Special education

Producer:	Statistics Finland
Data:	Latest release: Intensified or special support was received by 11.4 per cent of comprehensive school pupils 12 Jun 2012 Intensified support was received by 3.3 per cent and special support by 8.1 per cent of comprehensive school pupils in autumn 2011. One year earlier the share of pupils receiving special support was 8.5 per cent. The intensified support required by new legislation was organised for the first time in 2011. The receivers of intensified support most commonly received part-time special education and the receivers of special support special needs assistance and/or interpretation services. These data derive from Statistics Finlands education statistics. Next release: 12 Jun 2013
Description:	Statistics Finland compiles statistics on pupils having received intensified or special support in comprehensive schools, part-time special education and special vocational education. Data are also collected on special education arrangements in upper secondary general schools but due to the low volume of the data, they are not reported on to any notable extent. Data on special education are published annually in Statistics Finland’s Educational Institutions publication. Read full description >>>
Keywords:	vocational education, special support, special education, education, students, pupils, comprehensive school, intensified support. Statistics by keywords >>>
Change:	The data content has been revised 08 Jun 2012 The data content of the statistics on special education in comprehensive schools has been revised starting from the year 2011 due to a reform of the Basic Education Act.

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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Special education [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-1617. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 9.5.2013].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/erop/index_en.html.

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