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156 Number of children, pupils, apprentices, trainees, students and participants, by level and type of education. 2012
  Total
Children in kindergartens, total  286 147
   
Primary and lower secondary schools, total1  614 894
1st-7th grade  424 993
8th-10th grade  189 901
   
Upper secondary schools, total  272 121
Pupils in upper secondary education2  200 410
Apprentices in upper secondary education 37 139
Apprenticeship training, trainees 1 612
   
Other upper secondary educational programmes2, pupils. Total 4 969
   
Folk high schools, total 6 941
   
Vocational schools, total 14 116
Public 6 266
Private 7 850
   
Tertiary education institution, total  261 164
Universities  102 543
Specialised university institutions 30 820
The state university colleges3 90 767
Military colleges 1 454
Other public university colleges4 19 988
Of which  
The Norwegian Police University College 2 461
Bergen National Academy of the Arts  330
Oslo National Academy of the Arts  502
Norwegian students abroad 15 592
1  Pupils in special groups are included.
2  Private educational programmes whose levels are placed between lower secondary and tertiary education but not parallel to upper secondary education.
3  The state university colleges is a term for type of university college which is a result from a reform in 1994.
4  Includes Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Bergen National Academy of the Arts, Norwegian Police University College and private colleges.
Source: Education statistics, Statistics Norway.
More information:  http://www.ssb.no/en/utdanning 

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