Students in grade 9 who are eligible for vocational programmes, municipality of residence

Number of pupils in grade 9 who are eligible for a vocational programme divided by the number of pupils who received or would have received grades in at least one subject according to the target and knowledge-related grading system in grade 9. Percentage of statistics from 1998. In order to have upper secondary school eligibility for a professional programme, passing grades in Swedish or Swedish as a second language, English and mathematics and in at least 5 other subjects from elementary school are required. Up to and including 2011, passed grades in Swedish or Swedish as a second language, English and mathematics were required to achieve the lowest entry requirements to upper secondary school. ‘Local municipality’ means pupils in schools located in the municipality regardless of the place of registration. The task refers to academic years. If the total number of students is 40 or more and the number of non-qualified students is 1-4 students, the percentage of eligible students is shown as 95 percent. In 2016, students with unknown backgrounds were excluded. Source: The National Agency for Education (Siris).