The Jyväskylä General Upper Secondary Schools form a unit consisting of six upper secondary schools: Cygnaeus Upper Secondary School, Jyväskylä Upper Secondary School for Adults, Jyväskylän Lyseo

Upper Secondary School, Seppä Upper Secondary School, Seppä Upper Secondary School Tikkakoski unit, and Voionmaa Upper Secondary School. The Jyväskylä General Upper Secondary Schools are part of

the Jyväskylä Educational Consortium.

“Career Start”

4

Additional basic education

Finnish Education System

Matriculation examination General upper secondary schools

Basic Education (comprehensive schools) 7-16-year-olds

Vocational qualificationsVocational Colleges, Adult education institutions,

Apprenticeship Training Centres

Specialist vocational qualifications

Further vocational qualifications

Adult education institutions, Apprenticeship Training Centres

Polytechnic bachelor’s degreesPolytechnics

(Universities of Applied Sciences)

Bachelor’s degreesUniversities

Master’s degreesPolytechnic master’s degrees

Doctoral degrees- licentiate degrees

Work experience

6

5

3

2

0

1

Work experience

Duration in years

1-9

1-3

1-3

4-5

Pre-primary education, 6-year-olds

ISCED

General Upper Secondary Education in Finland

General upper secondary education continues the teaching and educational tasks of basic education to students aged about 16–19. The general upper secondary school ends in the matriculation examination, which yields eligibility for all higher education studies.In Finland, about half of the students continue their studies in general upper secondary schools after completing compulsory basic education.

Jyväskylä Educational Consortium (1 January 2011)

Owner Municipalities

Council

Board of Directors

CEO Vesa Saarikoski

Audit Committee

− FinancesToini Karvinen

− PersonnelMarkku Toivola

− IT Administration Leena Koponen

− CommunicationsErkki Mäntymaa

− Regional DevelopmentTerttu Kiviranta

− International AffairsAino Malin

− Processes and Quality Hanna Rajala− Procurements Pasi Hakkarainen

Group Management

Kirsti Kosonen− Welfare and Culture− Business and

Services− Restaurant Priimus− Technology and

Logistics− Student Services− Core Studies

Jyväskylä College

Kaija Haapasaari

Jyväskylä Apprenticeship Training Center

Marko Noronen− Welfare and

Business− Technology and

Logistics− Development

Services− Driving Instructor College

Jyväskylä Institute of

Adult Education

Erkki Kumpulainen

Real Estate Management

Petteri Järvinen− Services and

Welfare− Technology,

Logistics and Forestry

− Student Services and Core Studies

Jämsä College

Antti Rastela− Cygnaeus Upper Secondary School − Jyväskylä Upper Secondary School

for Adults− Jyväskylän Lyseo Upper

Secondary School− Seppä Upper Secondary School, Seppä Upper Secondary School Tikkakoski Unit− Voionmaa Upper Secondary School

Jyväskylä General Upper Secondary Schools

Jyväskylä General Upper Secondary Schools, Key Indicators in 2014

• The Jyväskylä General Upper Secondary Schools belong to the Jyväskylä Educational Consortium as one of its seven profit centres

• The consortium structure brings benefits: shared teachers and premises

• The Upper Secondary School Unit has an Administrative Board and an Executive Group of its own

• Number of upper secondary schools: 5 • Total number of students: 2 800 • Number of personnel: 181• Annual turnover: EUR 16 million

Working for the Students

• All Jyväskylä upper secondary schools are non-graded: the students are able to complete the education at their own pace

• The students can combine courses from all upper secondary schools in Jyväskylä.

• Cooperation between upper secondary schools and vocational education:- Dual qualification- Triple qualification (upper secondary school

syllabus, matriculation examination, vocational

upper secondary qualification)- Exchange periods - Individual courses

Goal: versatile and individual learning pathsfor the students

Development Activities

1. “General Upper Secondary Schools in Central Finland” Project• Regional cooperation• Close contacts with the world of work2. Guidance and Counselling Project• Personal online study plan• Cooperation with the University of Jyväskylä

and JAMK University of Applied Sciences• Guidance is part of everyday life in the whole

work community3. Entrepreneurship Studies4. ICT in Learning• Social software5. Internationality• Goal: increased international mobility

Jyväskylä General Upper Secondary Schools

Cygnaeus UpperSecondary SchoolMusic, Natural Sciences

Jyväskylän Lyseo Upper Secondary SchoolInternationality, IB School

Seppä Upper Secondary SchoolEntrepreneurship,Football

Seppä UpperSecondary SchoolTikkakoski UnitAviation

Voionmaa UpperSecondary SchoolEntrepreneurship, Performing Arts, Sports

Jyväskylä Upper Secondary Schoolfor Adults