Vocational education

Producer:	Statistics Finland
Data:	Latest release: Students in apprenticeship training number 59 700 in 2010 03 Nov 2011 According to Statistics Finland, 59,700 students attended apprenticeship training leading to a qualification or degree during calendar year 2010. The number of students was 10 per cent lower than in the previous year. Thirty-nine per cent of the students attended training for an initial vocational qualification, 33 per cent for a further vocational qualification and 28 per cent for a specialist vocational qualification. The shares of men and women among the students were almost equal. New students numbered 21 700. Of the students, 14 300 completed an entire qualification. Of the completed qualifications, 42 per cent were initial vocational qualifications, 32 per cent further vocational qualifications and 26 per cent specialist vocational qualifications. The shares of men and women among completers of a qualification were equal. These data have been collected from the organisers of apprenticeship training. Next release: 21 Jun 2012
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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Latest release:
Students in apprenticeship training number 59 700 in 2010
03 Nov 2011
According to Statistics Finland, 59,700 students attended apprenticeship training leading to a qualification or degree during calendar year 2010. The number of students was 10 per cent lower than in the previous year. Thirty-nine per cent of the students attended training for an initial vocational qualification, 33 per cent for a further vocational qualification and 28 per cent for a specialist vocational qualification. The shares of men and women among the students were almost equal. New students numbered 21 700. Of the students, 14 300 completed an entire qualification. Of the completed qualifications, 42 per cent were initial vocational qualifications, 32 per cent further vocational qualifications and 26 per cent specialist vocational qualifications. The shares of men and women among completers of a qualification were equal. These data have been collected from the organisers of apprenticeship training.

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21 Jun 2012

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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.
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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Vocational education [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-1986. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 9.2.2012].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/aop/index_en.html.

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