 Welsh is a compulsory subject in all of Wales' state schools for pupils aged 5–16 years old.While there has never been an exclusively Welsh-language college, Welsh-medium higher education is delivered through the individual universities and has since 2011 been supported by the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol (Welsh National College) as a delocalised federal institution.In 2018–2019, there were 1,494 maintained schools in Wales.