As in previous years, students of Legnica schools who achieve success in their studies, artistic activities or sports will receive scholarships awarded by the mayor.
In the upcoming 2014/2015 school year, the first bell will ring for 19,200 students and 2,700 learners at Legnica’s educational institutions. The city is the founding authority for 90 educational and childcare institutions. An absolute majority of young residents of Legnica are educated in these institutions. This year’s budget allocates more than PLN 180 million for expenditure related to schooling, education and childcare. Approximately 2,180 students and 2,600 learners attend non-public schools. The city co-finances their operations with approximately PLN 17 million.
Nearly 3,400 children will receive preschool care and education, the vast majority of them (2,130) using public institutions run by the city. There are 15 of these institutions. Sixteen private preschools operate in Legnica. This year, as in previous years, all parents who wanted places for their children received them. In our city, the current preschool-enrolment rate is 95 percent. The national average is approximately 72 percent.
In terms of numbers, primary schools dominate the structure of Legnica’s education system. More than 5,700 children will study there. More than 2,700 will attend lower-secondary schools, more than 2,300 general secondary schools, approximately 2,100 technical schools, approximately 540 basic vocational schools, and approximately 2,270 post-secondary institutions.
From September, seven-year-olds (born in 2007) and six-year-olds born in the first half of 2008 will begin first grade at primary schools. A total of 57 first-grade classes have been created in mainstream primary schools for 1,329 students. In the previous school year, 35 such classes were established for 864 students. Legnica’s primary schools are well prepared to admit six-year-olds in terms of the number of classrooms, separate spaces for learning and rest, classroom equipment, the condition of sanitary facilities, the equipment of common rooms and the qualifications of the teaching staff.
The first school bell will ring on September 1 not only for students but also for their teachers and educators. Approximately 1,640 teachers work in Legnica’s educational institutions. The education administration staff consists of more than 860 people.
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