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Appendix table 2. 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 | 274 237 | 135 992 | 52 715 | 29 753 | 326 952 | 165 745 |
Curriculum-based basic vocational education | 156 427 | 69 378 | 1 399 | 557 | 157 826 | 69 935 |
Preparatory initial vocational education for a skills examination | 71 257 | 41 571 | 17 871 | 9 860 | 89 128 | 51 431 |
Preparatory education for further vocational qualifications | 36 952 | 19 893 | 17 603 | 9 892 | 54 555 | 29 785 |
Preparatory education for a specialist vocational qualification | 9 601 | 5 150 | 15 842 | 9 444 | 25 443 | 14 594 |
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 2. Students in vocational education by type of education 2017
. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 27.12.2024].
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