Recipes for Systemic Change - Helsinki Design Lab

the local comprehensive schools. The emphasis is on play, group participation,and basic preparation for comprehensive school, the following year.The programs are offered at a minimum seven hundred hours per year, butno more than four hours per day. Many children in pre-primary educationalso participate in day care.D1.7 Education Budget + FinancingFunds for all education sectors as well as student financial aid areexpected to rise in the next proposed budget.2009 2010BudgetBudgetproposalYear overyear changemillion € million € %General education 813 843 4vocational training and education 638 665 4Adult education 475 502 6Higher education and research 2,574 2,595 1Student financial aid 871 890 2Compared to other nations, in 2006 Finland spent less money per studentand only slightly more as a % of GDP than the OECD average.SourceMinistry ofEducationpress release2009-9-152006 Annual Expenditure Expenditure as % GDPper student (USD)FinlandOECDaverageFinlandOECDaveragePrimary Education 5,900 6,400 2.4% 2.5%secondary Education 7,500 8,000 1.4% 1.2%Tertiary Education 12,800 12,300 1.7% 1.4%All Education 8,000 7,800 5.8% 5.7%*Tertiary Education Includes R & DSourceOECD Educationat aGlance 2009158