Learning for life, the Finnish way

No tuition, only one major exam (with six hours given per paper) and classes that mix kids of all abilities. We discover how they do it, in our two-part special report.

After reading this article i feel that it is the best to conduct our studies too. But as usual we have the advantages and the disadvantages. Firstly i shall talk about the advantages of the Finnish way. The classes have students with different abilitues guiding their friends with their knowledge. Moreover students also learn better by teaching their peers in the topics they are weak in. This will also let the classmates to bond better with their peers and have a better understanding. Schools are not just places of study, but also for children to learn how to live and work with others in society. Through this, the students will learn the values. Therefore instead of preparing for an exam every year like in Singapore in Finland it is only one major exam after their 9 years of education.
At the same time there might some disadvantges like the students may not be pushed up to their potential. The teachers helping out the students who are weaker whereas how about the students who good  but they can be better? The class will have to go at the pace of the slow ones, this will only create stress to the slower ones because the studens who are good can understand the topic better so this will make the students who cannot understand to be pressurize. Therefore there should be a banding so that it will allow the differnt students to go in different pace.


Link : http://www.todayonline.com/commentary/learning-life-finnish-way