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18.12.2025 | The international results of the OECD Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) 2024 were published earlier this autumn. They have now been supplemented with Finland’s national results. Finland participated in the main TALIS 2024, which focused on lower secondary school teachers and principals, and in the TALIS Starting Strong module, which targeted staff in early childhood education and care and pre-primary education.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410845/finland-s-talis-2024-national-reports-published-results-to-be-discussed-at-january-seminar
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2.12.2025 | An OECD survey shows that Finnish early childhood education and care (ECEC) stands out for active cooperation with families. In Finland, staff communicate and organise events for families more often than in most other participating countries. Stress levels among ECEC and pre-primary staff and leaders are lower in Finland than elsewhere, but staff shortages are a major source of stress.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410845/talis-2024-early-childhood-staff-find-their-work-meaningful-but-lack-of-resources-and-staff-shortages-pose-challenges
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15.1.2026 | Today the Government decided in its plenary session to submit to Parliament the Government Report on the Application of Language Legislation in 2025. The report provides important monitoring data on the current state of Finland’s national languages and other indigenous languages and on the realisation of linguistic rights.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410853/language-report-discusses-realisation-of-linguistic-rights
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13.4.2026 | The Finnish call-up process will have two parts in the future. The first part will be a call-up information day for the whole age group, providing young people with more information about homeland defence. The second part, the call-up day proper, will be organised later for men liable for military service and for women applying for voluntary military service. The call-up information day will be piloted in Espoo, Iisalmi and Jyväskylä in autumn 2026.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/236553176/call-up-system-to-be-extended-to-whole-age-group-three-municipalities-to-pilot-information-days-in-autumn
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12.6.2025 | The Government appointed Director Heidi Backman, M.Soc.Sc. as Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education and Culture on 12 June. The appointment is for a five-year term beginning on 4 August 2025.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410845/heidi-backman-appointed-permanent-secretary-of-the-ministry-of-education-and-culture
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28.5.2025 | The Ministry of Education and Culture has prepared a programme to advocate equity and non-discrimination in early childhood education and care, in schools and in educational institutions. The measures will be carried out over the 2025 to 2027 period.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410845/ministry-of-education-and-culture-promotes-equity-and-non-discrimination-across-the-whole-education-system
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10.9.2025 | FINNISH GOVERNMENT PO Box 23, FI-00023 Government, Finland vn.fi/en Tel. +358 295 16001 VALTIONEUVOSTO PL 23, 00023 Valtioneuvosto vn.fi p. 0295 16001 1(4) Budget session of Prime Minister Orpo’s Government on 1–2 September 2025 Entries in the mee...https://valtioneuvosto.fi/documents/194055633/221331025/Budget+session+of+Prime+Minister+Orpo%E2%80%99s+Government+on+1%E2%80%932+September+2025+.pdf/8ef357f7-2022-657b-37c1-24b7113e3872?t=1757503617551
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22.12.2025 | On 22 December 2025, the Government adopted a decree on a new grant that employment authorities can use to help companies hire unemployed young people under 30 years of age. This grant is also known as the employment voucher or recruitment subsidy. The subsidy granted to a company covers half of the young person’s salary for six months, but no more than EUR 1,500 per month.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/government-adopts-decree-on-employment-voucher-for-young-people-employment-authorities-can-apply-for-funding-soon