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More immigrants at upper secondary
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Upper secondary education, 2012, preliminary figures

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More immigrants at upper secondary

Preliminary figures in autumn 2012 show an increase of 5 700 pupils in upper secondary education from the previous year. Fifty per cent of the increase is due to higher participant rates of immigrants in upper secondary education.

The participant rate of male immigrants age 16-18 increased from 69 per cent in 2011 to 75 per cent in 2012. Ninety-two per cent of all persons age 16-18 were registered as pupils or apprentices in upper secondary education as of 1 October 2012. Participation rates for girls are slightly higher than for boys.

257 000 participants

As of autumn 2012, there were 257 000 participants in upper secondary education in total. About 200 000 were pupils, 37 000 were apprentices/trainees and the rest were evenly distributed between public vocational schools, folk high schools and employment training courses, with 6-7 000 participants at each. Seventy per cent of all participants were age 16-18, whereas 30 per cent were above 18. There were 116 000 and 84 000 participants respectively on general studies programmes and vocational education programmes. Girls were in the majority (55 per cent) in general studies, whereas boys where in the majority (55 per cent) on vocational education programmes. The most popular programmes within vocational education were health and social care, technical and industrial production and electricity and electronics, with 45 000 participants. Eighty-five per cent of the participants on health and social care programmes were women, whereas 95 per cent of participants on building and construction programmes were men.

Increasing number of apprentices and vocational examinations

As of 1 October, there were 37 200 apprentices and trainees in upper secondary schools; an increase of 2 200 from the previous year. The proportions of female participants among apprentices and trainees were 28 and 32 respectively.

A total of 23 500 vocational examinations were held; an increase of 800 from the previous year. Ninety-one per cent of the candidates passed the examination. The highest pass rate was in media and communication with 98 per cent, whereas design, arts and crafts had the lowest pass rate with 84 per cent.

Section 4-1 of the Education Act: For the purposes of this Act, an apprentice is defined as a person who has entered into an apprenticeship contract with a view to taking a trade or journeyman’s examination in a trade that requires apprenticeship in accordance with regulations issued pursuant to section 3-4. Pursuant to this Act, a trainee is defined as a person who has entered into a traineeship contract with a view to taking a less extensive examination than a trade or journeyman’s examination.

Tertiary vocational education

As of autumn 2012, there were more than 6 000 students in public tertiary vocational schools, which is the same level as the previous year. A high proportion of the students are men; 84 per cent. Natural sciences, vocational and technical subjects is the largest special field, with 4 700 students. The second largest field is health, welfare and sport, with 760 students.

Folk high schools

The number of pupils at folk high schools has been stable. Roughly 7 000 pupils were registered as at 1 October. As was previously the case, 19 year-olds make up the largest single group.

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