The effect of immigration on the Primary Schools of Navarra

Abstract

Due to the importance of a good education for future success this research is to analyze the education of immigrant children at primary school in Navarra. In many other countries, studies have been conducted regarding the educational success of immigrant children in comparison with native children. All these studies have concluded that immigrants tend to underperform at school for reasons that vary. Therefore this study will look into the educational attainment of immigrant children in Navarra to see if this follows the trend of other countries despite the fact that they have invested 42 million € in education during the year 2011/12 (Gobierno de Navarra, 2012)