Declaration from the General Assembly of the National Union of University Students in Finland
Hyvinkää 19 November 2011
The General Assembly of the National Union of University Students in Finland (SYL) wants to put Finnish know-how first. The Government Programme defines as an objective to make Finland the most competent nation in the world by 2020. This is a grand objective, but can’t be achieved by merely churning out degrees. Given that, for instance, about 60 per cent of a generation in South Korea receives higher education, we cannot compete on numbers. Graduates in Finland are not at the top of their fields because there are many of them but because their knowledge, skills and competences are excellent.
SYL’s General Assembly finds that the emphasis for developing Finnish higher education should continue to focus on securing equal opportunities to education and achieving ambitious knowledge goals. Diverse degrees of good quality and high-quality research are the best ways to promote Finland’s competitiveness.
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