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Appendix table 5. Comprehensive school pupils receiving part-time special education in the academic year 2009-2010 by primary reason for special education ¹⁾

Primary reason for part-time special education	Pre-primary education	Year-classes 1–6	Year-classes 7–9	Additional education	Total	Change from previous year	Change from previous year, %	Boys	Girls
Speech disorder	1 571	13 862	138	3	15 574	–869	–5,3	9 678	5 896
Reading or writing disorder	662	47 843	3 693	16	52 214	–394	–0,7	33 951	18 263
Learning difficulty in mathematics	112	19 619	10 762	43	30 536	731	2,5	13 835	16 701
Learning difficulty in foreign languages	7	2 764	8 927	17	11 715	–221	–1,9	6 906	4 809
Difficulties in adjustment or emotional disorder	118	3 241	3 738	14	7 111	272	4,0	5 438	1 673
Other learning difficulties	434	5 514	5 530	29	11 507	1 249	12,2	7 677	3 830
Total	2 904	92 843	32 788	122	128 657	768	0,6	77 485	51 172
Compared with number of pupils in comprehensive school, %	21,8	26,8	17,1	9,7	23,3	.	.	27,3	19,0
Number of pupils in comprehensive school on 20 Sept 2009	13 322	347 060	191 684	1 263	553 329	–7 732	–1,4	283 647	269 682

1) Data on part-time special education were collected on those pupils in the autumn 2009 having received part-time special education in the academic year 2009–2010. Each pupil is entered in the table only once according to the primary reason for part-time special education. The pupils accepted or transferred to special education who received part-time special education in addition to other special teaching arrangements are also counted as having received part-time special education.

Source: Education. Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Riikka Rautanen (09) 1734 2375, koulutustilastot@stat.fi

Director in charge: Jari Tarkoma

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Updated 9.6.2011