{"id":1172,"date":"2020-09-03T05:56:37","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T20:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2dpoint.net\/?p=1172"},"modified":"2020-09-03T11:32:38","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T02:02:38","slug":"why-is-finlands-school-education-system-considered-the-best-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2dpoint.net\/why-is-finlands-school-education-system-considered-the-best-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is Finland\u2019s education system consistently among the best in the world?"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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  1. {tooltip}OECD{endtext}Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development{end-tooltip} conducts {tooltip}PISA tests{endtext} Programme for International Student Assessment tests are conducted every 3 years.{end-tooltip} on the 65 countries that make up 90 percent of the world\u2019s economies, and evaluates critical thinking in math, science, and reading among 15 year olds.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Finland consistently features among the top 5 in the world & top 3 among non-Asian countries, a performance that experts believe is attributable \u00a0to various reasons.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Reason 1: The bar to become a teacher is very high.<\/b><\/li>\n
  4. To become a teacher one must meet certain criteria, the first being a Master’s degree from one of Finland\u2019s research universities; this degree takes 5 to 6 years to complete.<\/li>\n
  5. Then there is a multi-part entrance exam that includes reading and remembering the reading material, doing role plays with imaginary students, and panel-interviews.<\/li>\n
  6. It is said that around 8,500 candidates appearing for a typical entrance exam are so qualified that they could comfortably get into law, medicine, science, etc., but only 750 (8%) get selected to be teachers.<\/li>\n
  7. Reason 2: Nobody asks, \u201cWhich is the best school?\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n
  8. All schools are the same with the same national goals and they draw from the same pool of university-trained educators.<\/li>\n
  9. So, every student, be it someone in a rural village or in a university town, learns from the best.<\/li>\n
  10. All schools are funded by the government and it is illegal to set-up a private school to charge fees; everything in the school i.e. lunches, books, excursions, taxis (if required), etc. are free.<\/li>\n
  11. Reason 3: No-pressure, customizable teaching<\/b><\/li>\n
  12. A child in Finland starts education {tooltip}(Grade 1){end-text}It is mandatory by law that all students attend school from age 7 to age 16.{end-tooltip} at 7 years of age and is required to attend just 20 hours per week (on average, 4 hours per weekday) and this includes lunch and play times.<\/li>\n
  13. Individual teachers decide how the curriculum is taught and teaching is customized {tooltip}based on individual needs{end-text}If one thing doesn\u2019t work with a student, they try something else. Nearly 30% of all Finnish students receive some kind of special help during the first 9 years of their school.{end-tooltip} and learning styles; teachers spend as much (possibly more) time preparing teaching strategies than in the classrooms.<\/li>\n
  14. Tests & exams are given regularly but the results are not published or shared; they are used to evaluate the effectiveness of the teaching system.<\/li>\n
  15. Students start school between 9:00 am & 9:45 am because an early start is believed to affect learning and health.<\/li>\n
  16. Many schools are small enough so that teachers know every student, and students often have the same teacher for up to 6 years, making it family-like learning where a teacher takes the role of a mentor.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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