Upper secondary education, 1 October 2009, preliminary figures

As per October 1 2009, 34 000 apprentices were registered in upper secondary education, which is a decrease of 10 per cent from the previous year. Variations in the size of the age cohorts do not explain the change. The decline is most pronounced in large education programmes such as electricity and electronics, building and construction and technical and industrial production.

Fewer pupils attend programme for restaurant and food processing

Preliminary figures as per 1 October 2009 show that 75 000 pupils were registered as attending upper secondary level 1 (vg1). In some of the vocational education programmes there has been a decline in the number of pupils. The number of pupils in vg1 restaurant and food processing has dropped by approximately 20 per cent since 2006. Another programme with a considerable reduction in the number of pupils was the vg1 programme for building and construction, which decreased by 11 per cent compared with the preceding year.

Tables:

• Table 1 Pupils, apprentices, trainees in upper secondary education, students and participants in upper secondary education, by age, type of school/institution and gender. 1 October 2009. Preliminary figures
• Table 2 Pupils, apprentices and trainees in upper secondary education, by education programs, grade and county of residence. 1 October 2009. Preliminary figures
• Table 3 Pupils, apprentices and trainees in upper secondary education, by education programmes /field of study. Percentage of women. 1 October 2009. Preliminary figures
• Table 4 Pupils, apprentices and trainees in upper secondary education, immigrants and norwegian-born to immigrants, by gender. 1 October 2009. Preliminary figures
• Table 5 Pupils, apprentices and trainees in upper secondary education in per cent of registered cohorts 16 -18 years, immigrants and norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by gender. 1 October 2009. Preliminary figures
• Table 6 Pupils in folk high schools, long courses, by age and county of residence. 1 October 2009. Preliminary figures
• Table 7 Pupils in folk high schools, long courses, by gender, age and completed/not completed education. School year 2008/2009. Preliminary figures
• Table 8 Vocational examination candidates, by category and results. School year 19981
• Table 9 Completed educational programmes in upper secondary education, by gender and results - school year 2008/09. Preliminary figures