Catholic school enrolments - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 21 Feb 2022 07:35:35 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Catholic school enrolments - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Enrolment in US catholic schools rebounds after sharp drop https://cathnews.co.nz/2022/02/21/enrollment-in-us-catholic-schools-rebounds-after-sharp-drop/ Mon, 21 Feb 2022 06:53:02 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=143842 Catholic education officials reported on Monday that enrolment in catholic schools in the United States rose 3.8% over the previous academic year, rebounding from a sharp drop caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The National Catholic Educational Association said nationwide enrolment increased by 62,000 to about 1.68 million students, marking the first increase in two decades Read more

Enrolment in US catholic schools rebounds after sharp drop... Read more]]> Catholic education officials reported on Monday that enrolment in catholic schools in the United States rose 3.8% over the previous academic year, rebounding from a sharp drop caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

The National Catholic Educational Association said nationwide enrolment increased by 62,000 to about 1.68 million students, marking the first increase in two decades and the largest jump it has recorded in at least five decades.

"Enrolment at all types of schools — public, charter and private — were impacted last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Catholic schools had a decline in enrolments of 6.4% from 2019-2020 to 2020-2021," which NCEA said was the largest single year decline in the 50 years since it has collected data.

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Enrolment in US catholic schools rebounds after sharp drop]]> 143842 Auckland secondary schools unable to accept all preference applicants https://cathnews.co.nz/2019/12/02/cannot-take-all-preference-applicants/ Mon, 02 Dec 2019 06:52:29 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=123568 Auckland Bishop Patrick Dunn has asked that Catholic secondary schools in his diocese unable to accept all preference applicants have an enrolment policy or scheme that places very high priority on such applicants having certificates for Catholic Baptism, First Eucharist and Confirmation. Bishop Dunn sent a letter dated September 20 with this request to Auckland Read more

Auckland secondary schools unable to accept all preference applicants... Read more]]> Auckland Bishop Patrick Dunn has asked that Catholic secondary schools in his diocese unable to accept all preference applicants have an enrolment policy or scheme that places very high priority on such applicants having certificates for Catholic Baptism, First Eucharist and Confirmation.

Bishop Dunn sent a letter dated September 20 with this request to Auckland diocese parish priests, secondary school chaplains, principals, boards of trustees and secondary school proprietors. Continue reading in NZ Catholic

Auckland secondary schools unable to accept all preference applicants]]> 123568 Catholic school enrolments in Australia stagnate https://cathnews.co.nz/2018/09/27/catholic-school-enrolments-australia/ Thu, 27 Sep 2018 07:51:23 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=112275 Catholic school enrolments are projected to stagnate over the coming years, while numbers in state schools are set to rise by over 270,000. Some blame fee rises, while others say confidence in the public school system is increasing and question whether the royal commission into child sex abuse has hurt confidence in the Catholic sector. Read more

Catholic school enrolments in Australia stagnate... Read more]]> Catholic school enrolments are projected to stagnate over the coming years, while numbers in state schools are set to rise by over 270,000.

Some blame fee rises, while others say confidence in the public school system is increasing and question whether the royal commission into child sex abuse has hurt confidence in the Catholic sector. Read more

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