Press release No. 099 of 10 March 2022
WIESBADEN – Roughly 10.9 million pupils are receiving education in schools of general education and vocational schools, and in schools for nurses, midwives, etc. in Germany in school year 2021/2022, according to provisional results. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the number of pupils remained nearly unchanged compared with school year 2020/2021, which corresponds with the population development: at the end of 2020, the number of people in the relevant age group (5 to under 20 years) was on the same level as in 2019.
