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Immigrants in Finland

At the end of 2008:

190 540 foreign-born residents in

Finland, 4 %, of them:

60 000 Finnish citizenships

130 000 citizens of other countries

30 000 refugees (750 / year)

Net immigration 10 000 a year

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End of 2008: 2 717 immigrants in Vaasa, 4,6 %

More than 70 nationalities.

400 in basic education in Vaasa

At our school (VKK) we have 15 %

immigrant pupils (about 75)

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LANGUAGES IN OUR SCHOOL

Suomi Eesti Espanja

Ruotsi Kormanco Serbo-Croatia

Kakua Sorani Armenia

Nuba-muru Kurdi Turkki

Dinka Albania Azer

Muru Kiina Ranska

Baria Thai Vietnam

Arabia Dari Venäjä

Persia Somali Albania

Suahili Lingala Kiruanda

Unkari Englanti

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Education system

Basic education, Class 1 – 9

General upper

Secondary schools

Vocational upper Secondary

education and training

Universities Polytechnics

Instruction preparatory to basic education

AGE 7 - 18

Preparatory instruction

Joint-classesMED

Pre - primary

The special

– needs

education

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INSTRUCTION PREPARATORY

TO BASIC EDUCATION

Pupils at the age of basic education:

7 – 17 years

lower level 7 – 12 years

upper level 13 – 17 years

About 40 - 50 new pupils a year

1 year (min. 900 or 1000 hours)

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FEEL WELL

PRINCIPLE

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The objective of the preparatory

instruction is to promote the balanced

development of the pupil:

health-care, social welfare,

cooperation with those who make the

social integration plan

To promote the integration into Finnish

society:

Cooperation with other parties (hobbies,

club activities, 2nd level, projects,…)

To find personal ”schoolpath” to

everyone

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COOPERATION BETWEEN SCHOOL

AND HOME

The parents or guardians are introduced to

the process of education and growing up

in Finnish society

Introduced to understand the Finnish

school system, the curriculum, pupil

assessment, teaching methods and the

pupil’s study programme.

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PREPARATORY

Guidance and counselling must give special

attention to ensuring that the pupil has a

realistic notion of his or her level, skills and

chances to further studies

Personal study programme

specifies the pupil’s starting level

Teaching must be on personal level and

concrete, assistants needed.

Project works, group works …

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Instruction in Finnish as the second language

Instruction in basic education subjects adheres the national core curriculum

Instruction in mother tongue

PUPIL ASSESSMENT, PREPARATORY

- must guide and encourage the pupil

- must improve pupil’s self assessment

- grading is not used

- cooperatively with all teachers of the pupil

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CERTIFICATES

The pupil is given a certificate of attendance.

The subject studied, their bredth, and the

Content of instruction.

The certificate may be supplemented by a

description of the pupil’s progress in basic

education subjects studied in the course of

the preparatory instruction.

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ILLITERATE PUPILS

Young people who have had little or no

schooling

The instruction proceeds from his or her

own level, individual learning plan

The instruction emphasizes learning to

read and write.

The objectives are the basic matters that

aid in coping with day – to – day

situations, social integration and

development of identity as a pupil.

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JOINT-CLASSES

For those pupils, who are not ready to

transfer to basic education after preparatory

(illiterate or with little schooling)

The instruction from his or hers own level

Pupils are integrated into basic education

groups for example sports, arts or crafts

Challenge to get skills to go on in studies and

find own schoolpath

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Instruction in basic education subjects adheres the national core curriculum

Instruction in mother tongue

Finnish as a second language

ASSESSMENT, JOINT-CLASSES

During the course of studies may be verbal throughout basic education

Final assessment must be nationally comparable.

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RELIGION

The objective of instruction is a general

education and philosophy of life

Introduce the pupil to own and other

religions

Help the pupil to understand the cultural

and human meaning of religions

Educate the pupil in ethical living

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BASIC EDUCATION

Classes 7, 8, 9

Lower level

Class 6

Preparatory

instruction

Joint-

classes

The learners differ in readiness for

studies.

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BASIC EDUCATION

SUPORT FOR STUDIES

Remedial teaching

Finnish as a second language

Mother tongue

Does not have to study the Swedish language

Own learning plan if needed,

core contents only

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ASSESMENT, BASIC

Assessment during the course of studies

may be verbal throughout basic education.

Final assessment must be nationally

comparable.

There exist Final-assessment criteria for a

grade of 8

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ASSESSMENT OF LANGUAGES:

Level of language performance in the ninth

grade according to the Language Proficiency

Scale.

The Language Proficiency Scale is a Finnish

application of the scales included in the Council

of Europe’s Common European Framework of

Reference for language learning, teaching and

assessment.

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Farida, with little schooling to

Finland at the age of 15, kurdish.

Basic education

Preparatory

Instruction

1 year

2002 - 2003

Joint-classes

level 6–7 with

individual

syllabus, 2 years

2003 - 2005

Vocational upper

Secondary

Preparatory

instruction1 year

2005 -2006

Jupiter-

project

Employment agency

Vaasa Vocational Adult Education

Centre

Adult Secondary schools

Jupiter-project, training into worklife

Institutes, folk high schools have

courses in languages etc.

Vocational

2007 ->