Hello JF.
Mie naona hii system ya kuwapa nafasi watoto kwenye matokeo yao kuwa wamekuwa wa kwanza,wa pili au wa mwisho darasani ifutwe,haina maana kabisa,imagine unakuwa wa mwisho Feza Girls ,hamuoni kuwa hii inamuaffect mtoto anakuwa demoralized???low self esteem na hata akimaliza shule anakua haunted by school experience?!..............................nasuggest kuwa na passing grade say average ni 50% mtu anajua amefeli au amefaulu kwa kiasi gani,hii nayo ina matatizo yake ila sio kama kuwa wa mwisho aisee 😀😀,..................serikali ipime hili,wataona benefits za passing grade ni better than kubrand watoto failure..................
26 Amazing Facts About Finlands Unorthodox Education System
Since it implemented huge education reforms 40 years ago, Finland's school system has consistently come at the top for the international rankings for education systems.
So how do they do it?
It's simple — by going against the evaluation-driven, centralized model that much of the Western world uses.
1. Finnish children don't start school until they are 7.
2. Compared with other systems, they rarely take exams or do homework until they are well into their teens.
3. The children are not measured at all for the first six years of their education.
4. There is only one mandatory standardized test in Finland, taken when children are 16.
5. All children, clever or not, are taught in the same classrooms.
6. Finland spends around 30 percent less per student than the United States.
7. 30 percent of children receive extra help during their first nine years of
school.
8. 66 percent of students go to college.
9. The difference between weakest and strongest students is the smallest in the World
10. Science classes are capped at 16 students so that they may
perform practical experiments every class.
11. 93 percent of Finns graduate from high school.
12. 17.5 percent higher than the US.
13. 43 percent of Finnish high-school students go to vocational
schools.
14. Elementary school students get 75 minutes of recess a day in
Finnish versus an average of 27 minutes in the US.
15. Teachers only spend 4 hours a day in the classroom, and take 2
hours a week for "professional development".
16. Finland has the same amount of teachers as New York City, but
far fewer students.
17. 600,000 students compared to 1.1 million in NYC.
18. The school system is 100% state funded.
19. All teachers in Finland must have a masters degree, which is
fully subsidized.
20. The national curriculum is only broad guidelines.
21. Teachers are selected from the top 10% of graduates.
22. The average starting salary for a Finnish teacher was $29,000 in
23. 2008 Compared with $36,000 in the United States.
24. However, high school teachers with 15 years of experience make
102 percent of what other college graduates make. In the US,
this figure is 62%.
25. There is no merit pay for teachers
26. Teachers are effectively given the same status as doctors and
lawyers
