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18.9.2024
The Finnish National Agency for Education recommends limiting mobile phone use in schools and educational institutions
—www.oph.fi/en/news/2024/finnish-national-agency-education-recommends-limiting-mobile-phone-use-schools-and
The Finnish National Agency for Education recommends that schools and educational institutions prohibit disruptive mobile phone use during lessons and limit its use during breaks, within the framework of current legislation.
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16.9.2024
Influence our services – respond to EDUFI’s customer survey!
—www.oph.fi/en/news/2024/influence-our-services-respond-edufis-customer-survey
We develop education, early childhood education and care and continuous learning and promote internationalisation with our various services. A customer survey is carried out to collect information on the use of these services. Respond to the survey by 30 September 2024. Your feedback is valuable to us.
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12.9.2024
45 100 applicants to higher education programmes in the autumn joint application
—www.oph.fi/en/news/2024/45-100-applicants-higher-education-programmes-autumn-joint-application
45 100 applicants participated in the autumn joint application to programmes starting in January 2025. This is approx. 10 800 less than in the corresponding joint application last autumn. There were over 10 000 study places available in the autumn joint application, offered mostly by universities of applied sciences.
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Higher education
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24.4.2024
EDUFI Active in Developing Teacher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa
—www.oph.fi/en/news/2024/edufi-active-developing-teacher-education-sub-saharan-africa
The Regional Facility for Teachers in Africa (RFTA) supports developing teacher education and teacher professional development through offering technical assistance for teacher governance in sub...
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29.8.2024
Over 10 000 study places available in the autumn joint application
—www.oph.fi/en/news/2024/over-10-000-study-places-available-autumn-joint-application
In this autumn joint application beginning on Wednesday, 28th August at 8:00 (UTC+3), there are 10 300 study places in 325 application options to apply to. The studies in these programmes begin in...
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Higher education
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13.6.2024
63,000 pupils completed comprehensive education
—www.oph.fi/en/news/2024/63000-pupils-completed-comprehensive-education
The number of pupils finishing comprehensive education in 2024 is about 2,000 higher than in 2023, due to a larger age group. Approximately 3,500 pupils graduated from Swedish-speaking schools. In...
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Vocational education and training
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4.6.2024
Admission offered to 11 300 applicants in the spring joint application to higher education
—www.oph.fi/en/news/2024/admission-offered-11-300-applicants-spring-joint-application-higher-education
The selection in the joint application consisted of programmes offered in English and programmes offered by University of the Arts Helsinki programmes in theatre arts by Tampere University. Over 63...
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Higher education
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3.5.2024
The number of people taking the intermediate level YKI test in Finnish has increased – tests become fully booked fast
—www.oph.fi/en/news/2024/number-people-taking-intermediate-level-yki-test-finnish-has-increased-tests-become-fully
In the past few years, the intermediate level tests for the National Certificates of Language Proficiency (YKI) in Finnish have been booked up increasingly fast. The reasons behind this include a growing interest in completing the YKI test and the limited number of test locations and dates. The majority of those who take the test use the certificate to prove sufficient language proficiency when applying for Finnish citizenship.
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26.4.2024
Report: Social skills will increasingly be needed alongside technical skills in the future
—www.oph.fi/en/news/2024/report-social-skills-will-increasingly-be-needed-alongside-technical-skills-future
The Finnish National Agency for Education analysed changes in competence needs by 2040. The National Forum for Skills Anticipation assessed the impact of these changes on generic competences that are needed across sectors and occupations. The need for skills related to digitalisation and technological change is growing strongly. In addition, multicultural skills and an understanding of social sustainability will become more important.
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16.4.2024
New Student Ambassador Program attracts international talent to Finland
—www.oph.fi/en/news/2024/new-student-ambassador-program-attracts-international-talent-finland
The idea behind the Study in Finland Student Ambassador Program, launched in January, is to enhance Finland's visibility as a study destination and to attract enthusiastic international students to...
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