Published: 11 December 2013
Educational institutions' adult education not leading to a qualification had 2.2 million participants in 2012
According to data collected by Statistics Finland from educational institutions, a total of 5.5 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 half a per cent less than in the previous year, totalled 2.2 million.
Educational institutions' adult education not leading to a qualification by type of education in 2012
Type of education | Participants (gross) | Women % | Teaching hours |
Further vocational education, not apprenticeship training | 116 572 | 41 | 421 834 |
Further vocational education, apprenticeship training | 4 813 | 74 | 53 719 |
Employment training for adults | 59 488 | 49 | 1 174 666 |
Courses ordered by the employer | 201 723 | 47 | 335 139 |
Education organised as liberal adult education | 1 677 441 | 73 | 2 938 349 |
Open polytechnic teaching | 14 356 | 66 | 269 872 |
Open university teaching 1) | 44 615 | 79 | 70 510 |
Other education | 100 977 | 55 | 249 565 |
Total | 2 219 985 | 67 | 5 513 654 |
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 980,000. 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 2012, students in basic level education outside comprehensive school in upper secondary general schools, folk high schools, adult education centres and vocational institutes numbered 2,530, of whom 1,650 were studying the full comprehensive school curriculum and 880 attended additional education (10th grade).
Source: Education. Statistics Finland
Inquiries: Riitta Auvinen 09 1734 3569, koulutustilastot@stat.fi
Director in charge: Riitta Harala
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Adult education of educational institutions [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-4551. 2012. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 17.8.2024].
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