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Ninety-four per cent of completers of the 9th grade of comprehensive school continued in upper secondary level education in 2022

release 20/11/2023 | Entrance to education 2022

According to Statistics Finland, there were 60,800 completers of comprehensive school aged under 19 in 2022. Forty-two per cent of them continued in vocational education and 52 per cent in general upper secondary education. In all, 5.4 per cent continued in guidance or preparatory education. In 2022, altogether 0.8 per cent of completers of comprehensive school did not continue in the above-mentioned education.

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In 2022, new transition phase education was started: preparatory education for an upper secondary qualification (TUVA) and folk high school year for those of compulsory education age.
Under one 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 grew from the previous year.
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.