Ninety-three per cent of completers of the 9th grade of comprehensive school continued in upper secondary education in 2023

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release | Entrance to education 2023

According to Statistics Finland, there were 60,000 completers of comprehensive school in 2023. Forty-one per cent of them continued in vocational education and training and 52 per cent in upper secondary general education. Six per cent continued in preparatory education. One per cent of completers of comprehensive school did not continue in the above-mentioned education.

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  • Over 99 per cent of completers of comprehensive school applied to education in 2023.
  • An equal share continued in upper secondary general education as in the year before.
  • The share of those continuing in vocational education and training decreased from the previous year.
  • Among completers of comprehensive school, the same share as in the previous year did not continue in education leading to a qualification or in transition phase education.

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Entrance to education [online publication].
Reference period: 2023. ISSN=1799-4527. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 14.11.2024].
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