Published: 17 January 2008
Ninety-three per cent of completers of 9th grade of comprehensive school and 42 per cent of passers of matriculation examination in 2006 continued studies in the same year
Completers of comprehensive school numbered roughly 65,800, which is a good 2,000 up from the year before. One-half of them (60 per cent of women and 43 per cent of men) went on to study in upper secondary general school. Forty per cent (31 per cent of women and 49 per cent of men) went on to attend upper secondary level vocational education while 2 per cent went on to the 10th grade. Vocational education has grown more popular in recent years while upper secondary general school education has lost some of its popularity. Seven per cent of the completers of comprehensive school did not continue studying. The proportion of those who remained outside further studies grew by two percentage points from the year before.
New completers of the matriculation examination numbered 33,100, which is a good 1,000 down from the year before. Of the new completers of the matriculation examination 20 per cent entered university education, 17 per cent entered polytechnic education and 4 per cent entered upper secondary vocational education. The proportion of students who enter university education has grown slightly in recent years. A good one-half, or 58 per cent, of the completers of the matriculation examination in 2006 did not continue studying in their year of graduation. The number of those who remained outside further studies has been over one-half in recent years.
Direct transition to further studies of completers of the 9th grade of comprehensive school and the matriculation examination 2001-2006
Year of graduation | ||||||||
2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | |||
% | % | % | % | % | % | |||
Completers of 9th grade of comprehensive school | 65,838 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |
Continued studies in year of graduation | ||||||||
in upper secondary general education | 33,666 | 51.1 | 53.2 | 54.1 | 55.1 | 54.8 | 54.2 | |
in upper secondary vocational education | 26,374 | 40.1 | 39.4 | 38.4 | 37.0 | 36.7 | 36.1 | |
on 10th grade of comprehensive school | 1,353 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.9 | |
Did not continue studies | 4,445 | 6.8 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 6.8 | |
Completers of the matriculation examination | 33,091 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |
Continued studies in year of graduation | ||||||||
in upper secondary vocational education | 1,398 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.1 | |
in polytechnic education | 5,766 | 17.4 | 18.2 | 17.0 | 15.2 | 16.0 | 11.7 | |
in university education | 6,774 | 20.5 | 19.5 | 19.2 | 19.0 | 19.4 | 19.4 | |
Did not continue studies | 19,153 | 57.9 | 57.9 | 59.8 | 61.8 | 60.6 | 64.8 |
Source: Education Statistics, Statistics Finland.
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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
Entrance to education [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-4527. 2006. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 17.8.2024].
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