5 reasons to Finland's success in

education

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 An education system
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culture of trust
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The support system
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well-being in school
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5 Teaching education
 1. An education system for All

Education is regarded
as a fundamental right for
all citizens and is free at
all levels: from pre-
primary to higher
education.
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• There is a strong support by the Finnish government for students in

need through "Kela", a Finnish government agency in charge of settling
benefits under national social security programs. Financial aid by Kela is
provided in the form of the following benefits: Study grants, housing
supplement and student loans.
• Education in Finland is mostly financed by public funds.
 2. Culture of trust
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• The education system in Finland is based to a large extent on trust: The

Finnish Government has confidence in theskills of teachers and the
teaching staff. Sahlberg (2011) claims that teachers currently enjoy great
respect and trust in Finland.
• The educational institutions of the country have - at all levels- a high
degree of autonomy.
• Teachers also receive a great amount of educational autonomy.
• As the national curriculum in Finland provides the schools
with general guidelines, the individual schools and their
teachers have a huge impact on making their own school-
specific curriculum.
• In their professional practice, teachers can alsoindependently
decide what textbooks and teaching materials theywould like to
use.
3. The support system

According to the new National Core

Curriculum for BasicEducation (2016), there
are three levels of support for learningand
school attendance: general, intensified and
special support.
• General support is the first response to a pupil's needfor support.
Usually this means individual pedagogical solutions,guidance, and
support measures which seek to improve thesituation at an early stage as
a part of daily school life and everyday teaching. General support is
provided as soon as a needarises, and no specific evaluations or decisions
are required.
• Intensified support (for a limited time) is provided when general
support is not enough, and it iscontinued for as long as the pupil needs it.
Usually the pupils need several support forms. Intensified support is
provided as part of mainstream education using flexible teaching
arrangements.
• Special support is provided to pupils who cannot adequately achieve
the goals set for their growth, development or learning (National Core
Curriculum for Basic Education 2016: 159).
 4. Well-being in schools
• In Finland, it has been realized that the well-being of
studentsis a basic requirement for successful learning .
• No standardized testing;
• Cooperation not competition;
• Makes the basics a priority;
• Education should be an instrument to balance out social inequality.

• All students receive free school meals;

• Ease of access to health care;

• Psychological counseling;

• Individualized guidance
• Finland has no standardized tests. Their only exception is
something called the National Matriculation Exam, which is a
voluntary test for students at the end of an upper -secondary school
(equivalent to an American high school.)
• All children throughout Finland are graded on an individualized
basis and grading system set by their teacher. Tracking overall
progress is done by the Ministry of Education, which samples
groups across different ranges of schools.
• A more relaxed atmosphere;
• Less homework and outside work required;
• Consistent instruction from the same teachers
• The general aim is to recognize thestudents as individual
personalities and to see and accept thedifferences between them.
 5. Teaching education
• Teaching is a highly regarded profession in Finland
• Teacher education, especially class teacher education, is one of the most
desired study programs. Because of the large numbers of applicants for
class teacher education only 10 – 15% of the applicants can be accepted
(Niemi 2012).
• Teaching is a highly regarded profession in Finland
• Teacher education, especially classteacher education, is one of the
mostdesired study programs. Because of the large numbers of
applicants for class teacher education only 10 – 15% of the
applicants can beaccepted (Niemi 2012).
• Admission tests to teacher training:

• The first step is to pass a national written exam called ‘Vakava’. The test is taken at the
same time by all teacher candidates across thecountry. If the candidate has achieved enough
points in the ‘Vakava’tes t, he or she can go on with the second application step that
isorganized at each university. The admission test on the localuniversity level usually consists
of an interview and a group session.

• In Finland, the selective structure of teacher training is considered by Finnish education

experts as one of the main reasons for thesuccessful performance of Finland in the PISA
studies (Meri 2007;Sahlberg 2013).