Now professions are as popular as "studiespes"

In total, just under 69,500 students begin the first year of upper secondary education this fall and, for the first time in many years, so many people are beginning to study specialization and professional subjects. . Over the past four years, the professional occupation has varied between 48 and 49%.

– It is very nice that more people choose professional subjects. In a press release, we need a lot of skilled workers in the coming years, "said Jan Tore Sanner (H), Minister of Knowledge and Integration.

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Year-by-year figures show that health and education programs and construction and Engineering increases the most, with respectively 203 and 220 students more than last year. took place the first year.

– It's great that so many young people are seeing the possibilities in the professions, now that we better adapt them to professional life and make them more professional, "says Hege Nilssen, director of # 39; education. This increase largely reflects the number of candidates published by the Department of Education this spring. They showed that there were 1,200 more students this year compared to last year, and that this increase was highest in the areas of natural sciences, construction, health and of education

. from last year, and absolutely crucial to ensure businesses the right skills. But we must also shout a warning. There are even fewer professional occupations than when Erna Solberg became prime minister, and for some professions the situation is critical, says Martin Henriksen, spokesman Martin Henriksen at the Labor Party.

It shows that compared to the academic year

In autumn, fewer new students will be awarded to each of the TIP teaching programs, restoration and food science, electrical engineering and construction, compared to 2013. AP believes that it must be taken as a force to ensure the skills and recruitment of professions such as painters, masons and cooks.

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As in the previous year, there are many who have not had a place to study in the first year.

Out of a total of 190,698 applicants for the three years of high school more than 11,000 are now on the waiting list, while 3,000 have been rejected for various reasons.

Of the 92% who were offered space, only 85% received their first wish, a little less than last year. The Ministry of Education

In total, 1,600 fewer applicants to higher education this year were compared to last year.