Junior Achievement Finland offers services and study packages that support working life, economics, and entrepreneurship skills for schools, educational institutions, and municipalities. JA’s Yrityskylä is a Finnish learning module that has received an award as the best education innovation in the world. Yrityskylä provides 6th and 9th graders with positive experiences about working life, the economy, entrepreneurship, and society.
Photo: JA Finland
Photo: JA Finland
Junior Achievement Finland offers services and study packages that support working life, economics, and entrepreneurship skills for schools, educational institutions, and municipalities. The goal is that every child and young person, regardless of their starting point, gets the opportunity to learn skills that are important for their future. JA contributes to strengthening the capabilities of children and young people for the needs of a changing working life, managing their own everyday life, and recognizing their own strengths.
The learning environment is the schoolchildren’s own society, a miniature city that simulates the functioning of society and the role of various actors in the national economy. In the Yrityskylä Primary School, the student works in his own profession and gets paid for the work s/he does. In addition, the student act as a consumer and citizen as part of Finnish society.
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