Appendix table 2. Language choices of comprehensive school pupils in 2010, girls
Compulsory language A1 | Optional language A2 | Compulsory language B1 | Elective language B2 | Girls total | Share of girls in grades 1-6 % | Share of girls in grades 7-9 % | ||
Grades | Studied language | |||||||
Grades 1-6 | English | 106 634 | 6 749 | - | - | 113 383 | 67.4 | - |
Swedish | 1 503 | 6 995 | - | - | 8 498 | 5.0 | - | |
Finnish | 6 876 | 529 | - | - | 7 405 | 4.4 | - | |
French | 1 312 | 2 691 | - | - | 4 003 | 2.4 | - | |
German | 1 668 | 4 924 | - | - | 6 592 | 3.9 | - | |
Russian | 485 | 481 | - | - | 966 | 0.6 | - | |
Sami | 0 | 130 | - | - | 130 | 0.1 | - | |
Other | 136 | 318 | - | - | 454 | 0.3 | - | |
Grades 7-9 | English | 83 173 | 7 258 | 169 | 58 | 90 658 | - | 99.4 |
Swedish | 1 019 | 7 323 | 75 798 | 4 | 84 144 | - | 92.3 | |
Finnish | 4 875 | 542 | 111 | 1 | 5 529 | - | 6.1 | |
French | 746 | 2 418 | 159 | 4 403 | 7 726 | - | 8.5 | |
German | 932 | 5 222 | 217 | 5 106 | 11 477 | - | 12.6 | |
Russian | 324 | 196 | - | 1 075 | 1 595 | - | 1.7 | |
Sami | 2 | 21 | - | 5 | 28 | - | 0.0 | |
Latin | 0 | 0 | - | 205 | 205 | - | 0.2 | |
Other | 10 | 151 | - | 1 603 | 1 764 | - | 1.9 |
Source: Education. Statistics Finland
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Updated 25.5.2011
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Appendix table 2. Language choices of comprehensive school pupils in 2010, girls
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