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
Published: 04:33 am,Tuesday 14 January 2025
Joint application to Finnish universities ends on Jan 22
The first joint application to universities and universities of applied sciences (Polytechnic Institutes) started on January 8 and will continue until January 22, said the Finnish National Agency For Education in a recent press release. Students can apply via Studyinfo where students can apply to programmes in English as
Published: 23:38 pm,Thursday 12 December 2024
65.5% high school grads in 2023 quit study
A total of 65.5 per cent of passers of the matriculation examination in spring 2023 were left outside education, according to Statistics Finland. There were 26,400 new completers of the matriculation examination in the spring term 2023, of whom 57 per cent were women. Seventy-seven per cent of new passers
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