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Support for learning

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF)
Statistics on support for learning describe pupils having received intensified or special support in comprehensive schools, part-time special education and special education in vocational education. The data are collected with an inquiry and from the KOSKI database. The data are published once a year.

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Support for learning 2011-2021

database release | Support for learning 2011-2021

Intensified or special support was received by 23 per cent of comprehensive school pupils in 2021

release | Support for learning 2021

Intensified or special support for every fifth comprehensive school pupil

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One in five comprehensive school pupils received intensified or special support

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Nearly one in five comprehensive school pupils received intensified or special support

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Increasingly more comprehensive school pupils received intensified or special support

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10.06.2022

Share of comprehensive school pupils having received intensified and special support among all comprehensive school pupils in 2000 to 2021

Line chart where the shares of girls and boys having received part-time special education are described as percentages of the numbers of girls and boys in comprehensive school in the school years 2001/2002 to 2020/2021. The share of boys has remained at 20 to 25 per cent throughout the examination period. In the school year 2001/2002, the share of girls was under 15 per cent, but has risen fairly steadily since then and was already 20 per cent in the school year 2020/2021. Years in rows, percentages on vertical axis.
10.06.2022

Part-time special education, remedial teaching, special needs assistance, interpretation services and special equipment received by pupils with intensified or special support, %

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