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The Finnish

Education System

Upper secondary education
The most common options after comprehensive
school are upper secondary school and vocational

education. Upper secondary schools provide all-
round education for two to four years, depending on
the student. Students usually take the matriculation

examination at the end of upper secondary school
and are then eligible to apply to universities,
universities of applied sciences or upper secondary
school based vocational education.

Higher education
In Finland, higher education is provided by
universities and universities of applied sciences.

Finnish education and Hong Kong
education
Finnish people have high degree of trust in
teachers. Greater autonomy gives teachers space

for their teaching. In Hong Kong the trust between
schools and government is much weaker and
the government uses a lot of measurements to

monitor schools.

Teaching in Finland is based on the interest and ability of every child. Considerable emphasis is
placed on preschool learning and teachers listen to children to understand what they like and how
they learn. Students have choices

in their learning. In Hong Kong, all
students study a similar curriculum
and their ultimate goal is always to

get good results.

Finnish people believe that less
is more, e.g. for homework, school
hours and examinations. On the other

hand, Hong Kong people believe that
more is more. Some believe that
learning is about work and not for fun.
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