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Monday April 12, 2021

ViLLE aims to promote education amid pandemic

Collaborative online education platform "ViLLE," which won the 2020 edition of UNESCO's Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in Education Prize, aims to help promote education amid the COVID-19 pandemic, said the platform's developer, reported Xinhua. The platform has been designed to help decrease the global learning debt caused by

Published: 22:52 pm,Monday 5 April 2021

Comprehensive schools had 566,600 pupils in 2020

Comprehensive schools had 566,600 pupils in 2020, which is 0.4 per cent higher than that of a year before, according to Statistics Finland. Forty-nine per cent of the pupils were girls and 51 per cent were boys. A total of 371,400 pupils attended grades 1 to 6 of comprehensive

Published: 01:10 am,Friday 2 April 2021

Helsinki University gets 31,929 applications in spring

A total of 31,929 students (32,541 in 2020) applied to the University of Helsinki in the joint application procedure of Finnish higher education institutions that closed on Wednesday, said the university in a press release. Of the applicants, 29,919 applied to bachelor’s degree programmes (31,192 in 2020) and 2,083

Published: 21:29 pm,Monday 22 March 2021

We must not leave future generations behind: Niemelä

Helsinki University pat-time Rector Jari Niemelä on Monday emphasised the urgency of finding solutions to problems caused by climate change and biodiversity loss, a wicked pair of problems. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the anniversary week of the university he said inclusivity can be promoted by directing the

Published: 21:46 pm,Friday 12 March 2021

WFP makes Skinnari global champion for school feeding

Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Ville Skinnari has been named a global champion for school feeding by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), said the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in a press release on Friday. In this role, Skinnari will promote global awareness of school meals

Published: 10:50 am,Monday 8 March 2021

Finland works for rule of law in developing countries

Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Ville Skinnari and Rector of the University of Helsinki Sari Lindblom on Monday signed a cooperation agreement to establish the Rule of Law Center, said the Ministry for Foreign Affairs ion a press release. Finland is strengthening the rule of law activities

Published: 21:53 pm,Wednesday 3 March 2021

Helsinki issues basic education guide for Int’l residents

The City of Helsinki has published a basic education guide for the international families, said an official press release on Wednesday. The guide is a useful tool for new families who would like to know more about basic education in English, bilingual education and other options in different languages

Published: 23:05 pm,Tuesday 2 March 2021

New Joint application deadline 7 April

The deadline of the joint application procedure for education after comprehensive school has been extended until 7 April considering the coronavirus situation, said the Ministry of Education and Culture in a press release on Tuesday. This spring’s deadline for applying for vocational education and training, general upper secondary education,

Published: 00:49 am,Tuesday 2 March 2021

Most student exchanges dropped for epidemic

The higher education institutions had to cancel the majority of the student exchanges planned for the spring term due to the coronavirus pandemic, said the Finnish National Agency for Education in a press release on Monday. Especially the number of outgoing students from Finland remains lower than anticipated. On

Published: 01:11 am,Saturday 27 February 2021

20 infected, many exposed to coronavirus at Suutarinkylä school

Suutarinkyläperuskoulu (Comprehensive School) will go for exceptional teaching arrangements from Monday for one week after 20 students and staff of the school were infected with coronavirus while several others were exposed to it. Education Division’s Deputy Executive Director Satu Järvenkallas on Friday decided that the grades 7-9 in the

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