The challenge in primary and lower secondary education is to find effective ways to strengthen basic skills while at the same time providing new types of competence.
The term of the futures work of comprehensive schools will run from 2023 to 2025. The work will focus on long-term development measures. Researchers and experts will assess the needs for development, and teachers and young people will be consulted.
A parliamentary monitoring group will lend support to the work.
Seminars and workshops
The futures work in comprehensive schools is organised around three themes.
- Artificial intelligence and technology
- Core skills and learning
- Ecological and social sustainability
The work consists of a series of seminars and workshops as well as other meetings and online consultations. The cooperation parties include a broad spectrum of Finnish research organisations, experts in the field of education and training, and other cooperation partners.
The international cooperation partner in this work is the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The OECD’s project ‘Education for Human Flourishing’ has identified similar challenges and needs for further developing education systems.
Comprehensive school survey
The project organised an open survey on the future of comprehensive school in autumn 2024. The survey was conducted by Fountain Park.
