[jay4Oov9]

Is there a separation in Finland between public school (where those programs are applied) and private school (which do what they want)?

And if so, do the ministers and government officials who decided on that send their kids to public schools? (not implying any scheme, just curious if they eat their own dogfood)

[asutekku]

We really do not have any private schools in finland, almost everything is public.

[jay4Oov9]

Oh, that's great (for equity between citizen, that is). Somehow, you guys always rock :)

[eMSF]

Private schools are rather rare, and most of them follow the national curriculum. I don't think their small existence affects policy changes like this much at all.

[emilfihlman]

There really are not "private" schools in Finland (not in comprehensive school nor in upper secondary). They must all follow the same teaching requirements that public schools offer and they get government funding. And you don't get in with money but via application.

So they are more like schools that are run by private individuals.