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Equity in Education Thematic Review Country Analytical Report - Finland

The Finns regard education as very important. In a survey in 1993-94 Finnish adults were asked how they consider the Finnish comprehensive school to have succeeded in reaching its core objectives (3). Up to 66% of the adult respondents considered the school to have succeeded in developing skills and knowledge which support students in their further studies, as well as in promoting study motivation (60%), mediating a healthy lifestyle

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Cette note, extraite du chapitre 2 de Réformes économiques: Objectif croissance 2007, contient des informations sur les progrès réalisés dans la mise en œuvre des réformes de politique structurelle identifiées en 2006 pour la Finlande.

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