There is a wide range of social studies and civic education available for mature students, who often also pursue studies merely for their personal gratification and self-enhancement. In Finland, educational establishments provide adult education and training to about one million students each year, amounting to some 10 million classroom hours. Just like young people's education, award-winning adult education is free in Finland. For other provision, mature students mostly pay either a subsidised fee or the market price. The Ministry of Education allocates some 3.5 billion marks of budgetary funds to adult education and training.
Most mature students work full-time.
Accordingly, the aim in teaching arrangements is to make full use of the development opportunities inherent in open and distance learning. Thanks to new educational technologies, study opportunities independent of time and place are available to all. One of the aims in the national information society strategy is to ensure equal access to information and communications technology for study purposes. This entails computer training and high-standard educational contents, as well as equitable access to computer terminals, internet hosts and other facilities. How to reach us .