‘Education is important, but …’ Young people outside of schooling and the Finnish policy of ‘education guarantee’
| Autor: | Sakari Ahola, Suvi Kivelä |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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| Zdroj: | Educational Research. 49:243-258 |
| ISSN: | 1469-5847 0013-1881 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00131880701550441 |
| Popis: | Background Early school leaving and dropout are widely recognized as problems, leading to further marginalization and exclusion of young people from society at large. The Finnish government has set a target that, by the year 2008, 96% of those who complete compulsory education will continue without interruption in secondary education or in the 10th grade. This policy is known as ‘the education guarantee’. Purpose The purpose is to present preliminary results from a research project in progress, which is part of an ESF/EQUAL II funded development project called ‘VaSkooli’. The project aims at a regional model of education guarantee by which a place of study and other forms of support can be offered for every young person finishing compulsory education. Target group The target groups of the project consist of: (1) students in the final years of comprehensive school who have various kinds of difficulties at school; (2) students who do not apply for a place in secondary education after finishing comprehensive... |
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