Remembering how to play Filed on March 17, 2021
Finland does very well in the ‘PISA tests’, in which the globe’s children compete in academic subjects.
Whenever the great and good chat education, sooner or later someone mentions Finland. Finland does very well in the ‘PISA tests’, in which the globe’s children compete in academic subjects. Singapore and China top the table (education’s equivalent of the Messi-Ronaldo debate) while the UAE performs best in the Arab region. Finland is in the top five but it does something conspicuously different: homework is banned, school doesn’t begin until aged seven and when it does, it’s overtly play-based.