Published: 10 December 2010
Educational institutions' adult education not leading to a qualification had 2.3 million participants in 2009
According to data collected by Statistics Finland from educational institutions, a total of 5.4 million hours of teaching were given in adult education not leading to a qualification, which is 5 per cent less than in the year before. The number of participants (gross number of students) was one per cent less than in the previous year, totalled 2.3 million.
Educational institutions adult education not leading to a qualification by type of education in 2009
Type of education | Participants (gross) | Women % | Teaching hours |
Further vocational education, not apprenticeship training | 130 300 | 38 | 416 215 |
Further vocational education, apprenticeship training | 4 237 | 58 | 25 972 |
Employment training for adults | 57 731 | 44 | 1 098 089 |
Courses ordered by the employer | 246 814 | 46 | 385 688 |
Education organised as liberal adult education | 1 665 398 | 72 | 2 901 097 |
Open polytechnic teaching | 16 421 | 70 | 211 790 |
Open university teaching 1) | 49 963 | 77 | 78 517 |
Other education | 83 292 | 51 | 295 662 |
Total | 2 254 156 | 66 | 5 413 030 |
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 one million. The number of teaching hours was also highest in liberal adult education, at 2.9 million hours. The highest share (28 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.
Source: Education 2009. 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. 2009. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 17.8.2024].
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