21 amazing facts about the education system in Finland Bashny.Net

    




Over the last 40 years in Finland was implemented a huge reform of education, so the school system is always at the top of international rankings among other education systems.

The education system in Finland goes against the assessment models that use a large part of the Western world.

Students rarely take exams and do homework until they are in their Teens.

Children do not put grades in the first 6 years of schooling.

There is only one mandatory standardized test in Finland, which is taken to pass in 16 years.

Among the classes are not divided into smart students or underachievers.

Finland spends per student at 30 percent less than in the United States.

30 percent of children receive extra help during their first nine years in school.

66 percent of students go on to College.

The difference between weakest and strongest students is the smallest in the world.

Science classes are a maximum of 16 students to enable them to easily perform practical experiments.

93 percent of Finns graduated from high school (17.5 percent higher than in the US).

Elementary school students get 75 minutes of recess a day, despite the fact that American students receive an average of 27 minutes.

Teachers only spend 4 hours a day in class and 2 hours per week for "professional development".

In Finland the same number of teachers in new York city, but less students (600 000 students in Finland, compared to 1.1 million in NYC).

The school system is 100% funded by the state.

All teachers in Finland must have a master's degree, which is fully subsidized.

Only 10 percent among those wishing to become teachers (in 2010, 6600 wishing competed for 660 seats).

The average starting salary for a Finnish teacher is 29 000 dollars a year (in 2008).

Teachers have the status in society on the level of doctors and lawyers.

In international standardized tests, level of knowledge beginning in 2001, Finnish children takes pride of place in various Sciences, reading and mathematics. And it lasts for a decade.

       

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