Radio | Clear news | Tuesday 5 December 2023
School students’ Pisa results. The Minister of Education’s concern. Russia sanctions. Price of electricity. Secretary General of the Parliament. Forecast.
Deterioration of schoolchildren’s skills
The skills of Finnish schoolchildren have weakened. This is what the international Pisa comparison says.
Finland has long been at the top of the Pisa results. In recent years, the competence of Finnish schoolchildren has deteriorated in the Pisa comparison.
The skills of Finnish school children have deteriorated in mathematics, reading and natural sciences. However, the skills of Finnish schoolchildren are better than the average of many countries.
The Minister of Education is worried about the Pisa results
Minister of Education Anna-Maja Henriksson is worried about the decline in Finns’ Pisa results.
Henriksson says that work needs to be done in Finland to improve learning outcomes.
Minister of Education Henriksson says that the learning results of schoolchildren have deteriorated in other countries as well.
Suspected violation of Russian sanctions
Customs suspects two (2) Finnish companies of violating Russian sanctions. The companies may have exported or helped to export to Russia products that are not allowed to be exported to Russia because of the war in Ukraine.
Customs says that the value of the products is more than 3 million euros. For example, almost 3,500 drones have been exported to Russia. The companies have announced that the drones will go elsewhere, but the drones may still have been exported to Russia. Both companies may have been managed by the same person.
Customs suspects 6 people of the crime. One (1) person has been arrested.
Price of electricity
The price of electricity remains high. This is how the price forecast of the electricity exchange evaluates. The electricity exchange predicts that the average price of electricity will remain at 10 cents per kilowatt hour until the end of February.
The price of electricity remains high because the weather has been cold for a long time, there has been little wind and there has been little rain. That is why the production of wind turbines and hydroelectric plants has decreased.
The association of energy companies Energiateollisuus says that the situation of electricity production in Finland this winter is nevertheless good.
The new general secretary of the Parliament
The Parliament has elected a new Secretary General. The new general secretary of the Parliament is Antti Pelttari.
Pelttari received 123 votes, or a clear majority, in the election of the general secretary of the parliament. The administrative director of the Parliament Pertti Rauhio received 49 votes.
Antti Pelttari is currently the head of the Protection Police. He will take over as the general secretary of the parliament in January. The current general secretary of the Parliament, Maija-Leena Paavola, is retiring.
Weather
On Wednesday, the weather will be wintry and mostly cloudy. Especially in Western Lapland it is snowing. The sun may shine in places. The temperature is between -5 and -15 degrees throughout the country.