The number of teachers in public schools grows by 2.5%, with 13,872 more teachers. The total number of students enrolled in non-university education is 8,337,537.
The Ministry of Education, Vocational Training and Sport has published the statistic ‘Advance data 2023-2024’, which highlights the growth of Vocational Training students and the enrolment rate in the First Cycle of Pre-school Education, the highest in the historical series.
One of the main commitments of this Government and the Ministry is to extend, with more investment and more resources, schooling from 0 to 2 years of age. For this reason, it is worth highlighting the significant increase in enrolment in the First Cycle of Infant Education, which is up 2.8% and 12,957 pupils, which means reaching the highest enrolment rate for 0 to 2-year-olds in the historical series: 48.3%. The number of centres providing this cycle of education also increased this year, growing by 368, a 3.4% increase.
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The enrolment rate for 0 to 2-year-olds hits an all-time high and the number of vocational training students exceeds 1,140,000 students
Furthermore, according to the report, the overall number of students in Vocational Training is 1,144,800 students, which represents an increase of 5.5% compared to last year: 59,541 more students. These figures show that society continues to support Vocational Training as the main educational alternative for entering the labour market following the approval two years ago, by this Government, of the Vocational Training Law.
The Higher Level is the most numerous, with 601,414 students and an increase of 6.3%. Basic Vocational Training is up by 4% to 81,790 students, and Intermediate Vocational Training is up by 4.4%, with a total of 455,469 students.
The number of centres offering these courses has also increased. Thus, there are 46 more Basic Level centres, 62 more Intermediate Level centres, 91 more Higher Level centres 58 more Specialisation Courses for Higher Level graduates and 14 for Intermediate Level graduates.
In total, in the 2023-2024 academic year, the student body enrolled in non-university education amounts to 8,337,537 students, of which 4,291,663 are men and 4,045,874 are women. The overall number of students is up by 14,843 (0.2% more) compared to the previous academic year: 8,501 females and 6,342 males.
In Primary, Secondary and Baccalaureate there is an evolution of the student body in line with the associated population. Thus, there was a reduction of 35,799 students in Primary Education (1.3% less); and an increase of 17,465 students (0.8% more) in Secondary Education, to 2,103,216 students. In Baccalaureate, the number of students grew slightly (0.6% more), increasing by 4,224 students.
The average number of students per unit is 12.3 in the First Cycle of Pre-school; 18.5 in the Second Cycle of Pre-school; 20.9 in Primary; 24.5 in Secondary; and 25.3 in Baccalaureate.
Concerning teaching staff, in the 2023-2024 academic year there will be 784,425 teachers, of which 569,705 are from public centres and 214,720 are from private centres. This represents an increase of 2% over the previous academic year (15,627 more teachers). Most of these teachers joined public schools (2.5% more): 13,872 compared to 1,755 in private schools.
It is worth highlighting the number of foreign students, which for the first time exceeded one million students (1,066,875), with a significant increase of 70,835 students, 7.1% more than in the previous academic year. In total, the proportion of foreign students in non-university education is 12.2%. By country, the largest increases were for students from Colombia (23,785), Peru (12,835) and Venezuela (11,914).