Finland’s success in three consecutive assessments of learning outcomes within the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) shows the rest of the world that the Finnish education system is of high quality while also being equal. It takes care of the whole age group. This may, furthermore, increase interest in research, development activities and industry in our country. Adaptation of highly educated people to social changes may also succeed because the conversion training of educated people does not take as much money as training people from the beginning.
The education system has been developed systematically, and the results can now be seen clearly. Nevertheless, one must be on the alert when decisions on the education system and resources are made. Teachers’ professional skills must be maintained and they must be updated by continuous in-service training. Special attention must be paid to its being within teachers' reach. Developing new teaching methods and their introduction in schools must be supported. Schools must be guaranteed sufficient resources for obtaining teaching materials and equipment and also for training teachers to use them. Benchmarking best practices coming from the learning results must be studied. An important task for the 21st century is to attend to pupils’ well-being.