Published: 14 December 2012
Educational institutions' adult education not leading to a qualification had 2.2 million participants in 2011
According to data collected by Statistics Finland from educational institutions, a total of 5.6 million hours of teaching were given in adult education not leading to a qualification, which is two per cent less than in the year before. The number of participants (gross number of students) was one per cent more than in the previous year, totalled 2.2 million.
Educational institutions' adult education not leading to a qualification by type of education in 2011
Type of education | Participants (gross) | Women % | Teaching hours |
Further vocational education, not apprenticeship training | 103 916 | 45 | 410 059 |
Further vocational education, apprenticeship training | 5 527 | 69 | 64 661 |
Employment training for adults | 66 355 | 43 | 1 240 252 |
Courses ordered by the employer | 238 189 | 50 | 403 615 |
Education organised as liberal adult education | 1 661 913 | 72 | 2 915 856 |
Open polytechnic teaching | 15 800 | 66 | 283 361 |
Open university teaching 1) | 43 226 | 76 | 69 164 |
Other education | 95 512 | 54 | 256 434 |
Total | 2 230 438 | 67 | 5 643 402 |
The highest number of participants attended education organised as liberal adult education, where the gross number of students was 1.7 million and their net number was 990 000. The number of teaching hours was also highest in liberal adult education, at 2.9 million hours. The highest share (29 per cent) of all the teaching hours given in adult education not leading to a qualification was given in the field of culture, especially in crafts and design.
In 2011, students in basic level education outside comprehensive school in upper secondary general schools, folk high schools and vocational institutes numbered 2,400, of whom 1,450 were studying the full comprehensive school curriculum and 950 attended additional education (10th grade).
Source: Education. Statistics Finland
Inquiries: Riitta Auvinen 09 1734 3569, koulutustilastot@stat.fi
Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma
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Adult education of educational institutions [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-4551. 2011. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 5.11.2024].
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