Parties are reserved to be delayed by school summer holidays
School|Politicians are concerned about the well -being of children and young people: the end of May until the end of May is already stinging.
Worry And the well -being of young people became the top when the STT asked the parties about their views on being delayed by summer holidays.
Party leaders believe that while the tourism industry could benefit from the transfer of summer vacations in a couple of weeks, this should be considered especially for schoolchildren.
« This is not just about how to organize a matter from a tourism point of view, but it is primarily about how school work would be organized in Finland. Matias Marttinen.
Chairman of the Christian Democratic Parliamentary Group Peter Östman Seems to extend the risks of the spring semester.
« When the kids have actually been at school since the end of May until the end of May, school fatigue begins to feel. »
The transfer of summer holidays in schools later reached public debate when the tourism industry announced about a week ago that the transfer of the transfer will increase the economic benefits survey.
According to it, the transfer of holidays from Midsummer would bring income and jobs in the industry. Shortly thereafter Anders adlercreutz quoth To the generalthat the Ministry of Education is investigating the matter.
The STT asked for views on the holidays of other government parties and the two major opposition parties, the SDP and the center. All the chairmen of the parliamentary groups was positive about making the report themselves.
In the SDP The widely shared view is that the question is a secondary issue for the party.
« It has been a message from teachers and parents that the spring semester is already quite long, so that its extension may affect the peace of mind, the well -being and well -being of children and adolescents, and therefore be harmful to our goal of turning the learning outcomes again, » says the SDP Chairman of the SDP’s parliamentary group again, « says Tytti Tuppurainen.
Chairman of the Downtown Parliamentary Group Antti Kurvinen notes that due to the well -being of children, the spring semester should be divided into two parts if it was decided to move summer vacations.
Travel and tourism According to a study for restaurant companies, 75 % of companies were in favor of moving holidays from Midsummer.
Companies’ net sales were expected to increase by several hundred thousand euros a year and employment over 2,400 man -years during the summer months.
The problem from the tourism industry’s point of view is that Finland will catch up in the hottest season in Europe. Finland will return to schools in early August, when tourists from elsewhere in Europe may no longer be able to maintain open services.
« I think it is clear that the Finnish tourism industry would have enormous growth potential if summer vacations went beyond August, » Kurvinen says.
The government parties emphasize that there has been no debate within the government. The transfer of holidays is also not in the government program.
Group leader Jani Mäkelä notes that it is not advisable to use « a lot of time and resources » to investigate. When it has already been found to be associated with several intersecting points of view.
“There hasn’t been a clear signal that the change would be good for more, so it may have been easier not to move,” Mäkelä says.
