Published: 23:22 pm,Saturday 16 March 2024
Vantaa welcomes to a city-wide parents’ evening on 21st March!
The first years of a child are essential for the development of literacy and linguistic skills. Reading aloud to an infant has been found particularly beneficial. Good literacy is a key factor in for example prevention of marginalization. The city-wide parents’ evening in Vantaa will provide tips and information
Published: 01:25 am,Tuesday 12 March 2024
Helsinki to serve Mediterranean food at schools, daycare centres
Schools and daycare centres within Palvelukeskus Helsinki’s meal service will have a Mediterranean food theme from Tuesday to Thursday, said the City of Helsinki in a press release on Monday. The theme week introduces tastes from France, Italy and Greece to the plates of the pupils and daycare children
Published: 03:17 am,Thursday 1 February 2024
Finland grants record number residence permit for studies last year
Finland granted a total of 12,795 first residence permits on study ground in 2023 and the number is 4412 higher compared to the number of previous year, said the Finnish Immigration Service (Migri) on Wednesday. In 2022, a total of 8,383 students were granted residence permits in Finland. The total
Published: 02:09 am,Saturday 20 January 2024
63,000 students apply to Finnish universities´ English programmes
The joint application to degree programmes in English at Finnish higher education institutions attracted over 63 000 applicants, said the Finnish National Agency For Education in a press release on Friday. The number of applicants is about 3 % higher compared to the number in 2023. The first joint application
Published: 00:50 am,Saturday 13 January 2024
Finland willing to support Ukraine´s education development
Finland is willing to support reconstruction efforts in Ukraine in the field of education and preparedness for this was established at a ministerial meeting in Helsinki on Thursday, said the Ministry of Education and Culture in a press release. In connection with the meeting, State Secretary Mikaela Nylander and
Published: 01:14 am,Wednesday 13 December 2023
3,200 students to lose Kela benefit
The Social Insurance Institution-Kela decided to discontinue student financial aid for about 3,200 students due to insufficient progress in their studies, said Kela in a press release on Tuesday. Kela monitored study progress of 230,000 students in higher education students and upper secondary education level this autumn and took
Published: 02:47 am,Wednesday 6 December 2023
Minister for improving students' skills by adding more lessons
Minister of Education Anna-Maja Henriksson on Tuesday said that restructuring of educational policies and resources for implementing the changes will be needed to improve learning outcomes. The Minister made the remark following the findings of the OECD’s PISA 2022 (Programme for International Student Assessment), which showed that the learning
Published: 22:58 pm,Tuesday 5 December 2023
Performance of young Finnish students falls: PISA
The performance of Finnish young people has deteriorated, although it remains above the OECD average, according to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)´s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2022 published on Tuesday. In PISA 2022, Finnish young people aged 15 achieved the mean score of 484