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The educational system in Finland. Local autonomy in education is quite extensive in Finland. Local administration is the responsibility of municipalities .
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The educationalsystem in Finland • Localautonomy in education is quiteextensive in Finland. Localadministration is the responsibility of municipalities. • Municipalitiesprovidemost of pre-primary, primary and uppersecondaryeducation in Finland and commonlygiveindividualschoolslargeautonomy in designingtheirowncurricula and education. • Finnishhighereducationinstitutionsarefundedby the state. • Alleducation in Finland, frompre-primary to tertiarylevels, is free of charge, as well as schoollunch.
Pre-primary education, which is voluntary, is arranged for one year before basic education. • Compulsory education begins at the age of 7 and lasts for 9 years. It is provided in a single structure system called basic education.
Upper secondary education is provided by general and vocational upper secondary schools. • The general age to take upper secondary studies is from 16 to 19 years. • Tertiary education is provided by universities and polytechnics. • Adult education is arranged at all levels of the education system. It may lead to qualifications or be related to general self-development.
Compulsory schools have lessons which last for 45 minutes. After every lesson pupils have fifteen-minute break. • School days can have from 5 to 7 lessons. • A full school day (7 lessons) begins at 8 am and ends at 3 pm.