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Immigrant Immigrant education in Vaasaeducation in Vaasa
Immigrant Immigrant education in Vaasaeducation in Vaasa
4.6.20094.6.2009ComeniusComenius
Mirjam SilvénMirjam Silvén
Target
The objective of immigrant education is to provide people moving to Finland with opportunities to function as equal members of Finnish society and guarantee immigrants the same educational opportunities as other citizens.
With maintaining own mother tongue,
Finnish as a second language confirms pupils multicultural identity and builds base to functional bilingualism.
Instruction preparing for basic education (preparatory
class)• For preschool children (6 year old) and pupils
in 1st-9th class (compulsory education)• For pupil whose mother tongue is other than
Finnish, Swedish or Sami language • Administration of education in Vaasa decides
how learning groups are composed (max. 10 pupils)
• 6–10 year old at minimum 900 h (5 h / schoolday) and for older at minimum 1000 h (5-6 h/ schoolday)
• Studying F2 and all other lessons than pupil in same age exept other languages and religion
– State pays expenses afterwards to organiser of schooling
Classification of immigrant pupils according to their
own levellevel 1 pupils who moves up from daycare (preschool)
or pupils in 1st-2nd classes
level 2 problems in Finnish language, 3rd-6th classes
level 3 incomplete schoolhistory and problems in Finnish language, 3rd-6th classes
level 4 no schoolhistory and problems in Finnish language, 3rd-6th classes
level 5 problems in Finnish language, 7th-9th classes
level 6 short or incomplete schoolhistory and problems in Finnish language, 7th-9th classes
level 7 no scoolhistory and problems in Finnish language, 7th-9th classes
Instruction preparing for basic education in Vaasa
• 3 groups for instruction preparing in preschool
• for 7-13 year old in one school 4 class • for 14-17 year old in two schools (4 +1)
5 classes • MED diagnostic specialclass for
immigrants• Nivel-classes 4 (”seam”)
Statistics 5/2009
Instruction preparing classes 64 pupils• Palosaaren koulu 31 pupils (4 classes)• Vöyrinkaupungin koulu 25 pupils (4 classes)• Variskan koulu 8 pupils (1 class)MED –class in Palosaaren koulu 8 pupilsNivel-classes (3) in Vöyrinkaupungin koulu 25 pupilsBasic education (1st-9th) (344-33 =) 311 pupilsFinnish as a second language about 300 pupilsAll immigrants 408 pupils
Immigrant pupils in Vaasa compulsory education and
preparatory classesFinnish school classes 1st-6th
Finnish school classes 7th-9th
Total preparatoryclasses 1st-6th
preparatoryclasses 7th-9th
20.9.2005 180 111 291
20.9.2006 188 97 285
20.9.2007 188 102 290
20.9.2008 207 110 317
29.05.2009
344 31 33
Immigrant pupils in basic education
City of Vaasa gets financial support (raised resourses) from state for immigrant pupils
Mother tongue* is not part of basic education * is not compulsory* direct financial support from state 2,5 h/week
Finnish or Swedish as a second language* part of compulsory education* with remedial teaching resourses of school* direct financial support from state
Other supporting (remedial teaching)* needs in many school subjects* remedial teaching resourses of school accoding to Law of Basic Education* direct financial support from state for immigrant pupils (4 years)
Own religion* part of compulsory education
* direct financial support from state (raised)
First discussions with the parents about immigrant
schooling• Finnish schoolsystem • Messages between parents and teacher • Interpreter (translator) arrangements• School transporting• Clothing in Finland• Nutrition• Upbringing without violence (Finnish laws)• How to read class schedule (and map)• How to do homeworks • Religion• Daily problem situations• Composition of family (idea)