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• Lower stage comprehensive school takes six

years, classes 1-6, ages from 7 to 12

• Upper stage comprehensive school, classes 7-9

• additional teaching is available for one year after basic education, 10th class• It’s free

for everyone

Vocational education institutions and upper secondary schools

• Both usually take three years• After vocational education you are

qualificated to work in profession you have studied

• 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

• Every year about 30 000 students graduate from upper secondary school

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

• 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

• 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?

• 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