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Early Childhood Education

NewsHelsinki

Children sent home from Helsinki daycare centres due to staff shortages

NewsDay care

Pandemic babies 'dive into the deep end' as daycare starts

NewsCompulsory Education

August brings schooling changes: Extended compulsory education, pre-school pilot programme

NewsYoung people

Government pledges €3 million to tackle youth crime

NewsMinistry of education and culture

Ministry of Education pledges €67.8m to tackle education inequality

NewsPreschool

Finland starts two-year preschool trial

NewsHelsinki

Wednesday's papers: Youth crime decline, aggressive toddlers and ageist labour market

NewsPreschool

10k children to take part in Finnish preschool trial

NewsDay care

Experts weigh in on PM Marin’s call to slash daycare fees

NewsMunicipalities

18 municipalities plan teacher furloughs this autumn, trade union warns

NewsCoronavirus

Kela offers new coronavirus benefit payment

NewsLi Andersson

Minister pledges €29m to improve school counselling services

NewsForeign Language

Monday's papers: Faltering foreign languages, daycare discontent, appearance angst, Arctic chill

NewsDoctors

Monday's papers: Daycare worker and doctor shortage, party funding hike slammed

NewsHelsinki

Tuesday's papers: University admission rates, Helsinki daycare expansion, and a strike in Oulu

NewsImmigrants

Integration panel submits 40-step education proposal

NewsWage Rise

Modest pay hike for daycare teachers in capital region

NewsDay care

Study: Daycare linked to better cognitive skills

NewsCompulsory Education

Teachers' union wants to extend compulsory education

NewsTampere City Centre

Robots enter classrooms in Tampere

NewsChildren

Finland rolls out nutrition guidelines for pre-schoolers

NewsDay care

Report proposes free preschool for 5-year-olds, lower home care allowances and daycare fees

NewsResearch

Study: Girls get less exercise than boys at kindergarten

NewsChildren

Asylum-seeker children bustled straight to school in Hämeenlinna

NewsSociometry

Educators fight against cuts with 67K petition

NewsEducational Sociology

Researcher slams entrance exams for pre-schoolers; city defends practice

NewsNicki Minaj

Thursday's papers: Anti-austerity protests, academics slam gov't plans, and 1000 Nicki Minaj cut-outs flood Senate Square

NewsInitial Teaching

Mandatory preschool sign-ups in progress

NewsInitial Teaching

Preschool law change takes Finns by surprise

NewsRussia

Surprising difference in parental alcohol use

NewsGambling

Tuesday's papers: Reorganizing pre-school education, sympathy financing, and looking to the lottery to bankroll city services

NewsSchools

Children learn to read after a month at school – almost

NewsInitial Teaching

Preschool to become compulsory?

NewsBullying

Researcher: Bullying should be nipped in the bud

NewsSchools

New first graders enrol Wednesday

NewsChildren

Out of the mouths of babes: Gay, lesbian, beer, cider

NewsSubstance dependence

Helsinki eliminating healthcare centre fees

NewsDay care

More day-care on offer -- but maybe not in the right neighbourhoods

NewsTablet Computers

Tech-savvy preschoolers embrace iPads

NewsImmigrants

Thors Proposes Compulsory Preschool Education for Immigrant Children

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