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05/09/2008: "Large number of immigrants poses challenge for schools in Helsinki suburbs"

The number of pupils of immigrant origin is increasing constantly in schools in the suburbs of Helsinki.
Next autumn, as many as 50 out of 60 pupils starting the seventh grade at the Myllypuro comprehensive school will speak a language other than Finnish as their mother-tongue.
"This is the last moment to realise that the schools in Eastern Helsinki are in a special position", says Anneli Luotonen, the principal of the Myllypuro lower secondary school.
"Teaching alone is not enough to handle all the challenges the school is facing", Luotonen adds.

[ At some point in the replacement of the Finnish population, the central heating will break down and then things won't be so cosy for the non-nordics! ]

http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Large+number+of+immigrants+poses+challenge+for+schools+in+Helsinki+suburbs/1135236180799