Elementary education Leerlingen EDUCATION SCHOOL POPULATION 5 ADULT Adult basic education 1 Number of course participants by field of study in secondary adult education and adult basic education Secondary adult education M
F
n/a (1)
T
FIELD OF STUDY
M
F
T
Community studies
3,762
7,171
10,933
Dutch
1,322
1,831
3,153
Dutch as a second language
7,202
7,718
14,920
Information and communication technology
2,693
5,933
8,626
375
949
1,324
FIELD OF STUDY
489
938
-
1,427
39
90
-
129
Literacy education Dutch as a second language
3,984
5,721
9,705
Building
2,935
537
1
3,473
Mathematics
1,896
1,664
3,560
Car mechanics
4,664
241
1
4,906
Tailor-made courses ‘Maatwerk’
83
202
285
Caring
1,173
8,979
1
10,153
21,317
31,189
52,506
Chemistry
638
244
-
882
Commerce
5,179
5,058
-
10,237
Decoration
9
10
-
19
36,464
49,274
10
85,748
98
16,524
-
16,622
General training
4,294
4,613
1
8,908
Heat and cooling
1,269
42
-
1,311
Home economics education
3,262
10,564
5
13,831
16,529
25,614
9
42,152
156
186
-
342
Agriculture and horticulture Bookbinding
Dutch as a second language Fashion
Information and communication technology Jewellery
7
212
-
219
Languages guide stage 1 and 2
24,164
41,064
14
65,242
Languages guide stage 3 and 4
3,298
7,085
1
10,384
51
340
-
391
Library, archive and documentation science
148
351
-
499
Maritime education
171
16
-
187
7,056
972
3
8,031
194
34
-
228
7,954
9,149
4
17,107
189
4,323
1
4,513
6,490
7,719
7
14,216
114
252
-
366
3
65
-
68
191
269
-
460
2,657
1,030
4
3,691
113
15
-
128
129,998
195,810
62
325,870
Lacemaking
Leather-working
Mechanics - Electricity Musical instrument making Nutrition Personal hygiene Printing technology Special educational needs Textile crafts Tourism Woodworking Wrought ironwork Total
Languages
Total
2 Changes in the number of course participants in secondary adult education and adult basic education (1) number
330,000
328,087 325,870
325,000 324,903 322,744
320,000 315,576 315,000 314,576 310,000 2009-2010
2010-2011
2012-2013
2011-2012
2013-2014
2014-2015
reference period
Secundary adult education number
52,506
52,000
50,000
48,000
46,000
47,861 45,909
45,780 45,283
(1) For a small number of course participants the gender was not registered. 44,000
42,000 2010-2011
2011-2012
2012-2013
2013-2014
2014-2015
reference period
Adult basic education (1) In secondary adult education and adult basic education the number of unique enrolments in the same training during the reference period is reported. The school years refer to the relevant reference periods. For adult basic education, only the data for the last 5 reference periods are available
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