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EDUCATION

Finland to implement a new action plan to prevent bullying

Foreigner.fi 1/28/21

It is proposed that action to combat bullying begins already in early childhood education and care.

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FOR 20,000 FAMILIES

Finland to reduce fees for early childhood education and care

Foreigner.fi 1/20/21

The Ministry of Education and Culture estimates that, as a result of the legislative amendments, approximately 20,000 families will be entitled to free early childhood education and care.

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STUDY IN FINLAND

Finland offers 5,500 places for English higher education programmes

Foreigner.fi 1/5/21

The first joint application of the spring 2021 to Finnish universities and universities of applied sciences begins on Thursday 7 January.

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HIGHER AMONG WOMEN

Educational qualifications highest among people aged 40 to 44

Foreigner.fi 11/6/20

The highest educated population lived in Uusimaa, where the population had completed an average of 4.3 years of post-comprehensive level education.

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EDUCATION

Finnish survey reveals increase in school absenteeism

Foreigner.fi 11/2/20

The reasons for absenteeism are wide-ranging and include illness, problems at home and social problems at school, such as bullying.

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REFORM

Finland to extend free compulsory education until the age of 18

Foreigner.fi 10/16/20

Education and daily meals will be free of charge, along with textbooks and other materials needed for teaching. Young people finishing their comprehensive school education in spring 2021,…

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GOVERNMENT PROPOSAL

Lower fees in early childhood education and care

Foreigner.fi 9/29/20

The first steps are to raise the income thresholds by 31%. At the same time, the maximum fee for a family’s second child in ECEC will be reduced from 50% to 40%.

Polls

Foreigner.fi readers think it is too early to reopen schools

Foreigner.fi 5/5/20

Foreigner.fi will ask a different question about Finland, Finnish lifestyle and world issiues every Friday on its official Twitter account @foreignerfi

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CORONAVIRUS

Sweden’s coronavirus approach different from Finland

Ali Abaday 3/24/20

The precautionary methods of Finland and Sweden are different, but both countries agree that they do not believe in the WHO recommendations.

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5.4% of students drop out of education

Foreigner.fi 3/13/20

Men discontinue studies more often than women.

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Finland's PISA good results attracted thousands of foreign educators

Eric Lipchis 2/10/20

16,000 visitors came from more than half of the countries in the world from 2004 to 2019.

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20,000 students competing for 4,700 high-education places in the joint application

Foreigner.fi 1/30/20

According to the Finnish National Agency for Education, the toughest competition for English study places was in the fields of arts and culture, social studies and health and welfare

Lifestyle

Government launches plan to reduce Finnish households overindebtedness

Foreigner.fi 1/29/20

Household debt in relation to income is higher than ever before. New forms of loans, operators outside the traditional banking sector and new practices have increased the availability and…

Lifestyle

Finland allocates 3 million to support children’s education in Syria

Foreigner.fi 12/11/19

In 2018, more than 70,000 children enrolled in school in Syria thanks to the cooperation between Finland and UNICEF, explains Finnish Ambassador Tarja Fernández.

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Estonia takes over as European leader in PISA education ranking

Foreigner.fi 12/3/19

Finnish Government remarked that when examining the relationship between life satisfaction and performance, "Finland stood out from other countries and economies." "Finland was the only…

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Three Moroccan students gained a place to study at Haaga-Helia University

Foreigner.fi 11/27/19

All three have been accepted to study Business Administration in Finland after passing the entrance exam held in Rabat. Managers of Akademia.fi confirmed they are working to organize…

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Low-educated Finns more likely to be childless

Foreigner.fi 11/22/19

Two-thirds of all childless Finnish women lived in core urban areas. The highest share was in Uusimaa and the lowest in Ostrobothnia.

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Finland closed 53 comprehensive schools during the last year

Foreigner.fi 11/18/19

11.6% of comprehensive school pupils received intensified support in autumn 2019 and 8.5% special support.

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Ministers Andersson and Kosonen to attend UNESCO General Conference

Foreigner.fi 11/11/19

Together with India and UNESCO, Finland will organise an official side event with a special Games Bar exhibition.

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Making young voices heard at Helsinki Education Week

Foreigner.fi 11/8/19

The event brought schoolchildren, students, education leaders and teachers together for an engaging learning experience.