Statistics Norway

Education statistics. Primary and lower secondary schools

7 Pupils with native language training and additional training in Norwegian. School years 2000/01-2011/121
School year Total of pupils Pupils with mother language training and/or bilingual education2 Pupils with additional training in Norwegian3
2000/01  590 471 18 176 31 113
2005/06  619 640 20 717 37 342
2010/11  614 020 21 781 43 898
2011/12  614 374 20 721 43 991
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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