High Level Summary of Statistics Trend Last update: Friday, May 16, 2008
Further Education Students at Scotland's Colleges (FECs)
The number of further education enrolments at FE level in Scotland's colleges has increased dramatically since 1994-95. There are now 398,120 FE enrolments, an increase of 88% since 1994-95.
There has been a steady decline in FE enrolments since peaking in 2001-02. Enrolments have fallen from 450,790 in 2001-02 to their current level, which represents a decrease of 12% over this period.
The majority of enrolments at FE level are for vocational courses. In 2004-05 vocational enrolments accounted for 86% of the total. Vocational enrolments have increased by 82% since 1994-95, but have fallen by 12% since 2001-02.
Fourteen per cent of enrolments are at non-vocational level. Over the period 1994-95 to 2004-05, non-vocational enrolments increased by 128%. Non-vocational enrolments have fallen by 7% since 2001-02.
Source: Scottish Funding Council (SFC)
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