In five years, Bosnia and Herzegovina remained without as many as 72 primary schools, as well as without 17,643 primary school students.
It is about educational institutions that have closed their doors due to the lack of children in the period from 2019/2020. – 2023/2024. school year.
In most cases, it is about the regional departments that have turned off.
“In the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the total number of objects in which the classes of primary education is 44, in the Brcko-year-in-law, in the last year, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Ministry of Civil Affairs is reported, the Večernji.
Student enrollment trend
It is further stated that in the observed five-year period from 2019/2020. The trend of attendance of primary education in Bosnia and Herzegovina is negative and amounts -6.50%.
In the Federation of BiH, the number of children attending primary education in this period is lower by 7.20%, and in the Republika Srpska by 5.20%. In the Brčko District, this trend for a five-year period is different, so in the first three years he records a rise in the number of children by 2.30%, and then decrease by 3.90%.
Looking at the numbers, in the school year 2019/2020. A total of 273,155 students attended the year of primary schools in BiH, while in 2023/2024. The school year on classes in primary schools were 255,512 students. The trend of student enrollment in the first classes of primary schools for the observed five-year period is negative.
According to the information of the Ministry of Civil Affairs of BiH, compared to 2019/2020. year, in 2023/2024. In the elementary schools at the BiH level, it was 4.80% less entered students in the first grades of primary schools. In the FBiH for the same period, there were fewer entered students by 5.10%, and in the RS by 4.10%, while in the Brčko BiH District, that number is lower by 7.80%.
According to the BiH Ministry of Civil Affairs, the number of primary schools for students in the observed five-year period changed from year to year, but a decrease in the number of these schools at all levels was recorded for the last two years.
In most cases, it is about the regional departments that have turned off. Observed for the level of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the last two years, the number of teaching for students with difficulties has been reduced by 6, ie in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina for 3 buildings, in the Republic of Srpska for 2, and in the Brčko District for 1 facility.
“The trend of students who attend schools intended for disciples is different in the year-year-old period from year. Year, the number of schools that attend these schools is 5.50% for BiH, in FBiH and Republika Srpska by 5.30%, while in Brčko BiH The number of children attending these schools less by 14.30%, “says information on statistical indicators in Bosnia and Herzegovina for 2024. year. Year.
Number of employees in schools
Although there has been a significant decline in children, the number of employees in primary schools follow different trends from year to year. Thus, data for BiH levels show that the number of employees is slightly reduced by 0.10% in 2023/2024. year compared to 2019/2020. a year.
In the FBiH, the number of primary schools increased by 2.30%, while in the RS decreased by 4.10%, and in the Brčko District BiH has also been reduced by 7%.
