Vocational education

Producer:	Statistics Finland
Data:	Latest release: Completers of curriculum-based basic vocational education numbered 36,500 in 2012 29 Aug 2013 According to Statistics Finland, completers of curriculum-based vocational education provided by educational institutions numbered 36,500 in 2012. The number of completers was around 3,5 per cent up on the previous year. Fifty-two per cent of the qualifiers were men. The largest number, 42 per cent, of the qualifications were attained in the field of technology and transport. The next largest numbers were attained in the fields of welfare, health and sport (17 per cent), tourism, catering and home economics (12 per cent) and economics and administration (11 per cent). The shares of other fields of education were below 10 per cent. Next release: 6 Nov 2013
Description:	Statistics Finland compiles statistics on students and obtained qualifications in vocational education. The first annual statistics that become available are preliminary data on vocational education provided by educational institutions at the cut-off point of time of 20 September, and on participation in skills examinations during the calendar year. The final statistics are compiled from collected individual-based data. The final statistics on vocational education contain data on students registered at educational institutions on 20 September as participants in education leading to a vocational qualification, attainers of a qualification during the calendar year, and on participants in apprenticeship training for the calendar year. In accordance with the Statistics Act, the personal data from which these statistics are compiled are confidential. As a rule, the statistics produced from them are public. Read full description >>>
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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Vocational education [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-1986. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 7.10.2013].
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