the school year 1995/96 but currently has 1 school.

Steiner, Montesorri and religious schools.

Out of the 88 private schools in the school year 2000/01, 25 were Steiner schools and 8 Montessori. Most of the other private primary and lower secondary schools were operated on a Christian pedagogic basis. Only 5 counties had no Steiner schools and these were Telemark, Aust-Agder, Nord-Trondelag, Nordland and Finnmark. Aust-Agder and Finnmark have a Montessorri school. All the private primary and lower secondary schools in Telemark, Nord-Trøndelag and Nordland were operated on a religious basis. Even though there has been an increase of 25 private primary and lower secondary schools in the last 5 years, the number of Steiner schools has remained relatively stable. A few Montessori schools have been established in the last 5 years, but most of the new schools are Christian schools.

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