Published: 10 December 2009
Educational institutions' adult education not leading to a qualification had 2.3 million participants in 2008
According to data collected by Statistics Finland from educational institutions, a total of 5.7 million hours of teaching were given in adult education not leading to a qualification, which is 4 per cent less than in the year before. The number of participants (gross number of students) was the same as in the previous year, totalled 2.3 million.
Educational institutions' adult education not leading to a qualification by type of education in 2008
Type of education | Participants (gross) |
Women % | Teaching hours |
Further vocational education, not apprenticeship training | 178,898 | 34 | 664,448 |
Furthr vocational education, apprenticeship training | 2,118 | 68 | 28,990 |
Employment training for adults | 47,823 | 49 | 1,026,841 |
Courses ordered by the employer | 228,505 | 47 | 417,408 |
Education organised as liberal adult education | 1,663,419 | 72 | 2,888,919 |
Open polytechnic teaching | 17,567 | 71 | 266,302 |
Open university teaching 1) | 51,089 | 79 | 83,946 |
Other education | 78,303 | 52 | 296,369 |
Total | 2,267,722 | 66 | 5,673,223 |
1) Excl. data on open university teaching implemented by the universities themselves. |
The highest number of participants attended education organised as liberal adult education, where the gross number of students was 1.7 million and their net number was one million. The number of teaching hours was also highest in liberal adult education, at 2.9 million hours. The highest share (28 per cent) of all the teaching hours given in adult education not leading to a qualification was given in the field of culture, especially in crafts and design.
Source: Education Statistics. Statistics Finland
Inquiries: Ms Riitta Auvinen +358 9 1734 3569, koulutustilastot@stat.fi
Director in charge: Mr Jari Tarkoma
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Last updated 10.12.2009
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
Adult education of educational institutions [e-publication].
ISSN=1799-4551. 2008. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 18.8.2024].
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