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Infant education. School units and pupils. By ownership of centre and sex. Counties and Aran

Infant education. Pupils. By ownership of centre and sex. Total. Counties and Aran Catalonia
Students
Boys Girls Total
SY 2022/23 138,285 130,940 269,225
SY 2021/22 138,301 131,139 269,440
SY 2020/21 138,446 131,028 269,474
SY 2019/20 149,926 141,670 291,596
SY 2018/19 150,187 141,980 292,167
SY 2017/18 152,125 143,998 296,123
SY 2016/17 154,431 146,231 300,662
Source:
SY 2016/17-SY 2018/19: Ministry of Education.
SY 2019/20-SY 2022/23: Ministry of Education.
Note: Only includes data for centres authorised by the Department of Education.
Infant education. Pupils. By ownership of centre and sex. Public sector. Counties and Aran Catalonia
Pupils
Boys Girls Total
SY 2022/23 94,847 89,376 184,223
SY 2021/22 94,788 89,181 183,969
SY 2020/21 94,722 88,735 183,457
SY 2019/20 100,495 94,116 194,611
SY 2018/19 99,882 93,824 193,706
SY 2017/18 100,757 94,807 195,564
SY 2016/17 102,658 96,298 198,956
Source:
SY 2016/17-SY 2018/19: Ministry of Education.
SY 2019/20-SY 2022/23: Ministry of Education.
Note: Only includes data for centres authorised by the Department of Education.
Infant education. Pupils. By ownership of centre and sex. Private sector. Counties and Aran Catalonia
Students
Boys Girls Total
SY 2022/23 43,438 41,564 85,002
SY 2021/22 43,513 41,958 85,471
SY 2020/21 43,724 42,293 86,017
SY 2019/20 49,431 47,554 96,985
SY 2018/19 50,305 48,156 98,461
SY 2017/18 51,368 49,191 100,559
SY 2016/17 51,773 49,933 101,706
Source:
SY 2016/17-SY 2018/19: Ministry of Education.
SY 2019/20-SY 2022/23: Ministry of Education.
Note: Only includes data for centres authorised by the Department of Education.

Last update: April 3, 2024.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Infant education
Etapa educativa preobligatòria que s'imparteix als infants de 0 a 6 anys. S'organitza en dos cicles de tres cursos: primer cicle o primera infància (de 0 a 3 anys) i segon cicle o primer ensenyament (de 3 a 6 anys). Poden impartir el primer cicle d'educació infantil els centres creats o autoritzats per l'Administració educativa. Els centres que únicament imparteixen el primer cicle d'educació infantil tenen la denominació genèrica de llar d'infants o escola bressol.

Methodological aspects

The data on infant, primary and secondary education is taken from an exploitation of the data provided by the Generalitat de Catalunya's Ministry of Education or teaching centres at all education levels. The public sector includes data for the centres that depend on the Ministry of Education and other public administrations, while the private sector deals with privately owned centres.

In 1990 the Law for general ordering of the education system (LOGSE) was passed, which modifies the previous education system (LGE) of 1970. In the 1991/92 academic year the teaching approved by the new law was gradually introduced and the 2000/01 academic year was the first in which none of the teaching relating to the previous education system was still in existence.

However, the two education models coexisted over the long period of experimentation and implantation of the new education law.

The data on centres and teaching staff is given, on the one hand, for infant and primary education as a whole, and on the other, for secondary education, although it is often the case that centres and teachers overlap in terms of the different levels given.

Data are provisional.