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<title>Number of pupils transferred to special education unchanged, small increase in part-time special education</title>
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<description>Eight-and-a-half per cent of comprehensive school students, or over 46,700 pupils, had been transferred to special education in autumn 2010. The share was unchanged from the previous year. In all, 23.3 per cent of pupils, or 128,700 comprehensive school students received part-time special education during the 2009-2010 academic year. The number of pupils attending part-time special education grew by half a percentage point from the previous year. These data derive from Statistics Finlands Education Statistics.</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Number of pupils transferred to special education unchanged, more students in part-time special education</title>
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<description>Eight-and-a-half per cent of comprehensive school students, or over 47,000 pupils, had been transferred to special education in autumn 2009. The number was almost unchanged from the previous year. Around 23 per cent, or 127,900 comprehensive school students, received part-time special education during the 2008-2009 academic year. The number of pupils attending part-time special education grew by 1,600 from the previous year. These data derive from Statistics Finlands Education Statistics.</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>More students transferred to special education, fewer receive part-time special teaching</title>
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<description>In autumn 2008, good eight per cent of comprehensive school students, or 47,300 pupils, had been transferred to special education. Although the total number of pupils attending comprehensive school diminished, the number of transfers to special education went up by 1,200 from the previous year. The number has been growing for more than a decade. Twenty-two per cent of pupils, or 126,300 comprehensive school students, received part-time special teaching during the 2007-2008 academic year. The number of pupils attending part-time special education diminished by 2,400 from the previous academic year. These data derive from Statistics Finland's Education Statistics.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>More and more comprehensive school pupils attend special education</title>
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<description>In autumn 2007, eight per cent of comprehensive school students, or 46,100 pupils, had been transferred to special education. Although the total number of pupils attending comprehensive school diminished, the number of transfers to special education went up by 1,400 from the previous year. The number has now been growing for more than a decade. Twenty-two per cent of pupils, or 128,600 comprehensive school students, attended part-time special education during the 2006-2007 academic year. The number of pupils attending part-time special education also increased slightly from the previous year. These data derive from Statistics Finland's Education Statistics.</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Number of pupils increased in full-time but decreased in part-time special education</title>
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<description>In autumn 2006, a total of 44,700 comprehensive school pupils, or eight per cent of all pupils attending comprehensive school, had been transferred to full-time special education. Although the total number of pupils attending comprehensive school diminished by one per cent, the number of transfers to special education went up by four per cent from the previous year. The number has now been growing for more than a decade. By contrast, after many years of growth the number of pupils attending part-time special education declined slightly. In the 2005-2006 academic year, comprehensive school pupils attending part-time special education numbered 128,000, one per cent fewer than one year previously. However, the share of pupils attending part-time special education among all comprehensive school pupils remained at 22 per cent, that is, unchanged from one year earlier. These data derive from Statistics Finland's Education Statistics.</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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