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Appendix table 1. New students in vocational education by type of education 2016
Educational institution -based education | Women | Apprenticeship training | Women | Total | Women | |
Types of vocational education total | 103 940 | 51 540 | 21 696 | 12 526 | 125 636 | 64 066 |
Curriculum-based basic vocational education | 46 767 | 21 273 | 356 | 140 | 47 123 | 21 413 |
Preparatory initial vocational education for a skills examination | 31 839 | 17 672 | 6 758 | 3 781 | 38 597 | 21 453 |
Preparatory education for further vocational qualifications | 21 124 | 10 337 | 7 943 | 4 575 | 29 067 | 14 912 |
Preparatory education for a specialist vocational qualification | 4 210 | 2 258 | 6 639 | 4 030 | 10 849 | 6 288 |
Source: Education. Statistics Finland
Inquiries: Soile Lampinen 029 551 3446, koulutustilastot@stat.fi
Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma
Updated 27.9.2017
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
Vocational education [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-1986. 2016,
Appendix table 1. New students in vocational education by type of education 2016
. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 27.12.2024].
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