Tavastia Vocational College

 

Hi, everyone

Today I and Giani share with you our experience about the visit in Vocational College Tavastia in Hameenlina, this college with its 363 Personal (Service personal, directors and teachers), 2363 students and 20 buildings is one of the biggest upper secondary colleges of its kind in Finland, maintained by Tavastia Education Consortium. It provides vocational qualifications in 41 educational fields.

 

 The six sectors of education provided by the college are:

            Culture

            Natural Sciences

            Social Sciences, Business and Administration

            Social Services, Health and Sports

            Tourism, Catering and Domestic Services

            Technology, Communications and Transport

With the upper secondary "general education" schools in Hämeenlinna the college offers a wide range of optional - vocational as well as general - studies to the students. The students of the college also have an opportunity of choosing upper secondary school studies leading to the matriculation examination. The duration of studies leading to vocational qualifications is three years. Majority of the students are 16-19 years. The college provides apprenticeship training both in youth and adult education. The expertise, up-to-date facilities and equipment give excellent possibilities to plan tailor-made training to face the needs of enterprises.

 

 

Vocational education for adults - Further and special vocational qualifications - Education for unemployed people - Day and evening.

 

The three-year program involves 120 credits. Both vocational and so called general subjects - such as Mathematics, Finnish, English, Swedish, Civics, Physics, Chemistry, ADP, Arts and Culture, Sports - are included in every program.

The college provides apprenticeship training both in youth and adult education. The expertise, up-to-date facilities and equipment give excellent possibilities to plan tailor-made training to face the needs of enterprises.

The Tavastia Vocational College also organises separate preparatory training to immigrants for basic vocational education (MAVA). The training begins in August and ends in June. You will learn Finnish and English languages, how to use a computer, mathematics, biology, history as well as other subjects.

The duration and study program varies a lot on the bace of students' knowledge , competence and work experience. Education is organized in close cooperation with the local work life. There are 65 different study programs with 7 fields, include special vocation qualification.

 

 

The college reception  the group very well, organized the coffee break, showing the buildings and allowed for the group did interaction with the students. This was a good opportunity to change experience with the Finland teachers.