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Finland

Country brief

Country name: Finland
Please estimate the number of children in school (age 3-19) in your country:  

1.286.703

Please estimate the number of school drop-outs in your country in the school year 2019/2020: 

25.324.758

Please estimate the average number of school drop-outs per year in the 5 school years previous to school year 2019/2020? 

14.069,31

Did National exams or evaluation methods take place in academic year 2019/2020? And if so, for which levels? 

Only some (please name) – Matriculation examination tests.

If national exams or evaluation methods did not take place, what is the replacement solution? 

The use of digital examination means.

If schools resumed before the summer of 2020, were any particular year groups or other groups identified to have more contact, if so which? 

Early childhood education and care.

When school resumed in the Autumn of 2020, were any particular year groups or other groups identified to have more contact, if so which?

Data on year groups or other groups not updated (N/A).

Access to education 

What were the primary modes of learning implemented during the Covid-19 School closures?
  • Online
Were the above measures put into place at a policy (national or regional level) or by schools and teachers?
  • Policy (national or regional) level
Please estimate Number or percentage of children in school (age 3-19) with access to: 
  • high-speed internet – 90% 
  • basic internet – 89%
  • TV – N/A 
  • Radio – N/A 
  • Computer, tablet or smart phone they could use during the day – 64%
What translation/interpretation resources/services are/were made available online for students and families from regional or national level? 

School access to online register by the Certification Board of Certified Translators. 

What special or exceptional learning need supports are/were made available online for students and families from regional or national level? 

Guidance counseling, individualised educational planning (IEP), welfare enhancing.