http://www.stat.fi/til/kou_en.html Latest statistical information from Statistics Finland on Education en http://www.stat.fi/favicon.png http://www.stat.fi/til/kou_en.html 32 32 http://www.stat.fi/til/opiskt/2011/opiskt_2011_2012-01-26_tie_001_en.html The total number of students in education leading to a qualification or degree was 1.25 million in 2011. Preliminary data on 2011 indicate that the number of students remained unchanged in comparison with the previous year. The number of students decreased in comprehensive school and upper secondary general school education, but increased in vocational and polytechnic education. No significant changes took place in university education. These data derive from the education statistics compiled by Statistics Finland. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/opiskt/2011/opiskt_2011_2012-01-26_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/oaiop/2010/oaiop_2010_2011-12-14_tie_001_en.html According to data collected by Statistics Finland from educational institutions, a total of 5.7 million hours of teaching were given in adult education not leading to a qualification, which is 6 per cent more than in the year before. The number of participants (gross number of students) was two per cent less than in the previous year, totalled 2.2 million. Wed, 14 Dec 2011 07:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/oaiop/2010/oaiop_2010_2011-12-14_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/ava/2011/01/ava_2011_01_2011-12-14_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finland, nearly all completers of the full upper secondary general school syllabus in 2011 had studied English, and Finnish or Swedish during their attendance of upper secondary general school. German had been studied by 25 per cent, French by 17 per cent, Spanish by 16 per cent and Russian by seven per cent of the completers of upper secondary general school education. The proportions of those having studied other foreign languages remained at four per cent or below. They also vary considerably between genders in several languages. Wed, 14 Dec 2011 07:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/ava/2011/01/ava_2011_01_2011-12-14_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/khak/2010/khak_2010_2011-12-13_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finland, immediate continuation of studies was still more difficult in 2010 than in the year before for both completers of the 9th grade of comprehensive school and passers of the matriculation examination. Nine per cent of completers of the comprehensive school and 60 per cent of new passers of the matriculation examination failed to get a place for further studies. The share of those left outside further studies leading to a qualification or degree grew by around one-half of a percentage point from the previous year. Tue, 13 Dec 2011 07:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/khak/2010/khak_2010_2011-12-13_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/vkour/2010/vkour_2010_2011-12-02_tie_001_en.html By the end of 2010, a total of 3,005,000 persons in Finland had attained post-comprehensive level educational qualifications in upper secondary general school education, vocational education, polytechnic education or university education. Four decades earlier, their number was 3.4 times lower, or 882,000. By the end of 1970, one out of four and by the end of 2010 two out of three in the population aged 15 or over had attained a post-comprehensive level educational qualification. Fri, 02 Dec 2011 07:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/vkour/2010/vkour_2010_2011-12-02_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/pop/2011/pop_2011_2011-11-15_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finland, comprehensive schools had 541,900 pupils in 2011. The number of pupils in comprehensive school fell by 0.8 per cent from the year before. Forty-nine per cent of the pupils in comprehensive school were girls and 51 per cent were boys. The number of pre-primary education pupils was 58,800, of whom 12,600 were in pre-primary education in schools and 46,200 in day care. Tue, 15 Nov 2011 07:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/pop/2011/pop_2011_2011-11-15_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/akop/2011/01/akop_2011_01_2011-11-15_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finland, a total of 139,900 students attended polytechnic education leading to a degree in autumn 2011. This was 0,7 per cent more than in 2010. The number of new students was 38,800, which is 1,6 per cent less than one year previously. The numbers of students were highest in the fields of technology, transport and welfare, health and physical exercise. The number of students attending education leading to a higher polytechnic degree was 7,300 in 2011, which is 800 students more than in 2010. Tue, 15 Nov 2011 07:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/akop/2011/01/akop_2011_01_2011-11-15_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/aop/2010/04/aop_2010_04_2011-11-03_tie_004_en.html According to Statistics Finland, 59,700 students attended apprenticeship training leading to a qualification or degree during calendar year 2010. The number of students was 10 per cent lower than in the previous year. Thirty-nine per cent of the students attended training for an initial vocational qualification, 33 per cent for a further vocational qualification and 28 per cent for a specialist vocational qualification. The shares of men and women among the students were almost equal. New students numbered 21 700. Of the students, 14 300 completed an entire qualification. Of the completed qualifications, 42 per cent were initial vocational qualifications, 32 per cent further vocational qualifications and 26 per cent specialist vocational qualifications. The shares of men and women among completers of a qualification were equal. These data have been collected from the organisers of apprenticeship training. Thu, 03 Nov 2011 07:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/aop/2010/04/aop_2010_04_2011-11-03_tie_004_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/aop/2010/03/aop_2010_03_2011-11-03_tie_003_en.html According to Statistics Finland, 86,400 students participated in preparatory education for a skills examination during calendar year 2010. The number of students was 2 per cent up on the previous year. Forty-eight per cent of the students attended training for an initial vocational qualification, 44 per cent for further vocational qualification and 8 per cent for a specialist vocational qualification. Fifty-four per cent of the students were women. New students numbered 43,700. Of the students, 18,900 completed an entire qualification. Of the completed qualifications, 43 per cent were initial vocationa qualifications, 49 per cent further vocational qualifications and 8 per cent specialist vocational qualifications. Sixty per cent of the qualifiers were women. These data have been collected from educational institutions. Apprenticeship training is not included in these data. Thu, 03 Nov 2011 07:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/aop/2010/03/aop_2010_03_2011-11-03_tie_003_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/aop/2010/02/aop_2010_02_2011-08-30_tie_002_en.html According to Statistics Finland, completers of curriculum-based vocational education provided by educational institutions numbered 33,800 in 2010. The number of students was around 0,7 per cent up on the previous year. Fifty-three per cent of the qualifiers were men. The largest number, or 43 per cent, of the qualifications were attained in the field of technology and transport. The next largests numbers were attained in the fields of welfare, health and physical exercise (15 per cent) tourism, catering and economics (12 per cent) and business economics and administration (10 per cent). The shares of other fields of education were below 10 per cent. Tue, 30 Aug 2011 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/aop/2010/02/aop_2010_02_2011-08-30_tie_002_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/aop/2010/01/aop_2010_01_2011-06-22_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finland, the number of students in curriculum-based vocational education provided by educational institutions was 133,800 in 2010. New students numbered 50,700. The number of students was 2 per cent higher and that of new students 0,4 per cent lower than one year previously. Fifty-three per cent of students were men. The majority of students were studying in the fields of technology and transport (42 per cent), welfare and health (16 per cent) and tourism, catering and home economics (12 per cent). Data on students describe the situation of 20 september. Wed, 22 Jun 2011 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/aop/2010/01/aop_2010_01_2011-06-22_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/yop/2010/02/yop_2010_02_2011-06-16_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finland, a total of 29,100 university degrees were attained in Finland in 2010. Of the degrees attained in 2010, 12,400 were lower university degrees and 14,400 higher university degrees. Completed degrees at the doctorate level numbered 1,500. Foreign citizens attained 1,200 degrees. Women completed 58 per cent of all university degrees. Thu, 16 Jun 2011 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/yop/2010/02/yop_2010_02_2011-06-16_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/erop/2010/erop_2010_2011-06-09_tie_001_en.html Eight-and-a-half per cent of comprehensive school students, or over 46,700 pupils, had been transferred to special education in autumn 2010. The share was unchanged from the previous year. In all, 23.3 per cent of pupils, or 128,700 comprehensive school students received part-time special education during the 2009-2010 academic year. The number of pupils attending part-time special education grew by half a percentage point from the previous year. These data derive from Statistics Finlands Education Statistics. Thu, 09 Jun 2011 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/erop/2010/erop_2010_2011-06-09_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/lop/2010/lop_2010_2011-06-09_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finland, a total of 111,800 students attended upper secondary general school education leading to qualification in 2010. This is 0.3 per cent less than the year before. Fifty-seven per cent of the students in upper secondary general school education leading to a qualification were women. Upper secondary education was offered at 395 upper secondary schools and 44 other educational institutions. Thu, 09 Jun 2011 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/lop/2010/lop_2010_2011-06-09_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/ava/2010/02/ava_2010_02_2011-05-25_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finland, English was the most commonly studied foreign language on grades 1 to 6 of comprehensive school in the autumn semester of 2010. Sixty-seven per cent of the pupils attending grades 1 to 6 studied English either as a compulsory or optional foreign language. The percentages of pupils studying other foreign languages remained at 5 per cent or below. A total of 345,615 pupils attended grades 1 to 6. 177 312 of the pupils were boys and 168 303 were girls. Nearly all pupils attending grades 7 to 9 studied both English and Swedish or Finnish either as mother tongue, or as a compulsory, optional or elective foreign language. German was studied by 11 per cent and French by 6 per cent of the pupils attending grades 7 to 9, mainly as an optional or elective foreign language. A total of 186,368 pupils attended grades 7 to 9. 95 175 of the pupils were boys and 91 193 were girls. Wed, 25 May 2011 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/ava/2010/02/ava_2010_02_2011-05-25_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/kotal/2009/kotal_2009_2011-05-12_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finland, current expenditure on the regular education system increased by 4.1 per cent in 2009 compared with the previous year. Current expenditure on the regular education system totalled EUR 11.1 billion in 2009. Expenditure on comprehensive school education constitutes the biggest proportion of the current expenditure on the regular education system. Expenditure on comprehensive school education was EUR 4.0 billion in 2009. The next biggest proportions were university education and research, on which EUR 2.0 billion was expended, and vocational education on which EUR 1.5 billion was spent. Thu, 12 May 2011 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/kotal/2009/kotal_2009_2011-05-12_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/yop/2010/01/yop_2010_01_2011-04-20_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finland, a total of 169,400 students attended university education leading to a degree in 2010. This is 0,5 per cent more than in the year before. In 2010 the highest numbers of students were studying in the fields of science and technology, natural sciences and humanities. The proportion of women of all students attending education leading to a degree was 54 per cent and their proportion of new students was 55 per cent. Wed, 20 Apr 2011 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/yop/2010/01/yop_2010_01_2011-04-20_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/akop/2010/akop_2010_2011-04-07_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finland, a total of 21,900 polytechnic degrees were attained in Finland in 2010. This is 4 per cent more than in the year before. The numbers of degrees were highest in the fields of welfare, health and physical exercise as well as in technology and transport. The proportion of women of polytechnic degrees was 63 per cent. Higher polytechnic degrees were obtained by 1,253 students, of whom 64 per cent were women. Thu, 07 Apr 2011 06:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/akop/2010/akop_2010_2011-04-07_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/opku/2009/opku_2009_2011-03-15_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finland, 63 per cent completed vocational education aimed at young people within three-and-a-half years. The completion rate for vocational education improved by 1.6 percentage points from the previous year. Men's pass rate of vocational education improved by nearly 2.5 percentage points and was nearly a percentage point higher than women's. In other sectors of education pass rates remained on level with the year before. Tue, 15 Mar 2011 07:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/opku/2009/opku_2009_2011-03-15_tie_001_en.html http://www.stat.fi/til/opty/2009/opty_2009_2011-03-15_tie_001_en.html According to Statistics Finland's data, employment during studies decreased slightly in 2009 from the previous year. Still more than one-half, or 55 per cent, of students were employed during their studies. The share of students employed during studies fell by 3.5 percentage points from the previous year. Employment during studies was most widespread among university students, as 60 per cent of them had an employment contract while studying. The share of students employed during studies was 57 per cent among polytechnic students and those in upper secondary vocational education. Tue, 15 Mar 2011 07:00:00 GMT http://www.stat.fi/til/opty/2009/opty_2009_2011-03-15_tie_001_en.html