Statistics Norway

Education statistics. Pupils and students

7   Pupils in folk high schools and pupils in upper secondary education, by gender, type of school and ownership. 1 October 2003
Type of school Pupils, total Ownership of school
Public Private
Females Males Females Males
Pupils, total  235 153  101 375  110 752 13 771 9 255
Pupils under the Education Act1  178 941 86 609 83 658 4 869 3 805
Of which          
General areas of study 91 449 45 691 39 396 3 465 2 897
Vocational studies 87 492 40 918 44 262 1 404  908
Folk high schools 6 052  534  259 3 375 1 884
Apprentices 28 321 8 532 19 789 - -
Other upper secondary education 21 839 5 700 7 046 5 527 3 566
1  Adults in specialised upper secondary education, students in technical vocational schools and participants in preparatory course for college of engineering are included.

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