This is how the home teaching that is gaining popularity year after year is the popularity of
Learning|Going to home education is just a matter of announcement. Studies are typically monitored once or twice a year.
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The number of people in home education has increased year by year. According to Statistics Finland, 881 students were in home education in 2024.
The number has doubled since 2019, when there were 437 home students.
According to Jukka Vetoniemi, the Board of Education, the reasons for home education are many. These may include, for example, differences in value or problems related to the school environment.
There is no permission for home education, but municipalities need to monitor the progress of pupils.
In home education The number of those in particular increased especially during the corona and has since continued to grow.
According to Statistics Finland, there were 881 home school students in 2024, while in 2019 there were a total of 437 school students. All in all, elementary schools had less than 554,000 students last year.
Thus, the group of people in home education is small but growing.
Accurate Information about why the number of people in home education has not increased, but it seems that awareness of the possibility of attending home school has increased and is also utilized, says the National Board of Education Education Counselor Jukka Vetoniemi.
The causes of families for home education are diverse.
« It may be that parents consider that school values are different from that of the family’s values or may be the background of the worldview. »
The causes may also be related to the school environment, such as indoor air problems or bullying, which is why parents want their children to study at home. Home education can also be a more appropriate option for the family’s life situation.
However, the corona pandemia could in some way break the gates for home teaching when the studies were organized remotely.
« Perhaps some people found that this kind of work works for our child and then wanted to continue, » Vetoniemi says.
Home teaching has been featured since the police last week reported that they were looking for a ten -person Ostrobothnian family that has been missing over a year. The children of the family had attended home school.
There is no need to attend home school in Finland. It is sufficient for the guardian to notify the residence of the child’s transfer to home education.
The guardian is then responsible for the organization of the studies and that the child reaches the knowledge and skills of the basic education curriculum. Home education is also purchased from different organizations and associations, says Vetoniemi.
In home education, the child is not entitled to benefits such as free study materials, school and learning support, school meals or student welfare.
Municipal You need to monitor the progress of home school learning. The law does not determine how the control should be organized, but it is decided locally.
Often the so -called investigative teacher is appointed to the home school, says Vetoniemi.
Typically, an investigating teacher agrees with the family with 1-2 appointments a year. Then the teacher examines the progress of the studies and the kind of content in home education and what kind of project work the student has done. The teacher can also monitor progress in meetings, for example through written and oral tasks.
« The investigative teacher does not organize or do evaluation. »
If the studies do not progress in home teaching, the matter will be discussed with the guardian.
« But then there is the other extreme. An official as an official also follows the other situation, and if it is seen that negligence is done by the guardian, they may be involved with child protection. The authorities may also impose fines if the studies have not been carried out in accordance with the curriculum. »
According to Vetoniemi, situations where home teaching would have to be addressed are very rare. However, there is no nationally compiled information, as such processes are under the control of teaching providers, ie municipalities.
For home school students Also, no certificates are given. Thus, for example, they do not automatically receive a certificate of basic education, even if they have reached the knowledge and skills corresponding to the curriculum.
If the caregiver wants the child to receive a certificate from his or her studies, he or she must attend a « special degree ». Then the home school student demonstrates his / her skills by participating in the exams. In art and arts, skills can be demonstrated, for example, by various handicraft screens.
A specific degree can complete or only part of the entire curriculum for basic education.
Like that There are cases where guardians do not want their child to complete a special degree, Vetoniemi says.
Then the student only receives a free -form report that can say that he or she has studied the number of basic education in home education. It’s not the same thing as a certificate.
« Based on the report, the student applies for secondary education. In practice, it means that he or she is in a discretionary search, that is, as the name says, is at the discretion of the secondary school how to take a student. »
According to Vetoniemi, it has been noticeable this spring that those in home education have returned to school education at the end of primary school. This is to ensure that the student receives a certificate.
« This may smell such a small school shopping in some situations. It is not appropriate, as home teaching has been considered a more long -term way of going to basic education. »
Home teaching There is really no information on quality in Finland and the National Board of Education cannot follow it.
According to Vetoniemi, it can be a good form of study when the child and caregivers are able to organize their daily lives and take care of the progress of their studies.
However, he regrets that home education is also given in situations where the child has problems with learning and would need more support.
« For example, there is no opportunity for a special degree to organize individual syllabus as in school education. »
