Published: 04:04 am,Thursday 13 March 2025
6% students discontinue study in 2022-2023 session
About six per cent of students attending education leading to a qualification or degree discontinued their studies and did not resume education leading to a qualification or degree in the academic year 2022/2023, according to Statistics Finland. In general upper secondary education aimed at young people the discontinuation percentage
Published: 02:12 am,Sunday 16 February 2025
Comprehensive schools' number on wane in Finland
A total of 78 comprehensive schools were closed down or merged with another educational institution in Finland in 2024, according to Statistics Finland. There were 844 active providers of education and 3,103 educational institutions at the end of 2024. There were 1,974 active comprehensive schools. The highest number of comprehensive
Published: 20:46 pm,Monday 10 February 2025
Rising interest, debt loads force more students to take loan payment support
More people with student loan debt received assistance with their student loan interest payments in 2024 than in previous years, said the national social insurance institution-Kela in a press release on Monday. The number of recipients of assistance began to increase substantially in 2023 as a result of rising
Published: 20:28 pm,Tuesday 4 February 2025
Kela asks 25700 students to repay overpaid benefit
The national social insurance institution-Kela asked 25,700 students to repay the overpaid student financial aid for 2023 by April 15 this year, said Kela in a press release on Tuesday. The students have already received a preliminary decision in this regard. The annual income limits for student financial aid have
Published: 02:00 am,Friday 31 January 2025
WG for abolishing student loan scheme, rising grants
A ministerial working group in its report proposed to revise or abolish the student loan compensation scheme and increase the size of study grants. The working group, which was formed to assess the current situation in student financial aid and key development needs in this regard on Thursday submitted
Published: 02:52 am,Thursday 30 January 2025
Helsinki’s self-service libraries to extend opening hours from Feb
People will be able to enjoy increased access to library services starting from February as the opening hours of self-service libraries in Helsinki are being harmonised and extended, said the City of Helsinki in a press release on Wednesday. In addition to this, Jakomäki Library will also become a
Published: 03:04 am,Friday 24 January 2025
Number of applicants to Finnish higher Edu in English reduces by half
The joint application to degree programmes in English at Finnish higher education institutions reduced significantly this year, said the Finnish National Agency For Education in a press release on Thursday. A total of about 32 400 students applied this year and the number is about half of the applicants
Published: 01:16 am,Wednesday 22 January 2025
Employment rate of students drops slightly
The employment rate of students decreased 0.6 percentage points in 2023 compared to the previous year, according to Statistics Finland. There were 583 000 students aged 18 to 64 of whom 317,000, over half, were employed during their studies. Working while studying was more common among women than men. The
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