Appendix table 1. Language choices of comprehensive school pupils in 2010, boys
Compulsory language A1 | Optional language A2 | Compulsory language B1 | Elective language B2 | Boys total | Share of boys in grades 1-6 % | Share of boys in grades 7-9 % | ||
Grades | Studied language | |||||||
Grades 1-6 | English | 111 824 | 6 616 | - | - | 118 440 | 66.8 | - |
Swedish | 1 416 | 5 630 | - | - | 7 046 | 4.0 | - | |
Finnish | 7 140 | 557 | - | - | 7 697 | 4.3 | - | |
French | 852 | 1 748 | - | - | 2 600 | 1.5 | - | |
German | 1 408 | 4 118 | - | - | 5 526 | 3.1 | - | |
Russian | 358 | 329 | - | - | 687 | 0.4 | - | |
Sami | 1 | 80 | - | - | 81 | 0.0 | - | |
Other | 117 | 308 | - | - | 425 | 0.2 | - | |
Grades 7-9 | English | 87 172 | 6 994 | 141 | 42 | 94 349 | - | 99.1 |
Swedish | 837 | 5 463 | 80 949 | 3 | 87 252 | - | 91.7 | |
Finnish | 5 196 | 516 | 98 | 1 | 5 811 | - | 6.1 | |
French | 488 | 1 271 | 70 | 1 493 | 3 322 | - | 3.5 | |
German | 727 | 3 816 | 174 | 3 407 | 8 124 | - | 8.5 | |
Russian | 194 | 135 | - | 631 | 960 | - | 1.0 | |
Sami | 1 | 13 | - | 1 | 15 | - | 0.0 | |
Latin | 0 | 0 | - | 137 | 137 | - | 0.1 | |
Other | 17 | 118 | - | 664 | 799 | - | 0.8 |
Source: Education. Statistics Finland
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Updated 25.5.2011
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