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Appendix table 1. Changes from previous year made to educational institutions of the school system by type of educational institution 2012

Type of educational institution	Number	Total change	New	Closed down	Merged	Not in operation	Operation re-started	Students 1)
11 Comprehensive schools 2)	2 644	-73	4	-47	-25	-5	-	520 000
12 Comprehensive school level special education schools	110	-8	-	-1	-7	-	-	5 600
15 Upper secondary general schools	381	-7	-	-1	-6	-	-	118 000
19 Comprehensive and upper secondary general level schools 2)	41	-	-	-	-	-	-	26 600
21 Vocational institutes	124	-5	-	-	-5	-	-	176 200
22 Special needs vocational institutes	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	5 200
23 Specialised vocational institutes	34	0	1	-	-1	-	-	28 600
24 Vocational adult education centres	26	-	-	-	-	-	-	36 700
28 Fire, police and security service institutes	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	300
29 Military vocational institutes	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	..
41 Polytechnics	27	-	-	-	-	-	-	147 700
42 Universities	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	168 200
43 Military academies	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	800
61 Music schools and colleges	88	-	-	-	-	-	-	66 700
62 Sports institutes	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	4 600
63 Folk high schools	80	-2	-	-	-2	-	-	20 700
64 Adult education centres	195	-1	-	-	-1	-	-	526 700
65 Study circle centres	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	33 700
66 Summer universities	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	34 900
99 Other educational institutions	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	600
Total	3 838	-96	5	-49	-47	-5	-	1 921 800

1) The data on the number of students are mainly as on 20 September 2012 and include the number of all students educational institutions belonging to the type of educational institution independent of the level of education.
2) The type of educational institution for two educational institutions was changed from type 11 to type 19.

Source: Education Statistics. Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Mika Witting 09 1734 3571, koulutustilastot@stat.fi

Director in charge: Riitta Harala

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Updated 19.2.2013