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Immigrant education
in Espoo Adult Education Centre
2015
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Immigrants in Finland and Espoo
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Immigrant population*
% Total
Finland 5,5 % 301 524
Espoo 12,2 % 301 524
Biggest language groups in Espoo are Russian, Estonian, English, Somali and Chinese.
* Amount of immigrant population is defined by native language (other than Finnish or Swedish). In late 2013
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Immigrant education
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• National liberal adult education programme 2009−2012 (Ministry of education and culture)
• Espoo strategy
• Multicultural programme 2009−2012
guiding documents for immigrant education
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Basic facts of immigrant education
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• 140 courses
• 11.500 lessons
• 2.200 students yearly
• 95 % Finnish for foreigners courses • 5 % other subjects, where teaching is in
English, participants immigrants and natives.
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• Aimed at practical language skills.
• Language levels A1−B2, Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
• Teaching in Finnish, English an auxiliary language
• Part-time and full-time studying, evening and daytime courses.
• Target groups: working people, stay-at-home mothers and fathers, foreign students, elderly, unemployed.
Finnish for foreigners courses
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Integration training
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• Full-time integration training courses for recently arrived immigrants. Studies include Finnish language, knowledge of Finnish society, culture and working life and, IT skills.
• Full-time courses for analphabetic, reading and writing skills combined with handicraft and home economics.
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Financing of the courses
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• Financing the courses: 1/3 state subsidy (for the city), 1/3 city of Espoo, 1/3 course fees.
• Finnish National Board of Education (FNBE) grants subsidies for specific groups such as immigrants (+ unemployed and seniors).
• Development projects financed by ministries, FNBE and foundations.
• State financed (100 %) integration training for immigrants.
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State financed integrationtraining for immigrants
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• All immigrants with an integration plan, have a right for free integration training.
• Integration training is meant for registered job seekers. • House wives/ mothers and the elderly are not included importance of
liberal adult education institutes!• 10 adult education centres in the Helsinki region organise state financed
integration training.
• The centres compete for the immigration training.
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The future
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Finland• The object is to develop more coherent
integration training system especially for non job-seekers.
Espoo Adult Education Centre• Need and volume for Finnish language
courses has gone up:
– 2007: 3.676 lessons– 2012: 11.500 lessons
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Thank you!
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Please do not hesitate to contact us:
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Visiting address:Adjutantinkatu 1, 5th floor02650 Espoo
[email protected] 020 692 444 ma−pe klo 12−15
www.espoo.fi/tyovaenopistowww.facebook.com/Espoontyovaenopisto
Tarja Lang, rehtori Course enrolment