Statistics Norway

Upper secondary education

10 Completed educational programmes1 in upper secondary education, by gender and results - school year 2010/11
Educational programmes Total Completed Percentage completed Total, men Percentage completed, men Total, women Percentage completed, women
Total 2 114 327 93 525 82 56 554 80 57 773 83
Upper secondary education 76 297 62 165 81 37 954 81 38 343 82
               
Upper secondary education, advanced course II/certificate 53 679 41 360 77 23 172 73 30 507 80
               
General studies3 48 311 36 972 77 21 513 73 26 798 79
Specialisation in general studies 42 298 31 825 75 18 495 72 23 803 78
Sports and physical studies 3 999 3 389 85 2 266 81 1 733 90
Music, dance and drama 2 014 1 758 87  752 83 1 262 90
Vocational education3 5 054 4 077 81 1 514 75 3 540 83
Design, arts and crafts  278  239 86 20 85  258 86
Electricity and electronics 39 35 90 35 89 4  100
Health and social care 1 440 1 220 85 33 49 1 407 86
Media and communication 2 430 1 979 81 1 092 75 1 338 87
Agriculture, fishing and forestry  867  604 70  334 74  533 67
               
General areas of study.Reform 94  253  250 99  129 98  124 99
Vocational studies. Reform 94 61 61  100 16  100 45  100
               
Completed apprenticeship examinations 22 618 20 805 92 14 782 92 7 836 92
               
Vocational education3 18 646 17 215 92 11 913 93 6 733 92
Building and construction 3 763 3 445 92 3 291 91  472 93
Design, arts and crafts  921  773 84 74 82  847 84
Electricity and electronics 2 362 2 193 93 2 272 93 90 91
Health and social care 4 079 3 778 93  481 91 3 598 93
Media and communication 79 73 92 36 94 43 91
Agriculture, fishing and forestry  357  320 90  248 90  109 88
Restaurant and food 1 141 1 028 90  581 88  560 92
Service and transport 2 101 1 980 94 1 378 94  723 95
Technical and industrial production 3 843 3 625 94 3 552 94  291 97
               
General areas of study. Reform 94 27 26 96 26 96 1  100
               
Vocational studies. Reform 94 3 945 3 564 90 2 843 90 1 102 92
               
Tertiary vocational education4 6 288 4 562 73 3 564 71 2 724 75
               
Folk high schools 7 303 6 947 95 3 128 95 4 175 95
               
Employment training 20 336 16 528 81 9 911 79 10 425 84
               
Other upper secondary educational programmes4 4 103 3 323 81 1 997 79 2 106 83
1  Completed education means achieved general, vocational certificate or requirements for admission to tertiary education.
2  All pupils registered at Upper Secondary Advanced course within the period 1.10.10-30.09.11, all apprentices and practice candidates who sat for examinations within the period 1.10.10-30.09.11 and private candidates who passed.
3  New structure in upper secondary education, The Knowledge Promotion from 2006/07.
4  Internet-based teaching are not include in tertiary vocational education and employment training in 2011.

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