More students in Saxony-Anhalt are studying at independent schools

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Halle (dpa / sa) - In Saxony-Anhalt, more and more children and young people are attending independent schools.

Compared to the previous year, the number of students at private general education schools in the state has risen by around 2.8 percent, said the State Statistical Office in Halle on Monday.

In the current school year, 19,890 pupils are studying at the 108 private general education schools, 543 more than a year earlier.

This means that ten percent of all around 198,000 pupils in the state studied at independent schools.

A year earlier, the share was 9.8 percent.

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