Norway Yearbook - 2003

Education
I 84.
Transition from lower secondary school to folk high schools and upper
secondary education. Per cent
County of lower secondary school
Pupils who finished primary and lower secondary school still in education
1 October same year
Source: Education statistics, upper secondary education, Statistics Norway. More information: http://www.ssb.no/utvgs_en/
I 85
1996 1997 1998 1999
2000 Both
sexes
The whole country 96.9 96.8 96.7 96.2 96.2 96.0 95.9 96.1
østfold 96.6 96.0 96.6 95.4 95.4 95.3 95.3 95.3
Akershus 97.3 96.9 97.0 97.0 96.2 96.3 96.4 96.1
Oslo 94.6 95.0 95.3 95.1 94.9 94.9 95.4 94.3
Hedmark 97.6 98.1 97.5 97.5 96.6 97.2 97.1 97.3
Oppland 97.8 97.5 97.8 96.9 97.4 96.8 96.4 97.3
Buskerud 97.4 96.7 95.7 95.6 96.1 95.1 95.4 94.9
Vestfold 98.0 98.2 97.7 96.8 97.0 96.9 97.3 96.5
Telemark 97.7 97.5 96.9 95.8 95.9 96.6 96.5 96.7
Aust-Agder 97.7 96.6 96.8 95.7 96.8 93.6 93.3 93.9
Vest-Agder 98.0 97.7 96.9 97.2 96.2 96.3 95.7 97.0
Rogaland 97.5 97.6 97.1 96.9 96.7 97.5 97.1 97.9
Hordaland 97.0 96.9 97.1 96.3 96.4 95.4 95.9 94.9
Sogn og Fjordane 97.9 97.6 97.3 97.0 96.4 97.5 97.2 97.7
Møre og Romsdal 97.4 97.1 95.6 96.2 96.7 96.3 95.7 96.8
Sør-Trøndelag 98.1 98.2 97.8 97.5 97.5 97.1 97.5 96.7
Nord-Trendelag 97.8 97.8 98.1 98.0 97.8 97.8 97.3 98.3
Nordland 95.7 96.1 95.9 95.3 95.8 95.3 95.1 95.6
Troms 95.5 94.8 95.7 94.4 95.7 94.9 94.1 95.8
Finnmark Finnmárku 90.8 90.3 91.4 93.6 91.2 91.3 89.7 92.9
Area of study
Pupils under the Upper Secondary Education Act, by type of course and area
of study. 1 October 20011
Total
One-year basic
course
Type of course
Advanced
course I
2001
Boys
Girls
Other courses under
Advanced
the Upper Secondary
course 11
Education Act
Total 163 829 63926 53752 41 570 4581
General areas of studies, total .... 92 938 29714 28229 33 779 1 216
General and business studies 82 015 25652 24731 30452 1180
Music, dance and drama 4657 1 778 1 527 1 334 18
Sports and physical education 6266 2 284 1 971 1 993 18
Vocational areas of studies, total 2 68203 34212 25 523 7791 677
Health and social studies 15224 6495 5855 2 845 29
Agriculture, fishing and forestry 3819 1 509 1 318 937 55
Arts, craft and design 12 629 5 377 4682 2412 158
Hotel and foodprocessing trades 6034 3484 2 380 49 121
Building and construction trades 5 148 2862 2213 18 55
Technical building 1 912 923 760 182 47
Electrical trades 8890 4469 3 334 993 94
Engineering and mechanical trades. . . 9221 5 178 3615 340 88
Chemical and processing trades 690 380 310 - -
Woodworking trades 635 358 247 15 15
Journalism and reporting 1 495 1168 314 - 13
Sales and service 2 506 2009 495 2
Technical vocational trades 2 688 - - - 2 688
1lncluding pupils under the Upper Secondary Education Act in colleges. 2lechnical vocational school pupils are not included in vocational
areas of study.
Source: Education statistics, pupils under the Upper Secondary Education Act, Statistics Norway.
More information: http;//www.ssb.no/utelstud_ers/ and httpí/www.ssb.no/utvgs_enl
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