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Reduced number of examination candidates
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Apprentices and apprenticeship examinations, 1 October 2002

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Reduced number of examination candidates

20 000 candidates sat for vocational examinations between the 1st of October 2001 and the 30th of September 2002. This is a reduction of almost 4 percentage points compared with the corresponding figures the year before.

Preliminary figures for 2002 show that there were approximately 20 000 candidates who sat for vocational examinations between the 1st of October 2001 and the 30th of September 2002. This is a reduction of almost 800 candidates or about 4 per cent from the previous year. About 35 per cent of the candidates were females, and approximately 93 per cent of the candidates passed the examinations. There was no difference in gender with respect to performance in the examinations.

1 000 apprentices in retail and service trades

The study of retail and service trades was established in 2000, and for the first time apprentices have been registered within this area of study. There were 1 000 apprentices by the 1st of October 2002. The other new area of study, media and communication trades, had over 200 apprentices. The number of apprentices within general, economic and management studies declined significantly from 2001 to 2002, by over 900 apprentices. The number of apprentices in this area of study was less than half of the previous year's figure. The number of apprentices in agriculture, fishing and forestry increased the most, by more than 21 per cent from the previous year. There was an increase between 2000 and 2001 as well. Most of the apprentices were still to be found within electrical trades as well as engineering and mechanical trades, with 5 600 and 5 470 apprentices respectively.

There were almost 29 500 apprentices registered in upper secondary education in 2002, and this is almost the same figures as in 2001.

Apprentices by gender and type of education. Preliminary figures 1st of October 2002

Significant female reduction in general, economic and management studies

The female proportion in general, economic and management studies had a significant decrease, from approximately 49 per cent in 2001 to nearly 8 per cent in 2002. The female decline in this field of study accounts for almost the same number of females in the new retail and service trades. This new area of study had a high portion of females, more than 72 per cent.

The distribution of gender among apprentices has remained stable. With just a few exceptions the female proportion has accounted for about 30 per cent of the total number of apprentices between 1997 and 2002. Building and construction trades had the lowest portion of females with just 1 per cent. Males still dominated the technical building, electrical trades and engineering and mechanical trades, with between 95 and 97 per cent of the total number of apprentices. While males dominated the technical subjects, females were in majority in health and social studies and arts, crafts and design, with more than 90 per cent. These trends have not changed from the previous year. Apart from media and communication and retail and service trades, agriculture, fishing and forestry had the highest female percentage increase. The female proportion in agriculture, fishing and forestry has increased by more than 9 per cent since 2000.

Finnmark has most new apprentices aged 25 years and older

The new apprentices are classified according to age groups, with 67 per cent aged 20 years and younger, and 33 per cent having more than 20 years of age. Apprentices aged 25 years and older account for about 10 per cent of the total number of apprentices. In Finnmark this age group comprise almost 21 per cent, the highest among the counties.

There are almost 14 400 new apprentices in upper secondary education in the school year of 2002/2003, almost 49 per cent of the total number of apprentices. New apprentices accounted for almost half of the total number of apprentices in the school year of 2001/2002 as well. There were however some variations among the counties - Oslo, Aust-Agder and Troms had the least proportion of new apprentices, with about 46 per cent. In Hedmark, Telemark and Hordaland the proportion was 50 per cent or higher. Buskerud had the least proportion of females among the new apprentices, with a little more than 26 per cent. Sør-Trøndelag had the highest, with almost 37 per cent.

Nine out of ten passed vocational examinations

Approximately 93 per cent of the candidates who sat for vocational examinations between the 1st of October 2001 and the 30th of September last year passed. Candidates within general, economic and management studies and chemical and processing trades had the best results, with a pass-rate of 96 per cent. Highest rate of failure was within arts, crafts and designs and within technical building trades, with failure rates above 14 per cent.

Rogaland had candidates with the highest pass-rate in vocational examinations, with about 2 160 candidates, 34 per cent of them were females. Finnmark had the lowest number of passing candidates, with almost 320.

Increase in failure rate of pupils with alternative upper secondary courses

The failure rate for pupils with alternative upper secondary courses increased by 7 per cent from the school year of 2000/2001 to 2001/2002. About 7100 out of approximately 20 000 candidates who sat for vocational examinations were practice candidates, 12 350 apprentices and 550 were pupils with alternative upper secondary courses. 95 per cent of the practice candidates passed the vocational examinations, while the corresponding proportions among apprentices and pupils in alternative secondary courses were 93 and 63 per cent respectively.

The statistics are published annually.

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