134.366 fewer students attend primary and secondary schools in Kosovo in 2021/22 compared to the 2008/2009 school year, according to data published on Friday by the GAP Institute.
According to GAP, this translates into a drop of 30.3 percent. According to the Institute, the number of students has continuously decreased.
There is a greater decrease in the number of students in the municipalities of Kamenica and Junik (-53%), Rahovec, Dragash and Vitia (-45%), and Gjilan and Suhareka (-41%).
As for the educational staff, which includes teachers, administrative staff and support staff, their number has remained almost the same since the 2013/2014 school year, when MEST published detailed data for this category.
"Compared to the 2013/2014 school year, in the 2021/2022 school year, the number of teachers has decreased by -1%, the number of auxiliary staff has increased by 6%, while the number of administrative staff has decreased by -3%", it is stated in the announcement of GAP.
