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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-I).51      10.31703/grr.2020(V-I).51      Published : Mar 2020

Finnish Education System and its Triumph in Pisa: Lessons to Learn for Pakistan

Abstract

    Finland has emerged as world leader in terms of educational achievement and become a symbol for school development and reforms since the first exam of Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), a test structured for the fifteen-year-old students, in science and language literacy, on which it ranked highest among Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) nations. The major aim of the study was 1) to review the factors behind the phenomenal success of Finnish education system, 2) what lessons possibly Pakistan could learn while considering the differences. The findings were that there were no isolated factors that have a contribution in the success of Finnish Education system rather there were numerous interrelated factors that had added strength to Finland's successful educational structure. Moreover, the educational policies in the long run, the culture of trust and the passion of Finnish citizens for reading are the other reasons for this triumph.

    Finnish Education System, Teacher Education, Pakistan, PISA

    (1) Sobia Altaf
    PhD Scholar, Department of Education, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Abid Shehzad
    Assistant Professor, Department of Education, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Aneela Sana Akhtar
    PhD Scholar, Department of Education, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
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