Legislative framework
The legislation has substantially increased the autonomous decision-making powers of local authorities, other education providers and schools: for example, the working hour regulations in schools or the possibility for providers of general upper secondary education and VET to purchase certain services from other sources. The Act on Vocational Education and Training regulates the right to provide education and training. The education provider needs an authorisation (by the Ministry of Education) to organise education and training. The authorisation regulates the maximum number of students and the fields of training, which the provider concerned is allowed to offer to the students. The act regulates generally the content of studies, the rights of students and the evaluation of education and training, leaving much decision-making power for the provider of education. The provider can make decisions, for instance on local curriculum, possible extra funding, focusing of the training courses, cooperation with the enterprises.
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