Finland is
known for so much of its greatness from Nokia, which was used by millions of
people in the world to Angry Birds in which we let our time fly. Yet more, the
country does not focus on money by putting the younger generation at stake in the
process to their success. Childhood in Finland is fresh and pure, indeed
the educational system plays behind. Education is remarkably disparate every
child goes to school only at age seven, does their schooling only three to four
hours a day, and having barely any homework. If you ask what the kids do with
their time by hardy going to school and doing homework, well they learn
practically unlike doing something in which they have no idea about or
interest, they do things what exactly a child should do, they spend time with
family, friends and engaging in stuff that they are interested in. When a child
begins schooling the same teacher stays with the kid for years building a bond
with each other and making their learning pattern easier.
“Finland came out of World War II as
an economically crippled agrarian society. In 1960, labor force growth
stopped, making economic growth dependent on knowledge and skills.”
Aren’t you already shocked enough, the most
important is they don’t pay the school fee and only a little for their higher
education and every kid in spite of their religion, gender, the social class they
go to the same school and have similar education it doesn’t matter if the child
is a daughter or son of a millionaire. What else, they have no regular mock
tests and exams and even if they did have at some point the marks are not
published to anyone which makes the student less competitive and more
cooperative with their friends. The school’s library and cafeteria are run by
the students with the help of their teachers which gives them responsibility at
the very young age and the school do not collect money for lunch, books and
even excursions from the parents so if you wonder where do they get money to
run these schools, well people pay tax and the government spend a maximum of the
tax money in education. But, one thing that everyone has to appreciate is
in Finland, for a person to become a teacher must have high scores and at least
masters unlike other in countries people choose teaching as their third or
fourth preference and Finnish teachers are respected more in their country
compared to any other countries. Let’s talk out of Finland I don’t know whether
people observed this but I can say for sure most people are looked down on for
their profession as a teacher “Ah, she is a teacher” and there is no respect in
the phrase at all. When everyone questioned the system Finland proved by
ranking consistently at the top of the PISA international assessment test
results.
“Finland topped PISA in the year 2001
and maintained it till 2009.”
Aren’t you
already dreaming how you should have spent your childhood and wishing it was
same in your country.
By: Varshini.I.R (FullFry)
