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2. Comprehensive school drop-outs in academic years 1999/2000–2008/2009

Academic year	Those having dropped out completely from compulsory education during the academic year 1)	Those past the age of compulsory education, left school without a leaving certificate 2)				Number of 9th graders in spring term
		Receivers of a school leaving report	Left without a school leaving report	Total	In comparison with the number of 9th graders at the end of spring term
1999/2000	90	69	124	193	0,29	66 821
2000/2001	69	79	131	210	0,33	64 512
2001/2002	63	82	109	191	0,31	62 095
2002/2003	79	63	98	161	0,26	61 419
2003/2004	67	94	84	178	0,28	64 456
2004/2005	70	94	124	218	0,34	64 350
2005/2006	60	86	92	178	0,27	66 473
2006/2007	55	79	73	152	0,23	66 230
2007/2008	47	56	59	115	0,17	67 388
2008/2009	39	69	81	150	0,23	65 687

1) Such persons of compulsory education age who did not take part at all in comprehensive school education during the academic year are regarded as having dropped out completely from compulsory education. There are those in each grade of school.
2) Those having left comprehensive school without a leaving certificate are those past the age of compulsory education who did not complete the whole comprehensive school syllabus during their compulsory education. Part of them received a school leaving report and part did not.

Source: Education 2008. Statistics Finland

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Updated 12.3.2010