That is why state borrowing was curbed and the debt began to shrink. That was a correct move. Otherwise, we would be leaving a growing burden of debt hanging around the necks of our children and our children's children. The same applies to the environment. The present generation has no right to be so selfish as to ruin the environment in which future generations will live.
Decisions affecting education have a direct impact on tomorrow's prosperity.
Finnish expertise and competitiveness are created in the classroom and the lecture hall. The basic security of education has to be guaranteed for all. Finnish schools are computerised and they will all be linked in an information network. Apparently they will be the first such schools in the world. Now it is time to improve the quality of teaching and learning.