Education system in Finland- something to aim for

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Something many countries should aspire to. Formal schooling starts at age seven, teachers are required to have a Masters, no standardised testing and homework is at an average of half an hour a day. Schools in Finland are ranked amongst the top in the world.

I work with a private school in Helsinki and they definitely do charge tuition. In fact they also receive a grant from the Finnish government.

In Scotland children walk to and from school alone younger often P4 (Y5)
but the school only releases to parents for P1-2 and P3-4 are told if you are expecting someone and they are not here come back to school, some kids that lived really cose like less than 200mwould go home on their own from about 7 years old
also lots of kids in rural scotland get the school bus from age 5, in our village it is common to see kids 7-8 without an adult ( but in groups not alone alone) in park or walking to village shop