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Finland a popular destination for VET teaching staff mobility
A great many teachers and experts in European vocational education and training head for Finland for their exchange abroad. Finland was the sixth most popular destination in Europe, shows a survey requested by the European Commission. This survey measured the impact that the mobility of teaching staff and experts within the Leonardo da Vinci programme has had on the quality of VET systems.
The survey, published in the spring of 2011, highlights the impact of transnational mobility both from the individual perspective of the teachers and experts and from the vantage point of institutions and educational systems. The focus lay on Leonardo-funded teaching and expert exchanges during 2005–2008. The survey covered nearly 6000 people in the whole of Europe.
Only big European countries more popular than Finland
Relative to the size of the population and compared to other countries in Europe, the interest in visiting Finland was as much as five times higher. Only the big EU countries of Germany, Spain, Britain, Italy and France came before Finland.
Finland’s popularity is partly assigned to excellent PISA results. According to the survey answers, Finland would attract even more visitors were it not for the location on the outskirts of Europe and the higher-than-average price levels. Also, yet more teaching staff would opt for a Finnish exchange, if the Finnish institutions were able to receive more visitors.
(20 October 2011 / HL + TP)
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