Telangana Team Explores Finland School Model

HYDERABAD: A team of Telangana educators visiting Finland this week got a close look at a school system where exams come late, teachers stay with the same class for years and classrooms run without cameras.The delegation visited a government school in Helsinki on April 22 as part of a five-day teacher exposure and educational exchange programme from April 20 to 24. What stood out during the visit was the way learning is organised. Children begin formal schooling at six and there are no exams until Grade IX. Teachers continue with the same group from Classes I to VI and are given the freedom to plan lessons within national guidelines. A teacher’s role, as explained during the visit, is “to meet learning difficulties of students and help them achieve their goals.” Schools operate in the mother tongue, offer free and compulsory education and keep class sizes small. A 15-minute break follows every 45 minutes of instruction and students receive a common midday meal and regular health checks. Students are taught how to learn, not what to memorise, one official said, adding that there is no practice of ranking schools.



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