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Appendix table 1. New students in vocational education by type of education 2017
Educational institution-based education | Of whom women | Apprenticeship training | Of whom women | Total | Of whom women | |
Types of vocational education total | 103 847 | 52 408 | 23 037 | 13 399 | 126 884 | 65 807 |
Curriculum-based basic vocational education | 45 526 | 20 742 | 683 | 317 | 46 209 | 21 059 |
Preparatory initial vocational education for a skills examination | 33 769 | 19 130 | 8 067 | 4 551 | 41 836 | 23 681 |
Preparatory education for further vocational qualifications | 20 158 | 10 085 | 7 887 | 4 640 | 28 045 | 14 725 |
Preparatory education for a specialist vocational qualification | 4 394 | 2 451 | 6 400 | 3 891 | 10 794 | 6 342 |
Source: Education. Statistics Finland
Inquiries: Soile Lampinen 029 551 3446, koulutustilastot@stat.fi
Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma
Updated 27.9.2018
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
Vocational education [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-1986. 2017,
Appendix table 1. New students in vocational education by type of education 2017
. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 27.12.2024].
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