Statistics Norway

9 Completed educational programmes1 in upper secondary education, by gender and results. School year 2008/096
Educational programmes Total Completed Percentage completed Total, men Percentage completed, men Total, women Percentage completed, women
Upper secondary education 277 479 62 019 80.0 37 877 80.6 39 602 79.5
               
Upper secondary education, advanced course II/certificate 54 937 41 143 74.9 22 133 72.0 32 804 76.8
               
General studies3 42 162 31 110 73.8 17 648 70.5 24 514 76.1
Specialisation in general studies 36 802 26 620 72.3 15 031 69.1 21 771 74.6
Sports and physical studies 3 482 2 826 81.2 1 975 77.0 1 507 86.7
Music, dance and drama 1 878 1 664 88.6  642 85.4 1 236 90.3
Vocational education3 4 311 3 311 76.8 1 433 73.8 2 878 78.3
Design, arts and crafts  273  225 82.4 18 66.7  255 83.5
Electricity and electronics 21 18 85.7 19 84.2 2  100.0
Health and social care 1 190  875 73.5 27 63.0 1 163 73.8
Media and communication 2 038 1 658 81.4 1 042 77.4  996 85.4
Agriculture, fishing and forestry  789  535 67.8  327 63.0  462 71.2
               
General areas of study 5 807 4 497 77.4 2 701 80.4 3 106 74.9
General, economics and management studies 5 263 4 011 76.2 2 400 79.2 2 863 73.7
Sports and physical studies  370  338 91.4  241 91.7  129 90.7
Music, dance and drama  174  148 85.1 60 83.3  114 86.0
Vocational studies 2 657 2 225 83.7  351 73.8 2 306 85.3
Health- and social studies 2 268 1 937 85.4  217 74.2 2 051 86.6
Agriculture, fishing and forestry  108 55 50.9 40 52.5 68 50.0
Arts, crafts and designs  206  169 82.0 46 82.6  160 81.9
Technical building 11 11  100.0 8  100.0 3  100.0
Engineering and mechanical trades 1 - - 1 -    
Media and communication 63 53 84.1 39 79.5 24 91.7
               
Completed apprenticeship examinations 22 542 20 876 92.6 15 744 92.7 6 798 92.4
               
Vocational education3 1 466 1 369 93.4  603 94.0  863 92.9
Building and construction  173  167 96.5  127 96.1 46 97.8
Design, arts and crafts 56 43 76.8 8 75.0 48 77.1
Electricity and electronics 57 51 89.5 56 89.3 1  100.0
Health and social care  691  647 93.6 84 91.7  607 93.9
Media and communication 2 2  100.0     2  100.0
Agriculture, fishing and forestry 17 16 94.1 11  100.0 6 83.3
Restaurant and food  105 98 93.3 51 98.0 54 88.9
Service and transport  181  175 96.7 87 98.9 94 94.7
Technical and industrial production  184  170 92.4  179 92.2 5  100.0
               
General areas of study  410  388 94.6  389 95.4 21 81.0
General, economics and management studies  410  388 94.6  389 95.4 21 81.0
               
Vocational studies 20 666 19 119 92.5 14 752 92.6 5 914 92.4
Health- and social studies 2 993 2 764 92.3  466 88.6 2 527 93.0
Agriculture, fishing and forestry  344  314 91.3  235 92.3  109 89.0
Arts, crafts and designs 1 142  975 85.4 41 68.3 1 101 86.0
Hotel and foodprocessing trades 1 470 1 348 91.7  704 91.1  766 92.3
Building and construction trades 3 630 3 379 93.1 3 589 93.1 41 95.1
Technical building 1 118  926 82.8 1 063 82.6 55 87.3
Electrical trades 3 254 3 053 93.8 3 161 93.9 93 91.4
Engineering and mechanical trades 5 082 4 799 94.4 4 756 94.2  326 98.2
Chemical and processing trades  153  148 96.7  112 95.5 41  100.0
Media and communication  160  154 96.3 86 95.3 74 97.3
Sailes and service 1 087 1 035 95.2  343 91.5  744 96.9
Woodworking trades  233  224 96.1  196 95.4 37  100.0
               
Tertiary vocational education4, 5 3 259 2 813 86.3 1 583 81.7 1 676 90.6
               
Folk high schools 6 328 6 036 95.4 2 496 95.0 3 832 95.7
               
Employment training 19 418 15 774 81.2 10 135 80.0 9 283 82.6
               
Other upper secondary educational programmes5 8 377 4 613 55.1 3 696 59.6 4 681 51.5
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 1.10.08, all apprentices and practice candidates who sat for examinations within the period 1.10.08-30.09.09 and private candidates who passed.
3  New structure in upper secondary education, The Knowledge Promotion from 2006/07.
4  Figures for county tertiary vocational education are not included.
5  Internet-based teaching included from 2009.
6  Corrected 07. May.

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