Teachers are opposed to the transfer of schoolchildren's summer vacation
Tourism|According to the tourist staff, the transfer of summer vacations could make Finland a « cool » holiday paradise.
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In the OAJ membership survey, 78 % of teachers are opposed to the postponement of schoolchildren in the OAJ membership survey.
According to teachers, the transfer would weaken work, learning outcomes and peace of mind in schools.
Tourism representatives have proposed a summer vacation transfer for two weeks to make Finland a more attractive summer vacation for Europeans.
The greater part Teachers are opposed to the transfer of a summer vacation for schoolchildren, according to a recent membership survey by the OAJ.
According to the teachers, the transfer would mean a huge change for the whole education sector that would weaken at work and influence learning outcomes.
74 % of the teachers who responded to the survey estimate that their own coping at work and 63 % estimate that learning outcomes will decrease if the start of summer vacations is later transferred from the beginning of June.
82 % of respondents estimate that the change would negatively affect school peace. The spring semester is longer than the fall semester. According to the respondents, the long spring semester would get tired of students and teachers and reflect on everyone's well -being.
In February Shareholder and Chairman of Ruka and Holy Ski Centers Ville Aho suggested In the Helsingin Sanomatthat summer vacations would be moved in Finland for two weeks later.
According to Aho, the transfer could from Finland in the eyes of European tourists popular summer vacation paradise. Now many services will be closed in early August, as Finnish tourists are not enough for destinations.
However, August is the actual month of the Central and Southern European countries.
Also CEO of the Tourism, Accommodation and Restaurant interest organization Mara Timo Lapland It was worth the proposal, as at the start of schools, a large part of seasonal workers will also disappear.
According to OAJ Finland's attractiveness as a tourist country is not about delaying summer holidays for schoolchildren.
OAJ chairman Katarina burglary The goal of increasing Finland's attractiveness as a tourist country, but wonders how the annual turnover of the tourism industry would increase by the transfer of summer vacations for schoolchildren, if the number of older holidays does not increase.
According to Murro, delaying summer holidays for schoolchildren would require the annual rhythm of the whole education system from elementary school to universities.
The transfer would affect, among other things, the timetables for student writing and the application times for universities and the timetables for the entrance examinations.
“The education system should not be struck only from the needs of the tourism industry. It is a good idea to listen to teachers in changes in the education system,” says Murto in a news release from OAJ.
The OAJ asked the issue with a membership survey, which was answered by 17,557 teachers. 78 % of them opposed the proposal to be delayed by schoolchildren.
