Statistics Norway

Education statistics. Primary and lower secondary schools

6 Pupils with native language training and additional training in Norwegian. School years 1995/96-2009/101
School year Total of pupils Pupils with mother language training and/or bilingual education2 Pupils with additional training in Norwegian3
1995/96  477 236 11 276 .
2000/01  590 471 18 176 31 113
2005/06  619 640 20 717 37 342
2006/07  619 038 22 166 39 963
2007/08  616 388 22 084 39 856
2008/09  614 033 22 156 40 845
2009/10  613 928 22 335 41 544
1  Pupils counted by local governments are included in figures of foreign language pupils.
2  Native language training are additional training in the mother tongue of foreign laguage pupils. Bilingual education are education where the pupil's mother tongue is used in the education.
3  Additonal training in Norwegian are additional training in Norwegian or education in the subject 'Norwegian' for foreign language pupils.

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