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VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN FINLAND Lauri Kurvonen 13.9.2007 Helsinki

VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN FINLAND Lauri Kurvonen 13.9.2007 Helsinki. THE EDUCATION SYSTEM OF FINLAND. 3). 5 4 3 2 1. 4. POLYTECHNICS. 3 2 1. UNIVERSITIES. SPECIALIST VOCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS. WORK EXPERIENCE. FURTHER VOCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS. 2). 3 2 1. 3 2 1. VOCATIONAL

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VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN FINLAND Lauri Kurvonen 13.9.2007 Helsinki

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  1. VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN FINLANDLauri Kurvonen 13.9.2007Helsinki

  2. THE EDUCATION SYSTEM OF FINLAND 3) 5 4 3 2 1 4 POLYTECHNICS 3 2 1 UNIVERSITIES SPECIALIST VOCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS WORK EXPERIENCE FURTHER VOCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS 2) 3 2 1 3 2 1 VOCATIONAL UPPER SECONDARY EDUCATION and TRAINING GENERAL UPPER SECONDARY EDUCATION 1) An additional 10th year is voluntary giving pupils an opportunity to improve their grades and clarify their career plans. 2) Vocational upper secondary education and training is arranged in vocational schools (including at least six months of on-the-job learning) and in the form of apprenticeship training. Adults can obtain vocational upper secondary qualifications also in competence tests. 3) The Ministry of Education has granted permission to a number of polytechnics for trial post-graduate degree programmes for 2002-2005. 1) 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 C o m p u l s o r y WORK EXPERIENCE e d u c a t i o n BASIC EDUCATION PRE-PRIMARY EDUCATION AGE SCHOOL YEARS

  3. Vocational Qualifications in Finland Further vocational qualifications Initial vocational qualifications Specialist vocational qualifications Curriculum based education Competence-based qualifications

  4. CURRICULUM BASED EDUCATION

  5. General Objectives of Vocational Education and Training • knowledge and skills necessary for vocational competence and (self-)employment • knowledge and skills needed in further studies and in life-long learning • support for personal growth and citizenship

  6. The Curricular System of Vocational Education and Training • qualification-specific national core curriculum (NBE) • education provider’s curriculum based on the national core curricula • more detailed, enables adapting to local needs • student’s personal study plans

  7. Natural Resources5 Vocational qualifications Technology and Transport26 Vocational qualifications Business and Administration2 Vocational qualifications Tourism, Catering and Home Economics5 Vocational qualifications Health and Social Services5 Vocational qualifications Culture5 Vocational qualifications Leisure and Physical Education4 Vocational qualifications Sectors and qualifications

  8. Composition of studies in the vocational qualifications (3 years = 120 credits) • Vocational studies 90 credits • field-specific • study-programme specific • includes 20 credits (minimum) of • on-the-job training • Core subjects 20 credits • Free-choice studies 10 credits

  9. COMPETENCE-BASED QUALIFICATIONS

  10. Post-graduate degrees Doctor’s Licentiate’s Academic degrees Master’s Bachelor’s Upper secondary schools, Matriculation examination Vocational education BasicEducation Pre-school education The Education System of Finland Polytechnics (AMK institutions) Competence-based qualifications Universities Further polytechnic degrees Specialist vocational qualifications Further vocational qualifications Polytechnic degrees

  11. ADULT EDUCATION IN FINLAND 1/3 • Provided by about 1000 educational institutions • Annual number of students about one million, amounting to every other adult • Direct budgetary funding accounts for 14% of the estimates of expenditure of the Ministry of Education • Open provision of studies constituting a part of certificate-oriented programmes

  12. ADULT EDUCATION IN FINLAND 2/3 • In the course of the 1990s it was developed a new system of competence-based qualifications designed for the adult population • The system has been regulated since 1999 by Act (631/1998) and Decree (812/1998) • Variously obtained professional skills are allowed to be demonstrated in tests of competence independent of education

  13. ADULT EDUCATION IN FINLAND 3/3 • Preparatory training for competence-based examinations • Apprenticeship training • Additional and supplementary training to update, extend and vocational competence

  14. LEVELS OF QUALIFICATIONS • INITIAL VOCATIONAL QUALIFICATION • THE BASIC SKILLS OF THE PROFESSIONAL SECTION (THE SAME QUALIFICATION THE YOUNG PEOPLE ACQUIRE IN THREE-YEARS PROGRAMMES) • FURTHER VOCATIONAL QUALIFICATION • SKILLED WORKER, PROFESSIONAL OF THE SECTION (BASIC VOCATIONAL TRAINING+ADDITIONAL STUDIES+ THREE YEARS’ WORK EXPERIENCE) • SPECIALIST VOCATIONAL QUALIFICATION • THE MOST DEMANDING TASKS OF THE SECTION (BASIC VOCATIONAL TRAINING+ADDITIONAL STUDIES+FIVE YEARS’ WORK EXPERIENCE)

  15. STRUCTURES OF COMPETENCE-BASED QUALIFICATION SYSTEM • QUALIFICATION TITLES (340) • Ministry of Education • NATIONAL REQUIREMENTS (320) • National Board of Education • Educational committees (31)

  16. NUMBER OF QUALIFICATION PARTICIPANTS IN 1995-2002

  17. NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS IN 2001 • BASIC VOCATIONAL 11 000 30 % • FURTHER VOCATIONAL 22 500 61 % • SPECIALIST VOCATIONAL 3 500 9 % • TOTAL 37 000 100 %

  18. 1. www.edu.fi the Finnish education portal information in Finnish, Swedish and English 2. www.oph.fi National Board of Education information in Finnish, Swedish and English 3. www.oph.fi/info/recognition The Finnish National Reference Point for Vocational Qualifications

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