2.2. The pre-school level in figures
 |  | Around 154,000 children (48.7 % girls) attended a kindergarten in the school year 2003 / 2004. The share of foreign children in the same year amounted to 27.2 %. 7 % of the children attended a private kindergarten that does not receive subsidies. More than 7,300 teachers (5,900 full-time equivalents) were employed in kindergartens in the school year 2003 / 2004. |
Further data
 | Children go to kindergarten for an average of 1.9 years. |
| The teaching time amounts to 18 to 22 hours per week. |
| The average size of a kindergarten class is 18 children. |
(Data BFS 1999-2005)
