Tag: Early childhood education
In most areas of Finland, the population will decrease by 2040, MDI predicts
“Every Fifth desk in a primary school is empty in the average school” Rasmus AroMDI expert, crystallized For YLE on Wednesday. The number of children of primary school age will not return to the current level without a substantial increase in the birth rate. Statistics Finland reported in July that the number of live births…
Growing trend: Increasing number of daycares built with timber for healthy indoor air
While Finnlamelli has gained prominence for its high-quality timber homes, it is also involved in executing timber construction projects for businesses and public entities, including schools, daycares, restaurants, resorts, and townhouses. Although single-family homes remain the cornerstone of Finnlamelli’s business, their role in public and B2B projects is steadily increasing. Customers are drawn to Finnlamelli…
Finnish Immigration Service witnesses decrease in reception centre demand
In recent years, the number of asylum seekers has remained moderate. However, since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, more than 60,000 applicants for temporary protection have arrived in Finland. To address the surge in arrivals, nearly 100 new reception centres were established across the country. Before the invasion, Finland had 20 reception…
The member of parliament was escorted out of the music festival because of his opinions on children’s sex education
“The deportation took place in perfect agreement and mutual understanding,” Kivelä told MTV Uutis. “The festival management made a decision and it was followed.” Kivelä continued to say that all invited guests undertake to respect the values of the event when signing up. “We read this column from Ilkka-Pohjalainen and realized that it was in…
Loneliness continues to increase even after the easing of COVID-19 restrictions
“In 2020-2022, the share of lonely people increased by 8 percentage points,” says Markus Laaninendoctoral researcher from the University of Turku. Before the pandemic, the proportion of people who experienced loneliness in Finland varied from about 4 percent to 10 percent. In 2016, the figure was 6 percent. Young adults and students are increasingly lonely…
Absences due to illness are increasing sharply among employees in the municipal sector
This is four days more than last year. Although the study does not give specific reasons for sickness absences, the lead researcher Jenni Ervasti The Institute of Occupational Health suggests that the observed increase is probably due to absenteeism caused by the COVID-19 virus. This assumption is supported by Kela’s sickness benefit statistics, which show…
The effects of COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine on children and young people
State grants total more than 83 million euros State subsidies are one of the most significant ways to support early childhood education, educational institutions and municipal youth, sports and library services. The grants supported hobby opportunities, the promotion of reading, the creation of exercise opportunities and the development of activities. The purpose of the grants…
Finland’s six largest cities require measures to solve the shortage of personnel in early childhood education
At that time, at least two-thirds of the kindergarten staff must have a qualification as an early childhood education teacher or social worker, and at least half of them must have a previous qualification. The situation is already critical in terms of the availability of qualified personnel, and it will only become more challenging. The…
Helsinki’s labor shortage will deepen in the next few years
The number of the working-age population has decreased, while the population has aged, which increases the need for social and health services. The need for early childhood education personnel has been accelerated by longer-term social changes, such as the increase in the number of children and thereby the rapid and nationally targeted increase in participation…
Multicultural children need support from an early age
Diakonia University of Applied Sciences responds to the need with a new online education program that enables early childhood education professionals to specialize in multicultural early childhood education. The training offers professionals the latest researched and professional information on children’s multicultural development and on promoting development and learning. By Marjaana Marttila-OjalaLecturer in social work at…
Entrepreneurs propose solutions to alleviate the labor shortage with flexible residence permits and language services
Manai also added that Finland is an excellent choice for both work and study, thanks to the high-quality education and safe living environment. However, the country has failed to attract enough foreign workers and students. Finnish Entrepreneurs have made several proposals to solve the issue, including prioritizing the integration of skilled workers’ family members, supporting…
A new study shows that language skills and social relationships are key to the integration of immigrant early childhood educators in Finland
social relations at the workplace as well as the acceptance and recognition of the work community are directly related to how well early childhood educators with an immigrant background feel that they belong to the kindergarten’s work community. In Haanpää’s study, the views of early childhood educators with an immigrant background, as well as Finnish-born…
A third of Finnish high school students need additional support, learning support reform is needed
Fresh official view The Ministry of Education and Culture demanded a comprehensive reform of learning support from early childhood education to higher education. Luikoliitto supports the implementation of the reform in the next election period. “When the goal is to increase the number of highly educated young people, it is important to keep everyone involved.…
The care allowance for private daycare support will be increased on March 1, 2023
Current care allowance recipients do not need to contact Kela to receive an increased compensation. Kela pays it automatically. The increase in the amount of the care allowance also affects the related income limits. The income limit entitling to the care allowance will be increased from March 1, 2023. For example, the income limit above…
Tuesday’s papers: NATO problems, early childhood education initiative and slippery roads
Several newspapers discuss the possible spillover effects of Turkish President Erdogan’s anger on Sweden after the provocation of the Swedish far-right politician.
Guardians praise the early childhood education and preschool education in the capital region
This is evident from the results of the joint municipal survey. Espoo, Helsinki, Kauniainen and Vantaa organized a survey for the guardians of children in municipal and private early childhood education and pre-school education between October 26 and November 9, 2022. The survey was aimed at all guardians of children in early childhood education or…
The city of Helsinki raises the salaries of several professional groups, offers cultural and sports benefits to the personnel
The goal of the wage development program is to make the city more attractive as an employer and to ease recruitment challenges In the 2022 budget proposal of the city of Helsinki, 5 million euros are allocated to the implementation of the city’s wage development program. The program is used as a basis for the…
Online registration for pre-school and school starts successfully through Asti
This year, for the first time, children’s pre-school places were distributed to guardians through the Asti online service. “In previous years, we have tried the SMS service, which gave us the experience of providing carers with a pre-school place for their children without a separate application. After receiving the positive feedback, we made this a…
Municipal strikes would cut off traffic in Finland’s largest cities
The strikes of more than 80,000 municipal employees began on Tuesday in Finland’s largest cities. The strikes were due to growing frustration with the stagnation of workers ’wages and labor shortages. The municipal strikes began on Tuesday morning when municipal employers and employees could not reach an agreement on a new collective agreement covering 425,000…
Changes in the summer childcare arrangements must be notified to Kela
changes in daily treatment times changes in the day care fee a new day care facility or provider the child starts early childhood education organized by the municipality the child begins preschool or a two-year preschool experiment. Notification is not required if there are no changes in childcare arrangements or if the child is in…
Finland expects 40,000-80,000 Ukrainians
According to the latest estimates of the immigration authorities, Finland expects 40,000–80,000 refugees from Ukraine. According to the director of immigration of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, about 3.6 million Ukrainians have fled the country, and the number is likely to grow rapidly. Sanna Sutter. "It has become clear that it is not possible to…
The Helsinki working group is examining the shortage of kindergarten staff
Mayor of Helsinki Juhana Vartiainen (NCP) has set up a coordination group to look at and respond to the growing problem of staff shortages in early childhood education centers around the capital. There has been a shortage of qualified employees in Helsinki’s day care centers for years, but the situation has been particularly tense in…
The Finnish government announced its latest employment measures
“We have previously made decisions about measures that will increase employment by about 80,000 people.” The Ministry of Finance estimates that the latest set of measures will strengthen public finances by at least EUR 110 million and increase the number of employed by 5,100 people. The government expects to strengthen public finances by about 54…
Thursday’s papers: Delayed Justice, Day Care Crisis and Covid Fears of Pregnancy
Helsingin sanomat newspaper deepens Problems of the Finnish criminal justice system in resolving cases related to sexual and domestic violence. Criminal lawyer Maija HäyrinenA specialist in sexual offenses for almost 15 years says that long delays in police investigations are common in Finland, even in cases related to serious forms of sexual exploitation. "People do…
OAJ: Closure of schools and kindergartens is likely if omicron predictions are accurate
“Especially in early childhood education, there is already a great shortage of staff. This is progressing very rationally: schools will remain open as long as there are enough staff. “ Experts at THL on Friday presented a forecast that the number of coronavirus infections could rise and the need for hospital capacity would double from…
The growing need for support challenges the realization of equality in education
The Education Evaluation Center FINEEC has compiled a publication on equality and equity in education. The publication deals with the differentiation of know-how, equality of opportunity and the accessibility and inclusion of education, mainly on the basis of evaluation data produced by FINEEC in recent years. FINEEC also makes recommendations to address deficiencies. According to…
Vantaa kindergartens in acute shortage of staff
Vantaa kindergartens have had difficulty coping with staff shortages in recent weeks, and some have even asked parents to keep their children at home instead of being brought to kindergarten. "This is very rare and cannot be solved permanently," Mikko Mäkelä, The head of early childhood education in the city of Vantaa said. "Of course,…
YLE: Mental health absences have increased during the coronavirus epidemic
Other sick leave, on the other hand, has even decreased. “The fact that the increase in mental health absences has accelerated suggests that this is also a reflection of the coronavirus times,” Timo Vänttinen, Aava Health Center Occupational Health Physician. The reasons for the acceleration include fear of contracting the virus in personal work, limited…
The children were deported from Helsinki kindergartens due to staff shortages
The lack of staff and resources in kindergartens in the metropolitan area has led to some parents being called and asked to take their children home. One year old daughter Natalia Salmela started the kindergarten in early September and the shortage of staff at the center immediately became apparent. "The staff changes all the time.…
Snuff no longer prevents children from day care – the THL document explains the updated instructions
As the situation in Covid Finland improved, children no longer had to be completely free of cold symptoms to get day care. But many parents are left wondering if it is good to take their children to day care if they recover from a cold, among other things. Most of the coronavirus crisis in Finland…
Finns can use their own discretion in masks, the Finnish THL outlines
The use of a face mask is especially recommended for people who have not yet been fully vaccinated against the new coronavirus, and in public transport, given the increase in passenger numbers expected after the removal of the national telework recommendation on 15 October. Helve said in a press release on Thursday that the most…
THL updates the instructions, children can skip Covid tests under certain conditions
The National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) has updated its guidelines for children under 12 years of age who are not yet entitled to receive Covid vaccines in Finland. People over the age of 12 should always apply for the test if they suffer from Covid-related symptoms according to the THL. But the institute…
The Helsinki Metropolitan Area prohibits gatherings, children’s hobbies if social distance is not possible – Helsinki Festival mostly canceled
On Tuesday, the Regional State Administrative Agency of Southern Finland (Avi) decided to tighten the restrictions on public gatherings in Helsinki and its neighboring municipalities in Espoo, Kauniainen and Vantaa from Friday 20 August. Only 25 people are allowed to gather indoors according to the rules and they have to stay two meters apart. In…
Survey: Nearly one in three health care workers has experienced sexual harassment
Healthcare workers under the age of 35 are often subject to inappropriate behavior, and 45 percent experience some form of harassment in the workplace during their careers. According to the survey, the factors are most often customers or patients – these account for 85 percent of unwanted sexual progression in the workplace. Coworkers are responsible…
Pandemic babies 'dive into the deep end' as daycare starts
Although going back to school will feel like business as usual for most kids returning to classrooms across the country this week, starting early education may feel particularly challenging this year for the thousands of children born during the pandemic Heinävesi 6th graders Ukko Sallinen and Veeti Saren said that returning to school on Tuesday…
One-third of teachers considered a career change during the epidemic, a union survey shows
More than a third of Finnish union teachers considered changing careers during the Covid-19 crisis, says the Education Trade Union (OAJ). Nearly 1,900 teachers, 140 of whom were supervisors, participated in a union survey of how the epidemic affected their work. The majority of respondents who said they considered an exchange career were teachers in…
The Finnish Teachers’ Union expresses frustration with the uncertainty of the school year
– Last weekend looked like the biggest festival weekend [of the year] in the country, and then a ministry official talks here about distance learning. This is really confusing, this conversation. “ Misukka referred to a statement he made last week Kirsi Varhila, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health. Varhila stated In YLE’s…
Against bullying with real effort
Fortunately, bullying has declined throughout the 21st century. This shows that schools have succeeded in their efforts to combat bullying. However, bullying has not stopped completely. Seven percent of quarters and of the fifth grade, six percent of the eighth and ninth grades, and barely four percent of vocational school students are bullied at least…
The government is preparing an additional € 2.4 billion budget to fund vaccines and Covid’s recovery
The government is preparing an additional budget of € 2.4 billion, which will be submitted to Parliament for approval on Thursday. The draft proposal includes many of the terms agreed in last week’s tense, week-long budget negotiations, as well as other measures decided earlier in the year. In the proposal, the government sets aside a…
In Finland, caregivers regularly face violence and the threat of death
As many as a quarter of the nurses surveyed said they received a death threat. About 73 percent were alleged to have been beaten in the workplace, while 59 percent were fired and 56 percent were spit. Respondents also reported strangulation, scratching, and biting, and some even threatened guns, blades, or other weapons. Attacks were…
Looking for: A national plan to close the learning and well-being gap
At the onset of the crisis, distance learning might seem like a refreshing variation from a student’s perspective. Now we know better. Of course, for some, studying at home has been an opportunity to study more effectively than usual. But for many, it has meant learning difficulties, fatigue, loneliness, and a lack of adequate support.…
The Ministry of Education promises EUR 67.8 million to address inequalities in education
Minister of Education Jussi Saramo has allocated EUR 67.8 million to address education inequalities The Right to Learn (Right to Learn) program to promote quality and equality in early childhood, pre-school and primary education. The funding is intended to strengthen equality in education by increasing support, especially for schools located in areas where the family…
How the new closure of Finland will affect you
On Thursday, the government announced that Finland would start a three-week shutdown from March 8. This means that in areas where the virus is in the spread and acceleration phase, an immediate transition to more stringent Tier 2 measures is recommended. These stricter Tier 2 measures apply to seven regions: Helsinki and Uusimaa, Southwest Finland,…
Three weeks downtime in Finland in March
The variant of the virus in the UK has spread rapidly across the country since Christmas, leading to an increase in the number of infections and an additional burden on the healthcare system. According to Marin, the decision was made with the president Sauli Niinistöis adoption. Finland is now in the second level of government…
Finland announces the closure of March
The government has announced the closure of bars and restaurants and expanded distance education, among other things, to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. At a press conference on Thursday morning, the Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP) reported that part of the country at present "acceleration" and "spread" the phases of the pandemic would…
Attention-grabbing murder trial against teenagers in Finland
In Finland, the trial of three 16-year-old boys suspected of beating a boy of the same death to death in December last year began today. A case that has led to an intense debate about bullying and child protection. Mirjam Kalland, professor of early childhood education at the University of Helsinki, hopes that this case…
Finland starts a two-year pre-school exam
Decision-makers are launching a pilot project that will expand preschool education to five-year-olds. Several municipalities across Finland are participating in the experiment, during which decision-makers hope to find the possible effects of longer pre-school education on learning outcomes and gender equality. By the end of this month, municipalities will find out if policy makers have…
Restrictions in the Finnish metropolitan area to set lives to “abstain” in many ways
The limited restrictions contained in the coronavirus are generally valid for three weeks from 18 to 20 December. Helsingin Sanomat on Sunday highlighted that the prevalence of the virus has increased in the metropolitan area in recent weeks, rising from 107.7 cases to 189.7 cases per 100,000 inhabitants on 15 and 29 November. The incidence…
Research: ‘Children with an immigrant background have a lower degree, more mental health problems
In Finland, children born to a family where one or both parents have an immigrant background are more likely to do less well in school, suffer from mental health problems and be involved in crime, according to an extensive study and well-being (THL) conducted by the National Institutes of Health. The study suggests that the…
The invitation passes the graduation, Independence Day celebrations in the Finnish capital region
The metropolitan coronavir virus task force wants residents to avoid gatherings of more than 10 people this fall. The recommendation came at the committee’s press conference on Friday. "This recommendation applies to graduation parties, Independence Day celebrations, pre-Christmas gatherings and other Christmas events. It is clear that the safest way to party is in very…
Helsinki draft budget: cuts in child home care support, more funds for schools and metro maintenance
The largest political groups in the Helsinki City Council, the Coalition Party, the Greens and the Social Democratic Party, have reached a consensus on the main points of next year’s draft budget. There are no major spending cuts going on since the Covid-19 crisis infiltrated the city’s cash resources. However, policy makers have agreed to…
Wednesday’s newspapers: Reducing juvenile delinquency, aggressive young children and the older labor market
Is Finland in the middle of a new wave of violent juvenile delinquency? Apparently not in the end. A day after the young, aggressive criminals on the streets of Helsinki sparked a national debate, the daily Helsingin Sanomat has found out that, overall, the number of crimes committed by minors in Helsinki is actually declining.…
"It’s like those residents don’t deserve better" – Suburban representatives say that under-representation has real-life implications
Two-thirds of Helsinki’s city councilors live in the capital’s wealthiest neighborhoods in the city center, and fewer, according to non-exclusive suburban representatives, can have a detrimental effect on decision-making. Veronika Honkasalo, a member of the Council of the Left Alliance from the Park north of the city, says his collapsed local train station is a…
Minister: Distance education increased the number of early school leavers
Distance learning during the coronavirus epidemic last spring increased the number of early school leavers, according to the Minister of Education Li Andersson (Left). In Saturday’s Yle Ykkösaamu discussion program, Andersson said that about 4,000 students collect recurring long-term school deviations each year. "The coronavirus and long distance learning in the spring have probably affected…
Bullying should focus on prevention
Every child and young person has a legal right to a safe learning environment. Legislation obliges decision-makers and educators to address all forms of bullying. School should be a place where no one has to fear, and support for survival in everyday life is available, especially for children in difficult circumstances. Many who have experienced…
Tuesday’s newspapers: Birth problems, Marin’s popularity and a hole in the budget
Finland’s birth rate has been falling for some time, and in a new report published on Tuesday, which is covered by most of the media, the Finnish Family Association looks at how it could be raised. Economic life says the report, which includes articles by several researchers, finds two main reasons for the declining birth…
