Comparison between Education in Finland and Canada

Sl.no	FINLAND	CANADA
1	It has three levels 1.    Basic education 2.    Upper secondary education and training 3.    Higher education	It has three levels 1.    Primary education 2.    Secondary education 3.    Post secondary education
2	Basic education is uniform	Elementary education is different at different jurisdiction
3	Finnish children start their actual education at the age seven	Canadian children start their actual education at the age of six
4	Nine years of compulsory education	Education is compulsory for 6-16 age grouped pupil. Some provinces extend it to 18 years.
5	Pre primary education is available to children in the year preceding compulsory education.	Kindergarten, operated by local educational authorities and offering one year pre grade-1 training, non compulsory education available for five year old child.
6	Upper primary levels comprises vocational education and training  and general education	In secondary education level vocational and academic programs are offered within separate, dedicated, vocational training centers.
7	Education is free of cost for all students	Education in public primary and secondary schools is free but parents have to pay student fee between $5 to $100 per term for extracurricular classes such as music, arts etc
8	There are no space for private schools and coaching	Private schools are there and most of them are religious
9	Mid day meal is provided to all students	Canada has no national school meal program
10	Finland has 190 days school days in an year	Canada has 190 days school days in an year
11	There are no mandatory standardized test in Finland apart from one exam at the end of student’s senior year in high school	Canadian primary and secondary standard examinations are developed in Canada and taken by primary and secondary students
12	For the first six year of basic education, students tend to taught by same class teacher across subjects areas and subject specialists for remaining three years.	Different teachers teaches at different levels
13	99 % of students attend public schools	92% of students attend public schools
14	Educational system and quality of education are similar everywhere across the country	Educational system and quality of education are almost similar between provinces