Statistics Norway

Education statistics. Pupils and students

3   Pupils in folk high schools and upper secondary education by gender and type of school. 1 October 1999-2002
Type of school Pupils total Percentage of women
1999 2000 2001 2002 1999 2000 2001 2002
Pupils, total  223 397  220 174  214 240  217 175 49.0 49.1 48.9 48.6
Pupils under the Secondary Education Act  168 934  163 748  162 920  167 389 51.4 51.1 51.0 50.7
Of which                
General subjects 96 604 94 431 92 706 88 806 55.0 54.3 53.8 53.4
Vocational education subjects 72 330 69 317 70 214 78 583 46.4 46.8 47.4 47.6
Folk high schools 6 113 5 692 5 710 5 713 66.2 66.1 63.7 64.7
Apprentices 31 446 29 945 29 325 29 085 30.9 31.4 30.7 29.9
Labour market courses 4 482 8 175 6 227 5 408 57.5 53.8 53.2 53.4
Other fields of study 12 422 12 614 10 058 9 580 52.0 54.5 56.9 57.9

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