Laws and Amendments in Vocational and Higher Education
In Finland, there are multiple laws developed over time through amendments guiding the training and behaviour of multiple stakeholders including teachers. Different laws in the form of Acts direct the actions of educators at different educational levels. At country level, Ministry of Education and Culture provides the details on these Acts. While the above laws and Acts are in Finnish language, their English translations are available. (Click the highlighted text below to see the English translations) There are four major Acts: 1. Act on Early Childhood Education and Care (540/2018) deals with the early childhood education 2. Act on Basic Education Act 628/1998 and Act on General Upper Secondary Education (714/2018) which deal with the pre-primary, primary and upper secondary compulsory education 3. Act on Vocational Education and Training (531/2017) (VET) which the university of applied sciences 4. Universities Act 558/2009 which deals with and Resear