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Number of students on 20 September used in calculating discontinuation:
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Statistics Finland, discontinuation of education
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Discontinuation of education by Year, Sector of education, Region of education and Information

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Discontinuation of education by Year, Sector of education, Region of education and Information
 Number of students on 20 September used in calculating discontinuation
School year 2023/2024 
Total 
WHOLE COUNTRY542,078
MK01 Uusimaa166,169
MK02 Southwest Finland50,321
General upper secondary education 
WHOLE COUNTRY102,125
MK01 Uusimaa37,408
MK02 Southwest Finland8,120
Vocational education 
WHOLE COUNTRY148,134
MK01 Uusimaa43,170
MK02 Southwest Finland12,297
Documentation of statistics ... confidential Numbers of students used in calculating discontinuation differ from total numbers of students,because part of students had to be removed from the data due to insufficient personal identity codes, for example.

Discontinuation data are not reported for groups of under 45 students due to the effect of random variation. However, these data are included in total numbers. The data on upper secondary general education include upper secondary general education aimed at young people, the data on vocational education include initial vocational qualifications, university of applied sciences education includes university of applied sciences degrees and university education lower and higher university degrees. Vocational education: students in initial vocational education who complete the entire qualification.

Region of education

Region of location of education, region of location of organiser of education in apprenticeship training. Classification: 1.1.[statistical reference year]
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