The government says it wants to learn from Finland, known to have one of the best educational systems in the world, to improve education. It has been widely known that Finland is the country with the best education system in the world. It is proven from the result of Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) test which shows that Finland students achieve either the first or the second place, beating other students from many countries. Indonesia, however, is in the 57th place. This discrepancy must have something to do with the education system in both countries. What makes Finland students perform better than Indonesian students? What makes Finland education system become the best in the world? Let's check the answer here.
Compared with other systems, they rarely take exams or do homework until they are well into their teens.
This is the first aspect which really different compared to Indonesia education system. In Indonesia, students from Elementary school have a lot of homework to do.
The children are not measured at all for the first six years of their education.
In Indonesia, since the children attended school in the beginner level, all the things about them has been measured, including their achievement. Students has been measured whether they smart or not.
There is only one mandatory standardized test in Finland, taken when children are 16.
It is really different with Indonesia, right? National Exam, that is claimed as Standardized test, is taken in all phase of school, from Elementary until Senior High School.
All children, clever or not, are taught in the same classrooms.
It is different with Indonesia which has piloting class and regular class.
Elementary school students get 75 minutes of recess a day in Finnish versus an average of 30 minutes in Indonesia.
So much time was used to study in classroom, that is what experienced by elementary students in Indonesia.
Teachers only spend 4 hours a day in the classroom, and take 2 hours a week for "professional development".
This is really good way that Indonesia's government must learn from. With an highly educated and developed teacher, the result of education for our young gen in Indonesia will be much better.
Finland has the same amount of teachers as New York City, but far fewer students.
Different to New York, and really different to Indonesia. A lot of students, fewer teachers.
All teachers in Finland must have a masters degree, which is fully subsidized.
From this aspect, in Finland, we can see that teacher is the most important thing in establishing a good education for their young generations and resulted at the best education system in the world.
The school system is 100% state funded.
In Finland, there is almost no private school.
The national curriculum is only broad guidelines.
In 2010, 6,600 applicants vied for 660 primary school training slots.
Teacher is one of important position in Finland.
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