Pupils in primary and lower secondary school, 1 October 2007

Pupils in private schools

In 2007 there were 153 private schools and 14 380 pupils attended these schools. This is an increase of 7 schools and 900 pupils from 2006. Only 2.3 per cent of the total number of pupils in primary and lower secondary schools attended private schools.

Mother language training

Almost 22 100 pupils received mother language training in primary and lower secondary schools, which is 3.6 per cent of all pupils, the same level as last year. Language training was registered in 117 different languages in addition to the category ”others”. Urdu and Somali had the majority of pupils with mother language training with 2 500 pupils each. Nearly 2 000 pupils received mother language training in Arabic.

Tables:

• Table 1 Primary and lower secondary schools. Pupils in primary and lower secondary school. School years 1979/80-2007/08
• Table 2 Pupils in primary and lower secondary school, by county. School year 2007/08. Preliminary numbers
• Table 3 Primary and lower secondary pupils and primary and lower secondary schools, by ownership. School years 1985/86-2007/08
• Table 4 Pupils in primary school, by grade. School year 2007/08. Final figures.
• Table 5 Pupils, by school size (number of pupils). School years 2002/03-2007/08. Per cent
• Table 6 Pupils with native language training, bilingual education and additional training in Norwegian, by county. 1 October 2007
• Table 7 Pupils with native language training and additional training in Norwegian. School years 19921
• Table 8 Pupils receiving mother language traning or biligual education, by mother tongue. 1 October 2007.
• Table 9 Pupils, by official form of Norwegian and county. 1 October 2007