Statistics Norway

Upper secondary education

1 Completed educational programmes in upper secondary education, by gender and results - school year 2006/07
Educational programmes Total Completed Percentage completed Total, men Percentage completed, men Total, women Percentage completed, women
Upper secondary education1 277 497 59 138 76.3 35 104 77.9 42 393 74.7
Upper secondary education, advanced course II/certificate 58 217 41 132 70.7 21 730 68.5 36 487 71.9
General, economics and management studies 40 656 28 150 69.2 17 212 67.7 23 444 70.3
Music, dance and drama 1 876 1 590 84.8  574 79.3 1 302 87.2
Sports and physical studies 3 088 2 500 81.0 1 788 75.6 1 300 88.4
Health and social studies 7 536 5 312 70.5  536 63.8 7 000 71.0
Agriculture, fishing and forestry 1 026  652 63.5  391 62.4  635 64.3
Arts, crafts and designs 2 411 1 648 68.4  416 58.7 1 995 70.4
Technical building trades  161 96 59.6  109 55.0 52 69.2
Electrical trades 25 17 68.0 25 68.0 - -
Media and communication 1 438 1 167 81.2  679 76.4  759 85.4
               
Completed apprenticeship examinations 19 280 18 006 93.4 13 374 93.8 5 906 92.5
General, economics and management studies  331  316 95.5  322 95.7 9 88.9
Health and social studies 2 909 2 694 92.6  486 88.3 2 423 93.5
Agriculture, fishing and forestry  379  358 94.5  271 95.6  108 91.7
Arts, crafts and designs 1 172 1 010 86.2 48 87.5 1 124 86.1
Hotel and food processing trades 1 621 1 498 92.4  788 91.5  833 93.3
Building and construction trades 3 242 3 057 94.3 3 217 94.3 25 92.0
Technical building trades  907  787 86.8  861 86.9 46 84.8
Electrical trades 2 668 2 493 93.4 2 588 93.4 80 93.8
Engineering and mechanical trades 4 454 4 260 95.6 4 152 95.6  302 96.7
Chemical and processing trades  158  155 98.1  107 99.1 51 96.1
Woodworking trades  177  170 96.0  143 96.5 34 94.1
Media and communication  139  131 94.2 67 92.5 72 95.8
Sales and service 1 123 1 077 95.9  324 94.8  799 96.4
               
Tertiary vocational education 1 381  791 57.3 1 319 56.7 62 69.4
               
Folk high schools 6 331 5 944 93.9 2 394 94.0 3 937 93.8
               
Employment training 18 728 15 055 80.4 9 379 77.7 9 349 83.1
               
Other upper secondary educational programmes 5 059 4 070 80.5 2 071 77.5 2 988 82.5
1  Completed education means achieved general, vocational certificate or requirements for admission to tertiary education.
2  All pupils registered at Upper Secondary Advanced course per 1 October 2006, all apprentices and practice candidates who sat for examinations within the period 1 October 2006-30 September 2007 and private candidates who passed.

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