In recent years, the Nordic country has shown a decline in performance, but Finnish students continue to perform well above the OECD average. The education system in Finland is based on a comprehensive education structure, which is offered free of charge at all levels, from pre-primary to ...
Being a student in Finland has many advantages. From high-tech labs to well-stocked libraries, university campuses are equipped with all the facilities that knowledge-hungry students need. A degree from one of the world-quality Finnish higher education institutions is your natural first step to pa...
the government has also made temporary changes in the Basic Education Act (i.e. the legislation guiding work in comprehensive schools) to make sure the most vulnerable student groups can still have access to school. That means schools are required to stay open for students in pre-school (the ...
Chinese students looking to Finland for education has declined by 24 percent since 2011. Meanwhile, the share of Asians of all foreign students has risen by 30 percent during the same period the Chinese news site Xinhuanet writes. This is an issue for Finland, as the country hopes to find ...
In this chapter, the teaching and learning in Finnish compulsory education during the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring and autumn terms of 2020 will be analyzed and discussed. First, preconditions, such as teacher and student digi-competences and digi-infrastructure for switching to distance ...
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The number of guests invited has varied from about 1,600 to 2,000. With the exception of ambassadors to Finland, only Finnish citizens are invited. The history of the Independence Day reception stretches back to 1919, when the first afternoon reception was held at the Presidential Palace. In...
Legislation has several confusing details and extremely badly worded chapters, making it one of the most draconian versions of EUCD in Europe. Once Finland's president(who has right to veto the law, but the right is used extremely rarely)approves the legislation, it will come into effect, typi...
there has been a positive association between men’s higher education and fertility49,59. For Nordic women, there was initially the reverse gradient (that is, higher levels of childlessness among those with higher education), but this has shifted over time, with women becoming increasingly similar...
Since 2000, English in Finland has evolved into a medium of instruction at all education levels. About 60% of Finns, particularly younger generations, are fluent in English largely due to formal education (Leppänen et al. 2011). Finland aims for “mother tongue plus two” proficiency, with...