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Discontinuation of education

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF)
The statistics on discontinuation of education describe discontinuation of post-comprehensive level education by sector of education and by educational institution, field of education and region. The data are produced by combining several register data and published once a year.

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Seven per cent of students discontinued their studies in the academic year 2020/2021

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Discontinuation of education increased in upper secondary level particularly in vocational education and decreased in tertiary level education in 2020

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Altogether 5.9 per cent of students discontinued education

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Altogether 5.4 per cent of students discontinued education

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A total of 5.1 per cent of students discontinued education

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Discontinuation of education decreased further

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