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Finnish education system

Finnish education system. Pre-school. Six-year-old children Takes one year Organized in day care centres and primary schools It’s free for everyone. Basic education. Compulsory for all children who are permanent residents in Finland

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Finnish education system

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  1. Finnish education system

  2. Pre-school • Six-year-old children • Takes one year • Organized in day care centres and primary schools • It’s free for everyone

  3. Basic education • Compulsory for all children who are permanent residents in Finland • Lower stage comprehensive school takes six years, classes 1-6, ages from 7 to 12

  4. Upper stage comprehensive school, classes 7-9 • additional teaching is available for one year after basic education, 10th class • It’s free for everyone

  5. Vocationaleducationinstitutions and uppersecondaryschools • Both usually take three years • After vocational education you are qualificated to work in profession you have studied

  6. At the end of the upper secondary school the students take a matriculation examination which gives you better opportunities to become accepted into institutes of higher education • Everyyear about 30 000 students graduate from upper secondary school

  7. Universities and Institutes of higher education • Polytechnic qualification usually takes between 3.5 and 4.5 years • A matriculation examination or a basic upper secondary level vocational qualification is required to get into a polytechnic

  8. University usually takes 5 or more years • Matriculation examination is the easiest way to get into the university • After higher education you can get a doctorate

  9. 1 yksi = one = eins • 2 kaksi = two = zwei • 3 kolme = three = drei • 4 neljä = four = vier • 5 viisi = five = fünf • Moi! = Hello! = Hallo! • Anteeksi = Sorry = Entschuldigung • Kiitos = Thank you = Danke schön • Mitä kuuluu? = How are you? = Wie geht’s?

  10. http://www.mikkeliamk.fi/finnish_education_system • http://www.infopankki.fi/en-GB/Education_System/ • http://www.iisalmi.fi/loader.aspx?id=272b0e5b-1526-4e83-9987-cd7994f2f885 • http://finland.fi/public/default.aspx?nodeid=41803&contentlan=2&culture=en-US

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