Educational finances

Producer:	Statistics Finland
Data:	Latest release: Current expenditure on regular education system increased in 2011 08 May 2013 According to Statistics Finland, current expenditure on the regular education system increased by 3.5 per cent in 2011 compared with the previous year. Current expenditure on the regular education system totalled EUR 11.9 billion in 2011. Expenditure on comprehensive school education constitutes the biggest proportion of the current expenditure on the regular education system. Expenditure on comprehensive school education was EUR 4.2 billion in 2011. The next biggest proportions were university education and research, on which EUR 2.3 billion was expended, and vocational education on which EUR 1.7 billion was spent. Next release: Statistical releases will not be issued in English from these statistics in 2013.
Description:	The statistics on educational finances contain data on the finances and costs of the entire educational system. The data on the costs of education are compiled according to national classifications, as well as according to international classifications and concept definitions, thereby making them internationally comparable and reportable. The data are compiled according to the principles and specifications of the International Standard Classification of Education, ISCED, and the UOE data collection system of international organisations (UNESCO, OECD, Eurostat). Most of the data are obtained from administrative registers. With regard to the educational institutions within the state contribution system of education the data are based on those collected by the National Board of Education and with regard to municipal pre-primary and comprehensive school and upper secondary general education on those collected by Statistics Finland separately in connection with the data collection for statistics on the finances of municipalities for the state contribution system of education. The data on universities derive from the central bookkeeping of the state and from those on the research expenditure of universities collected by Statistics Finland for statistics on science, technology and research. The data on state study aid derive from the Social Insurance Institution’s statistics on student benefits. The data are public. Read full description >>>
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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Educational finances [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-0963. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 8.10.2013].
Access method: http://www.stat.fi/til/kotal/index_en.html.

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