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Table 1 Percentage of school leavers from publicly funded secondary schools in Scotland by destination category: 1992/93 to 2006/07

Year

Number of
Leavers

Full Time
Higher
Education

Full time
Further
Education

Training

Employment

Unemployed
and Seeking
Employment
or Training

Unemployed
and Not
Seeking
Employment
or Training

Other Known
Destinations

Destination
Unknown

1992/93

55,800

25

15

19

21

13

6

1993/94

53,694

27

15

18

22

14

4

1994/95

56,832

27

16

16

24

14

3

1995/96

57,372

28

17

14

23

14

4

1996/97

60,381

29

18

11

25

13

3

1997/98

58,462

29.8

18.6

9.5

26.2

13.1

2.9

1998/99

57,198

31.0

18.5

8.0

25.9

14.0

2.7

1999/00

55,569

31.5

19.3

7.1

26.0

12.6

3.5

2000/01

57,067

32.4

19.8

6.4

24.0

13.7

3.7

2001/02

56,513

32.1

20.3

5.7

22.6

15.8

3.4

2002/03

57,266

31.0

21.0

5.0

23.0

12.0

4.0

4.0

2003/04

56,537

29.5

20.9

4.5

25.0

13.3

3.1

3.8

2004/05

55,952

31.4

21.3

4.9

26.6

10.2

2.9

2.7

2005/06

56,619

30.5

23.2

5.1

26.2

11.1

2.2

1.6

2006/07

57,364

29.7

23.3

5.1

28.3

10.8

1.5

1.4

Percentages may not total 100 per cent due to rounding
Leavers going onto voluntary work are included under 'unemployed not seeking'
Raw data on school leavers destination was not held by the Scottish Government prior to 1996/97 and so unrounded figures are unavailable

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