Subject choices of students

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The statistics on subject choices of students contain data on the subject choices in comprehensive school and upper secondary education. The data are mainly obtained from the KOSKI database and they are produced annually.

Correction

Release and database tables 12ad, 139d and 139p of the reference periods 2022 were corrected.
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Releases

Subject choices of students 2023, upper secondary level education | Release
Subject choices of students 2023, basic education | Release
Subject choices of students 2022, upper secondary level education | Release
Subject choices of students 2022, comprehensive school pupils | Release
Subject choices of students 2021, upper secondary level education | Release

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Figures

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Foreign language studying by upper secondary level students by sex and region in 2023

Foreign language studying by comprehensive education pupils of grades 1 to 9 by grade and academic year

Pupils studying English in grades 1 to 9 of comprehensive education by grade, region and academic year

Documentation

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Referencing instructions

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Subject choices of students [online publication].
ISSN=1799-1056. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 22.12.2024].
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