It's about education systems

1. • Finland also known as the Land of Thousand Lakes is a Nordic country situated in the North Eastern part of
Europe.
• Ethnic sunrise of the Finnish civilization is unanimously agreed upon to be during the 8000-8300 BCE with the
“Soumusjarvi” culture.
• The earliest written records mentioning Finland appeared around the 12th century as the catholic church gained
their footing in Finland trough Swedish conquests.
• Finland adopted the Lutheranism as its primary religion making Literacy a key part of its ancient past .

3. • In mid-19th century, Finnish became an official language, and gradually replaced Swedish
as the schooling language.

5. • One of the competitive advantages in Finland has been ability in foreign
language. All students learn at least two foreign languages, mainly English and
obligatory Swedish, up to high school.
• A citizens’ initiative to remove obligatory Swedish from education in but failed
to pass. Despite being a mandatory part of the national curriculum, more than
half of all Finns consider themselves to be unable to understand Swedish at an
elementary or near elementary level.