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Students in formal education during academic year 2014/2015 amounted to 70,355. Overall, female students exceeded male students, the National Statistics said today.
State-run institutions accounted for 68.4 per cent of total enrolments, while 22.5 per cent and 9.1 per cent of students were enrolled in church and independent schools respectively. During academic year 2014/2015, female students in tertiary education (ISCED levels 5 to 8) outnumbered males, and comprised 55.9 per cent of total student population at these levels.
Total students enrolled in mandatory education during 2014/2015 stood at 45,700. Of these, 24,485 attended primary school, while the remaining 21,215 attended secondary school. Students attending primary schools increased by 1.9 per cent while those attending secondary schools decreased by 2.7 per cent when compared to academic year 2013/2014.
The average class size at primary level was lowest in state schools, followed by independent and by church schools. On the other hand, independent schools at secondary level held the smallest average class size.
During 2014/2015, foreigners accounted for 6.7 per cent of the total students enrolled in formal education. This resulted in an increase of 1.7 percentage points over the previous academic year. The majority of foreign students were EU nationals.
The most popular field of study among tertiary students was ’Business, administration and law’ (25.7 per cent), followed by ‘Health and welfare’ (18.9 per cent) and ‘Arts and humanities’ (12.0 per cent). In tertiary education the field of ‘Information and communication technologies’ was dominated by males, while females had a stronger presence in the ‘Education’ field of study.
In vocational education, the largest share of students was enrolled in the field ’Engineering, manufacturing and construction’ (20.2 per cent of students), followed by ‘Services’ (15.9 per cent of students) and ‘Information and communication technologies’ (15.8 per cent of students).
The most popular foreign language studied among students at secondary level was Italian (52.9 per cent), followed by French (28.9 per cent), German (9.7 per cent) and Spanish (7.2 per cent).
