Folk high schools, long courses, 2005

There were 6 300 registered pupils in long courses at folk high schools according to preliminary figures by 1 October 2005. The county of Hordaland had most pupils in its folk high schools with 700, 11 per cent of the total number of pupils.

Many of the pupils, 640, also came from Hordaland, making it the county that recruited most people to folk high schools. Hordaland was followed by Akershus and Rogaland with 600 and 500 pupils respectively. Norwegian citizens made up 90 per cent of all folk high school pupils at 1 October 2005.

The percentage of women at folk high schools is high. 62 per cent of the pupils are women. Among 19-year-olds the percentage is even higher. Of these, 71 per cent of the pupils are women.

340 interrupted education at folk high school

By 1 October 2005 the number of pupils at folk high schools in Norway was at same level as last school year 2004/2005. Most of the pupils completed their education at folk high schools. Only 5 per cent, or 340, of the pupils interrupted their education.

Tables:

• Table 1 Number of applicants, by age and county of residence. 2005
• Table 2 Number of pupils, by age and county of residence. 1st October 2005. Preliminary figures
• Table 3 Number of pupils, by county of residence versus school county. 1st October 2005. Preliminary figures
• Table 4 Number of pupils who completed/not completed a programme, by county of residence and age. School year 2004/05. Preliminary figures
• Table 5 Number of pupils, by age, gender and completed/not completed education. School year 2004/05. Preliminary figures