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Nine years of basic education is divided into six years of
primary school and three years of lower secondary school.

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Nowadays in Finland, we have
more and more schools and

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campuses where both levels are together.

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On the primary level, teaching
is mostly provided by class

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teachers who teach all
subjects to one class.

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On the lower secondary level,
teachers are subject teachers.

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In recent decades, the trend has
been to educate double degree teachers

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who are qualified as 
class teachers and as subject teachers.

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The government provides basic
funding to municipalities

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based on the number of pupils.

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The municipality can decide to add more
funds to schools, or even cut the funding.

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On the school level, each school has some
sovereignty in allocating the resources.

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The national core curriculum for 
Basic Education provides a framework for 

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Finnish schools and teachers 
to design and implement their teaching.

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Instead of presenting precise
content descriptions, the national

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curriculum focuses on general objectives.

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Each municipality in
school adds local features.

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And, finally, individual
teachers make decisions how to

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implement the curriculum in their classes.

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Teachers have significant autonomy
when it comes to choosing learning

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materials, books, teaching
methods, and assessment tools.

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The national curriculum describes the
main objectives for each school subject.

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But it also consists of descriptions and
objectives of transversal competencies

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and multidisciplinary
cross-curricular themes.

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The current national curriculum emphasises
holistic phenomenon-based teaching and

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learning, but each teacher decides
how to organise daily learning.

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On the lower secondary level,
teaching is still mainly subject-based,

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with some multidisciplinary projects.

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