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Published: 6 November 2012
Students in apprenticeship training number 56 900 in 2011
According to Statistics Finland, 56,900 students attended apprenticeship training leading to a qualification or degree during calendar year 2011. The number of students was 5 per cent lower than in the previous year. Forty-one per cent of the students attended training for an initial vocational qualification, 30 per cent for a further vocational qualification and 29 per cent for a specialist vocational qualification. Fifty-two per cent of the students were women. New students numbered 22 000. Of the students, 13 300 completed an entire qualification. Of the completed qualifications, 45 per cent were initial vocational qualifications, 30 per cent further vocational qualifications and 25 per cent specialist vocational qualifications. Fifty-five per cent of the qualifiers were women. These data have been collected from the organisers of apprenticeship training.
New students, students and qualifications in apprenticeship training by field of education 2011
Field of education | New students total | Students total | Completers of a qualification total |
Total | 21 977 | 56 876 | 13 271 |
Humanities and Education | 454 | 1 185 | 264 |
Culture | 536 | 1 375 | 252 |
Economics and Administration | 8 124 | 20 549 | 4 972 |
Natural sciences | 159 | 602 | 186 |
Technology and Transport | 6 824 | 18 353 | 4 137 |
Natural resources and the Environment | 517 | 1 280 | 214 |
Welfare, Health and Sport | 3 211 | 8 702 | 2 210 |
Tourism, Catering and Home economics | 2 152 | 4 830 | 1 036 |
Source: Education. Statistics Finland
Inquiries: Reija Vento 09 1734 3279, koulutustilastot@stat.fi
Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma
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Updated 6.11.2012
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
Vocational education [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-1986. Students in preparatory education for a skills examination and/or passers of a skills examination in the calendar year 2011. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 13.8.2022].
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