The Education in Finland and Why it Works?

  By Chris | February 6, 2012 - 5:56 pm | education, Education in Finland
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The Finnish education system greatly puts emphasis on the importance of equality where there is respect between the administrators and the children. Presently speaking, the education system in Finland is well-funded that’s why there is no tuition fees and the students are provided with free meals.

Generally, it consists of day care programs which are intended for babies and toddlers, one year preschool for 6-year old kids, an obligatory nine-year basic comprehensive school for 7- to 16- year old teens, post-compulsory secondary general academic and vocational educational system, higher education which can be acquired from Universities and polytechnics and lastly, a life-long adult education.

The education in Finland uses effective strategy and this is the reason why the system works for most of the students. Specifically, the strategy is based upon the idea of pursuing excellence and equality in the system where there is no student selection during the time for their common basic education.

Likewise, most schools have put high importance in making sure that all the students starting from day care up to the nursery-kindergarten should be well-taught particularly on their proper communication skills while teaching them the spirit of team work. The education system in Finland strongly believes that the education for young children is the starting point of everything and so it should be on top priority more than anything else.

Focusing on their education at this early age is somewhat a preparation for a lifelong adult education in the future. Likewise, several formal teachings on reading and mathematics are also taught and primarily start at the age of 7 to avoid disruption of learning.

According to one credible data, Finland is one of the countries that has the highest education along with countries like New Zealand, Denmark and Australia.

 

Why Education in Finland really works?

The education system in Finland is one of the successful systems in the globe chiefly because of the high standard requirement for the teachers. Unlike other countries, most teachers in every Finnish school should achieve master’s degree. The teachers are highly regarded and generally treated with great respect in all societies in Finland.

Moreover, even the kids have entirely showed respect for their teachers and that’s why as teachers they have a sense of prestige and confidence on their profession. On the other hand, there is 50% disparity when comparing the teachers in the United States and teachers in Finland. Most of the time, the Finnish teachers have a lot of school activities to attend specifically in the academic development of the students while working simultaneously with parents at the same time doing student consultations. Likewise, the U.S. teachers have their own workplace, lockers, computers and telephones while Finnish teachers share similar faculty while keeping real bonding and professionalism as well.

When talking about the curriculum in a Finnish school, it generally involves integration of various areas in art and music, cooking, calculus, industrial arts, literature and incorporation between human interaction, technology and textbooks.

Conclusion:

In general, the education in Finland primarily involves more on problem solving rather than winning an argument. It is more on the notion on how teachers can help all the children in achieving success while educating them about the importance of equality, respect, and excellence simultaneously.

 

 

 

South Africa Education

  By Chris | February 3, 2012 - 1:26 pm | South Africa Education System
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According to statistics, the whole population of people in South Africa is approximately 50 million and only 37% of the people are participating in the educational system. If you really want to know the performance of South Africa education system, the initial action is to look on the input of the system.

Normally, the three important facets for any form of educational system include primary, secondary and tertiary education. In the primary education segment in South Africa, the current population of individuals who should participate in the system is 15% if we based it on the age range but theoretically speaking the total individuals who enrolled in the system is approximately 87% only. However, if you based it in the presentation of the educational system, it is known that 89% of the individuals have completed the primary education.

Next is the secondary education. In this facet, it forms approximately 10% of the total population at present but in that 10% benchmark, it accounts about 67% of the individuals who participated and who are enrolled in the system. From that 67% only 44% of the people are able to complete the secondary schooling which is in fact very alarming and needs to be addressed as soon as possible.

The third facet is the Tertiary Education. 12% of the existing population is supposedly attending the tertiary South Africa education system however; based on statistics only 14% of individuals is presently participating in the system and from that percentage only 17% completes the tertiary education along with the tertiary degree.

What are the reasons why a lot of South Africans are not able to participate in the education system? According to a certain survey, there are few major reasons on why this is happening.

  1. 32% of the respondents stated that there were unable to make it in the education system because of lack of money to sustain their education.
  2. Another 15% of the respondents said that they thought education is a waste of time.
  3. The last 10% respondents answered that the reason on why they can’t make it in the education system is because they have illnesses.


By and large, the South Africa education system should be prioritized by the people because without proper educational degree, each individual is likely to suffer more in terms of seeking future success. The government should see to it to have more funds allotted in this sector so everyone has the opportunity to go to school even if they don’t have enough money and in this way they would not think that education is useless.

 

Saving Poverty with Proper Education

  By Chris | February 2, 2012 - 4:40 pm | education
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If you will look in a bigger picture of our world today it cannot be denied that there are about 80 million adults and children that are being deprived with proper education and most of them are in the school curriculum yet they are still not obtaining the learning they ought to have.

There are individuals who really want to go to a certain school because of the primary idea that they want to reach their ambitions in life and eventually become successful in the path that they want to pursue. However, without proper education it’s quite hard to reach these dreams.

Education is a privilege and a human right for every person however; there is a great number of mass people that constantly battling against poverty brought about by inadequate education. To survive in the cruelties of poverty, they resorted in bad doings like robbing, kidnapping, and every possible way to ensure their daily needs. Isn’t it frustrating that there are actually a lot of people who are deprived of having the opportunity to live a successful life?

That’s why, to address the undying issue on poverty the world leaders are constantly on a track in helping every nation to provide its citizen the appropriate education they ought to have in the first place. In fact, their mission is to resolve the worldwide issue on learning aspect of most people across the globe by 2015.  Though it’s still a long way ahead of us, if we try to work hand in hand we can make it happen and eventually create a better world not only for ourselves but for our future generations.

One way to make it possible is to realize that education can take part in drawing a line between success and failure, between strong and weak, between life and death, between poverty and  richness so on and forth.

If all individuals most especially the children acquire proper education, we can build a more stable and strong nation where every citizen is working along with the others to ensure peace, unity, and above all, love with one another.

 

Considering Gender in Education

  By Chris | January 31, 2012 - 1:10 pm | education
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Having a better education means having a better future Success. Why? Because people with proper education are most likely to have the opportunity to choose what career they want to pursue in the future. However, is there any relevance to consider gender when talking about education? Let’s find it out below.

  • Are girls better than boys when it comes to education?

According to studies, most of the girls in the present are fond of reading even at early age and they are more likely to borrow books from the library as compared to boys. Likewise, girls tend to be more communicative in school and this is one experience that the school is providing for the students. Also, we can say that girls are better than boys in other things most especially that they tend to see their mothers with having successful careers thereby, striving hard in the school to follow the footsteps of their mothers. Finally, a lot of teachers are having more expectations for the girls as compared with the boys. Girls are expected to follow and be good in the classroom because frankly speaking boys would never sit still in the classroom while doing nothing since it’s their nature to be active most of the time. In other words, the girls are more likely to work harder just to please the expectations of the teachers and eventually increasing their grades.

  • Why do boys sometimes fail when it comes to Education?

In one survey, 65% of the girls are likely to get grades from A-C while only 52% for the boys. One reason suggests that a lot of boys are likely to suffer from peer pressure particularly for the white working class boys. They need to set an impression that they are cool and being good in education isn’t cool for them because they don’t want to be tagged as “nerds”. Likewise, according to another study young men tend to be obligated in showing their masculinity in the school environment like in a form of getting involved in fighting around the premises. Lastly, the boys nowadays care about being cool around their friends while showing their dominant characteristics but sadly care less about doing well in their academics.

To wrap it up, boys and girls differ a lot from each other in terms of wants, needs, capabilities, and above all how they perceive several things however; regardless of these differences they shouldn’t be judge in terms of their capabilities in school because of their gender. The important thing is that parents and teachers should work hand in hand to provide assistance in terms of their education.

Parents Participation In Providing Education Is Crucial Towards Future Success

  By Chris | January 30, 2012 - 2:03 pm | education
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It is important that parents should take part in terms of their children’s education like become involved in a college planning. Children should feel that they are getting enough support from their parents especially when it comes to making decision of what they really want to do with their lives However, being with them isn’t enough to help them succeed in their studies; the parents should be fully aware about the learning their children are getting. Specifically, it is recommended to spend time with each of your child, have a moment to sit down with your child and talk about important things to evaluate how well they have developed throughout the year and to assess how much help you should provide to your child. Series of researches have shown that those parents who take a crucial part with their children’s school and education have revealed a positive impact on their children’s performance and these include:

  • Superior grade marks including several high test scores and graduation rates.
  •  Good sense of well being
  •  Positive school attendance
  • Decrease incidence of suspension
  • Fewer violent behaviour instances.
  •  Minimal use of alcohol and prohibited drugs

Thus, school age children who spend 70 % of their time including weekends and holidays with their parents showed a remarkable impact both on their academic and learning aspects. In fact, the higher the parent’s participation with the children’s education, the greater impact would emerge especially for each child’s success and accomplishment. Similarly, research has also shown that parents who are involved with their kid’s learning is twice more likely to succeed in a school particularly in bringing out each potential. That is why parents along with the educators, administrators, community leaders, and neighbouring child advocators should work hand in hand to bring out the full potential of each child not only academically but in terms of participating well in their extra-curricular activities too. On the whole, there are a lot of programs or curriculums in your locality that will cater the needs of the children in terms of their education and all you need is to do is to explore a little bit to know a number of ways to help your children succeed. In fact, parents too have the opportunity to learn on how to effectively handle their kids.

There are several workshops or programs which aid the parents about the importance of understanding and participating in the school organization so both the educator, the parents and other community organizations can work in unison for the future success of the children.