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Under two per cent of completers of the 9th grade of comprehensive school remained outside education in 2021 when compulsory education was extended

release | Entrance to education 2021

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According to Statistics Finland, there were 59,400 completers of comprehensive school aged under 19 in 2021. Forty-one per cent of them continued in vocational education and 53 per cent in general upper secondary education. In all, 1.2 per cent continued in voluntary additional basic education (10th grade) and 3.6 per cent in guidance or preparatory education. In 2021, altogether 1.8 per cent of completers of comprehensive school did not continue in the above-mentioned education. This share is under two per cent for the second successive year.

Pie chart on direct transition to further studies by completers of comprehensive school (aged under 19) in 2021. The majority of young people, 52.8 per cent, applied to general upper secondary school education and 40.5 per cent to vocational education. Altogether 1.8 per cent of pupils did not continue in any education

Key selections

  • The shares of those having primarily applied for and continuing in guidance or preparatory education grew from the previous years.
  • For the second year in a row, under two per cent of completers of comprehensive school did not continue in education leading to a qualification or in transition phase education.
  • The share of those continuing in vocational education remained on level with three previous years in 2021.
  • The shares of those primarily applying to general upper secondary school education and of those continuing in general upper secondary school education decreased from the previous year.

Bar chart on the shares of completers of the 9th grade of comprehensive school not continuing in education and those continuing in transition phase education in 2014 to 2021. The share of those not continuing in education has dropped from 4.4 to 1.8 per cent between 2014 and 2021. The share of those continuing in guidance or preparatory education has risen from 0.7 to 3.6 per cent and that of those continuing in voluntary additional basic education (10th grade) has remained more or less unchanged, 1.2 per cent.

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11g4
Classifications used:
  • Gender
  • Applying further studies
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annual
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11fy
Classifications used:
  • Further studies
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annual
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11ga
Classifications used:
  • Gender
  • Applying for further studies
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annual
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11g8
Classifications used:
  • Further studies
  • Gender
Period:
annual
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11gf
Classifications used:
  • Sector of education
  • Gender
  • Prior qualification
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annual
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11gg
Classifications used:
  • Education
  • Prior qualification
  • Field of education
  • Gender
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