Church and Education

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Fides news agency has recently published some statistics to offer a panoramic picture of the Church in the world. 

In the field of education and training, there are:

  • 72,667 nursery schools managed in the world by the Church with 7,532,992 pupils who attend them.
  • 98,925 primary schools for a total of 35,188,771 pupils.
  • 49,552 secondary schools with 19,370,763 pupils.
  • There are also 2,395,540 high school pupils and 3,833,012 university students.

The Salesians provide education to thousands of pupils in 132 countries with 3,643 schools, 826 Vocational Training Centers, and 90 institutions that are part of the network of IUS (Salesian Institutions of Higher Education).

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ANS - “Agenzia iNfo Salesiana” is a on-line almost daily publication, the communication agency of the Salesian Congregation enrolled in the Press Register of the Tibunal of Rome as n 153/2007.

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