Kindergartens, 2010

In 2010, about 91 per cent of the directors and educational leaders had an approved pre-school teacher education or other college education that qualified them to work with children. This is an increase of 2.5 percentage points from 2009 to 2010. Most of the employees were women; 10.3 per cent were men, which is an increase of 0.5 percentage points.

From 2009 to 2010 there was an increase of nearly 7 000 children in kindergarten. The largest increase was for the age group 1-2 years, where 4 800 more children were in kindergarten. In the age group 3-5 years, the increase was nearly 2 300 children. The percentage of children in these age groups increased by 1.6 and 0.3 percentage points respectively. A total of 78.8 per cent for the age group 1-2 years and 96.5 per cent for the age group 3-5 years attended kindergarten. Of all children aged 1-5 years, 89.3 per cent had a place in kindergarten. In addition, about 6 600 children attended open kindergartens.

Tables:

• Table 1 Kindergartens, children and employees by county. 2010.
• Table 2 Children in kindergartens, by age and county. 2010
• Table 3 Children in kindergartens, by weekly attendance, ownership structure of kindergarten and county. 2010
• Table 4 Children in kindergartens, by hours of attendance per week and different age groups. 2010
• Table 5 Persons employed and man-years worked in kindergartens, by employment position and county. 2010
• Table 6 Persons employed in kindergartens, by employment position and sex. 2006-2010
• Table 7 Persons employed in kindergartens, by position and qualifications. 2006-2010