Pupils in primary and lower secondary school, 1 October 2002

Urdu is still the most common mother language of pupils who receive mother language training or bilingual education. By autumn 2002, more than 2800 pupils received mother language training or bilingual education in Urdu. Many pupils also received mother language training in Arabic, Somali, Vietnamese, Kurdish and Albanian.

Close to 34 000 pupils, or 5.6 per cent of all pupils in primary and lower secondary school received additional training in Norwegian language.

Four counties account for the majority of pupils with mother language training

Oslo, Akershus, Hordaland and Rogaland accounted for more than half of all pupils with mother language training. A third of those who received additional training in Norwegian language lived in Oslo.

9 per cent of pupils in Finnmark used the official form of Norwegian "samisk"

Close to 90 000 pupils used the official form of Norwegian "nynorsk" in 2002, which account for approximately 15 per cent of all pupils. More than 519 000 used the official form of Norwegian "bokmål". Slightly more than 1000 pupils used the official form of Norwegian "samisk". Most pupils who use "samisk" live in the northernmost county, Finnmark. In Finnmark 9 per cent of all pupils used "samisk".

Tables:

• Table 1 Primary and lower secondary schools. Pupils in primary and lower secondary school. School years 1979/80-2002/03
• Table 2 Pupils in primary and lower secondary school, by county. School year 2002/03. Final numbers
• Table 3 Average number of pupils in classes. School years 1982//83-2002/03. Final numbers
• Table 4 New and closed schools, by county. September 2001-October 2002. Final numbers
• Table 5 Pupils in primary school, by grade. School year 2002/03. Final figures
• Table 6 Schools, by school size (number of pupils). School years 1997/98-2002/03. Per cent. Final numbers
• Table 7 Pupils, by school size (number of pupils). School years 1997/98-2002/03. Per cent. Final numbers
• Table 8 Number of schools, classes, the total of pupils, by municipality. 1 October 2002
• Table 9 Pupils with native language training, bilingual education and additional training in Norwegian language, by county. 1 October 2002
• Table 10 Pupils with native language training and additional training in Norwegian language. School years 19921
• Table 11 Pupils receiving mother language training or bilingual education, by mother tongue. 1 October 2002
• Table 12 Pupils, by official form of Norwegian and county. 1 October 2002