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Published: 17 January 2008

Ninety-three per cent of completers of 9th grade of comprehensive school and 42 per cent of passers of matriculation examination in 2006 continued studies in the same year

Completers of comprehensive school numbered roughly 65,800, which is a good 2,000 up from the year before. One-half of them (60 per cent of women and 43 per cent of men) went on to study in upper secondary general school. Forty per cent (31 per cent of women and 49 per cent of men) went on to attend upper secondary level vocational education while 2 per cent went on to the 10th grade. Vocational education has grown more popular in recent years while upper secondary general school education has lost some of its popularity. Seven per cent of the completers of comprehensive school did not continue studying. The proportion of those who remained outside further studies grew by two percentage points from the year before.

New completers of the matriculation examination numbered 33,100, which is a good 1,000 down from the year before. Of the new completers of the matriculation examination 20 per cent entered university education, 17 per cent entered polytechnic education and 4 per cent entered upper secondary vocational education. The proportion of students who enter university education has grown slightly in recent years. A good one-half, or 58 per cent, of the completers of the matriculation examination in 2006 did not continue studying in their year of graduation. The number of those who remained outside further studies has been over one-half in recent years.

Direct transition to further studies of completers of the 9th grade of comprehensive school and the matriculation examination 2001-2006

		Year of graduation
		2006		2005	2004	2003	2002	2001
			%	%	%	%	%	%
Completers of 9th grade of comprehensive school		65,838	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Continued studies in year of graduation
in upper secondary general education		33,666	51.1	53.2	54.1	55.1	54.8	54.2
in upper secondary vocational education		26,374	40.1	39.4	38.4	37.0	36.7	36.1
on 10th grade of comprehensive school		1,353	2.0	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.6	2.9
Did not continue studies		4,445	6.8	4.9	5.0	5.5	5.9	6.8
Completers of the matriculation examination		33,091	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Continued studies in year of graduation
in upper secondary vocational education		1,398	4.2	4.4	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1
in polytechnic education		5,766	17.4	18.2	17.0	15.2	16.0	11.7
in university education		6,774	20.5	19.5	19.2	19.0	19.4	19.4
Did not continue studies		19,153	57.9	57.9	59.8	61.8	60.6	64.8

Source: Education Statistics, Statistics Finland.

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Director in charge: Mr Jari Tarkoma

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Last updated 17.1.2008