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Press release No. 112 of 20 March 2023 Higher number of new participants in qualifying programmes between school and apprenticeship in 2022 for the first time since 2016
In 2022, roughly 239,000 young people started a qualifying programme of the transition sector between school and apprenticeship in Germany. The aim is to acquire basic vocational knowledge or to obtain a secondary general or intermediate school …
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Press release No. 105 of 15 March 2023
Number of pupils up 1.9% in 2022/2023
Roughly 11.1 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 2022/2023, according to provisional results. The Federal Statistical …
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Press release No. 074 of 27 February 2023 Number of persons qualified to enter higher education down 2.1% in 2022
In 2022, roughly 385,000 pupils in Germany attained the qualification to enter a university or university of applied sciences. Based on provisional results, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was a 2.1% decrease in the …
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Press release No. N 008 of 13 February 2023 Part-time employment rate among teachers just under 41% in school year 2021/2022
In the context of the increasing demand for school teachers, an aspect often discussed is the extent of employment of teachers. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that roughly 709,000 teachers worked at schools of general education in …
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Press release No. N 005 of 30 January 2023 School year 2021/2022: number of repeaters up again
After rules regarding the promotion to the next grade had been modified in the first school year following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, the number of children and young people repeating a grade rose significantly again in school year …
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Press release No. 520 of 8 December 2022 Public education expenditure up 3.3% in 2021
The education expenditure of the Federation, Länder and municipalities increased to 169.3 billion euros in 2021. That was an increase of roughly 5.3 billion euros, or 3.3%, compared with 2020. Schools received 82.8 billion euros, which was just under …
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Press release No. 473 of 11 November 2022 Number of children starting school up by 5.2% in 2022 to highest level in 17 years
This year more children started school in Germany than in each of the past 17 years. The number of school starters was 810,700 at the beginning of the current school year of 2022/2023, according to provisional results. That was an increase by 40,000 …
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Press release No. N 052 of 12 August 2022 School year 2020/2021: part-time employment rate among teachers almost 40%
Summer school holidays ended on 9 August in Nordrhein-Westfalen, which is the first Land where school has started. At the beginning of the new school year, demand for teachers has been in the focus of public attention again. In school year 2020/2021, …
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Press release No. 115 of 16 March 2022 Decline in the number of new participants in transition sector qualifying programmes continues in 2021
In 2021, 228,000 young people started a qualifying programme of the transition sector between school and apprenticeship in Germany. The aim is to acquire basic vocational knowledge or to obtain a secondary general or intermediate school certificate …
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Press release No. 099 of 10 March 2022 Number of pupils unchanged in 2021/2022
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 …
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Press release No. 079 of 28 February 2022 Number of persons qualified to enter higher education up by 3.5% in 2021
In 2021, roughly 395,000 pupils in Germany attained the qualification to enter a university or university of applied sciences. Based on provisional results, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was a 3.5% increase in the …
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Press release No. N 003 of 27 January 2022 In 67% of the families with younger children both parents are in employment
Due to the high number of Covid-19 infections in Germany, many children have to be taken care of at home again; this is a challenge especially to working parents. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that there were approximately …
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Press release No. N 002 of 21 January 2022 93,100 pupils repeated a grade in Covid-19 school year 2020/2021
During the Covid-19 pandemic, markedly fewer pupils repeated a grade in school year 2020/21, one of the reasons being modified rules regarding promotion to the next grade. This affected a total 93,100 pupils at schools of general education, who …
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Press release No. 562 of 9 December 2021 Public education expenditure up 6% in 2020
The education expenditure of the Federation, Länder and municipalities increased to 159.6 billion euros in 2020. That was an increase of roughly 9.1 billion euros, or 6.0%, compared with 2019. Schools received 76.8 billion euros, which was nearly …
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Press release No. N066 of 11 November 2021 Number of school beginners up 2.9% in 2021 - highest number in 14 years
The number of school beginners this year was the highest in Germany in 14 years. According to provisional results, 771,700 children started school at the beginning of the current school year 2021/2022. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) …
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Press release No. N 027 of 4 May 2021 More and more integration assistance for emotionally disabled children and young people
The emotional and social problems of children and young people play an increasing role, and it started before the coronavirus pandemic. In 2019, the children and youth welfare institutions granted integration assistance for emotionally disabled …
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Press release No. 128 of 16 March 2021 Decline in the number of new participants in transition sector qualifying programmes continues in 2020
In 2020, 238,000 young people started a qualifying programme of the transition sector between school and apprenticeship in Germany. The aim is to acquire basic vocational knowledge or to obtain a secondary general or intermediate school certificate …
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Press release No. 115 of 11 March 2021 Number of pupils remains unchanged
According to provisional results, 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 the school year 2020/2021. The Federal Statistical …
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Press release No. N 017 of 5 March 2021 Three in four mothers in Germany were in employment in 2019
The coronavirus pandemic is a big challenge for working parents in particular. In Germany, three in four mothers (74.7%) with a least one child aged under 18 years were in employment in 2019. This is reported by the Federal Statistical Office …
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Press release No. 089 of 26 February 2021 Number of persons qualified to enter higher education down 8.9% in 2020
In 2020, roughly 382,000 pupils in Germany attained the qualification to enter a university or university of applied sciences. Based on provisional results, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was an 8.9% decrease in the …
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Press release No. N 014 of 19 February 2021 2.8 million pupils taught at primary schools in Germany in the current school year of 2020/21
Since mid-December 2020, distance learning has been part of the school routine in all of Germany. Now most Länder plan to resume in-school teaching at least of younger pupils on Monday next week. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports …
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Press release No. N 009 of 2 February 2021 143,600 pupils repeated the grade in school year 2019/2020
Schedules with alternating home and in-class education, distance learning and longer vacations – for pupils the year 2020 was very different from any school year before. There still is disagreement about how to catch up on all the lessons that were …
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Press release No. N 002 of 7 January 2021 3.2 million families with younger children where both parents are in employment
The extension of the lockdown in Germany means that the normal operation of schools and child day care centres will remain suspended in most Länder. Working parents have to juggle work and childcare, which is a huge challenge in particular for …
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Press release No. 495 of 10 December 2020 Public education expenditure up 6.3% in 2019
The education expenditure of the Federation, Länder and municipalities increased to 150.1 billion euros in 2019. That was an increase of 8.8 billion euros, or 6.3%, compared with 2018. Schools received 73.8 billion euros, which was nearly half …
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Press release No. 446 of 11 November 2020 Number of school beginners up 2.6% in 2020
At the beginning of the current school year 2020/2021, a total of 752,700 children started school in Germany. This was a rise of 19,300, or 2.6%, compared with a year earlier. This is a continuation of the increase in the number of school beginners …
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Press release No. N 047 of 10 August 2020 Private schools: parents pay an average of 2,000 euros per year and place
Schools in Germany, including private schools, are to return to ‘normal service’ after the summer holidays. During school closures owing to the coronavirus pandemic, parents of pupils at private schools had to continue to pay school fees in most …
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Press release No. N 034 of 3 July 2020 Teachers at schools of general education: more than a third were 50 or over in 2018/19
According to plans of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs, schools all over Germany should return to regular lessons after the summer holidays. However, the more teachers fall into high-risk groups, the more …
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Press release No. 137 of 17 April 2020 2.6 million pupils to return to schools of general education
Following the decision taken by the Federation and the Länder on 15 April 2020 to reopen schools with certain restrictions, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) estimates that approximately 2.6 million pupils will return to schools of general …
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Press release No. 131 of 14 April 2020 Up to 1.1 million pupils in final classes at schools of general education
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the schools in Germany will remain closed at least until the end of the Easter holidays. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that, according to provisional results, this affects roughly 8.3 million …
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Press release No. 090 of 12 March 2020 Number of pupils down 0.3% in school year 2019/2020
According to provisional results, 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 2019/2020. The Federal Statistical …
