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Thousand more apprentices
There were roughly 38 200 apprentices in upper secondary education as per 1 October 2008. From 2007 to 2008, the number of apprentices increased by 2.5 per cent. A total of 27 per cent of the apprentices were girls.
Since 2004, the number of apprentices has expanded every year. From 2004 to 2008, the number of apprentices rose by nearly 9 200 or 32 per cent. Almost 21 300 candidates sat vocational examinations in the school year 2007/2008; an increase of 2 000 from the previous year.
9 per cent are immigrants or Norwegian-born to immigrant parents
There were 226 000 pupils, apprentices and trainees in upper secondary education as per 1 October 2008. A total of 19 700 of the pupils, apprentices and trainees were immigrants or Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, 13 400 immigrants and 6 300 Norwegian-born to immigrant parents respectively.
Increase in number of trainees
There were approximately 1 000 trainees in upper secondary education in autumn 2008; an increase of 150 from the previous year. Trainees aim for a less comprehensive test than the vocational examination. Two out of three trainees were boys.
Tables:
- Table 1 Completed educational programmes in upper secondary education, by gender and results - school year 2007/08
- Table 2 Vocational examination candidates, by category and results. School year 1998/99-2007/08
- Table 3 Pupils, apprentices, trainees in upper secondary education, students and participants in upper secondary education, by age, type of school/institution and gender. 1 October 2008
- Table 4 Pupils, apprentices and trainees in upper secondary education, by field of study1, grade and county of residence. 1 October 2008
- Table 5 Pupils, apprentices and trainees in upper secondary education, by education programmes /field of study. Percentage of women. 1 October 2008
- Table 6 Pupils, apprentices and trainees in upper secondary education, immigrants and norwegian-born to immigrants, by gender. 1 October 2008
- Table 7 Pupils, apprentices and trainees in upper secondary education in per cent of registered cohorts 16 -18 years, immigrants and norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by gender. 1 October 2008
- Table 8 Pupils in folk high schools, long courses, by age and county of residence. 1 October 2008
- Table 9 Pupils in folk high schools, long courses, by gender, age and completed/not completed education. School year 2007/2008
Contact
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Daniel Instebø
E-mail: daniel.instebo@ssb.no
tel.: (+47) 45 12 72 66
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Anna-Lena Keute
E-mail: anna.keute@ssb.no
tel.: (+47) 95 44 30 88