Folk high schools (discontinued), 2002

The statistics are published on national and county level. Statistics for municipality level can be ordered.

Yearly.

Not relevant

All education statistics at Statistics Norway is proper stored after standard routines and after consultation with The Data Inspectorate.

The purpose of these statistics is to show different sides on education by folk high schools. These statistics aim to show the extent of courses regarding the participants gender, age, county of residence, citizenship and other individual characteristics, together with education for special need groups.

Prior to 2001, folk high schools based their reporting on forms with pupils on main courses and pupils who completed or interrupted their main course. This report was a part of statistics on upper secondary education. As of 2001, forms rapport was replaced with extensive electronic reports. The electronic reports also include applicants at long courses and participants at short courses. Activity associated with short courses is reported independent of the reporting of long courses. From 2008, folk high schools report their data by using an administrative system called NAVI.

Public administration, special interest organizations, the media and researchers.

Statistics over participants attending short courses are a part of statistics on adult education. The statistics is not included in the statistics for pupils and students.

Sections 2-2.

Not relevant

All folk high schools report their participants at short courses to NAVI once a year. The reports include both Norwegian and foreign participants.

The number of participants at short courses is not equal to the number of people, because one person can participate in several courses and therefore be registered as a participant several times.

Data is collected from a system called NAVI.

Full.

Folk high schools use an administrative system called NAVI.

All education data undergo on-receipt controls. It encompasses deletion of duplicates (units with identical variables), a control of correct and valid values for each variable. The data is also recoded so they are comparable. All personal id-numbers are checked for errors.

Not relevant.

Not relevant.

Electronic reports from folk high schools began in 2001. All folk high school statistics can be compared with previous years after 2001.