The cuts in vocational education will also affect the funding of the Helsinki School of Painters by several hundreds of thousands of euros.
Students are disappointed with the cuts in study support at the Helsinki School of Painting. Many people feel that the government's austerity measures are making life and completing a profession more difficult.
The government's cuts have tangible effects on the work of the School of Painters. State funding is rapidly decreasing. At the same time, the students' adult education allowance will be withdrawn, so their number will decrease.
“With this information, cuts can take hundreds of thousands of euros out of our funding per year,” the principal Annukka Wiikinkoski says.
The state funding of the painting vocational school for this year is approximately 2.72 million euros.
According to Wiikinkoski, local education is the last thing the school compromises on. There are many immigrants in the school, many of whom need language teaching or other support.
The cuts appear first as larger teaching groups.
“We may even have to cut the number of teachers,” says Wiikinkoski.
“I hope that work can be found, but the situation in the construction industry is pretty bad. It's also difficult to get an internship,” says Leandra Zamora.
Leandra Zamora, is studying to become a floor finisher at the School of Painting. He says that he followed the government's savings plans for vocational schools with anxiety.
“You don't even dare to look at how the operations affect my life. You have to persevere here,” says Zamora.
He has thought about how much the surgeries will complicate his daily life in the future. Zamora has a kindergarten-age daughter.
He feels that safety has been taken away from working life. In Zamora's opinion, children, young people and families are no longer taken care of.
“Our children will also become future taxpayers. Frankly, I'm furious as hell about how much this affects,” says Zamora.
A floor finisher is Zamora's first professional degree. He has previously studied arts at Liminga Folk College and worked in the restaurant industry.
The intention was to go to work in the summer. It remains because jobs are now a financially worse solution. He has to take studies for the summer, because otherwise the housing allowance will decrease.
“On the other hand, the studies are progressing, but it's a kind of gimmick to get by financially,” says Zamora.
According to Muhammad Al-Sobheini, support for vocational training is urgently needed. For an immigrant, studying opens the door to a decent job. “You can't work and study at the same time, because companies need you to work full hours,” says Al-Sobhein.
Saggad Farhan will graduate as a floor supervisor in about a month after two years of studies. In his opinion, the government's cuts affect everything at the school, but also in the whole country.
According to Farhan, immigrants need support for their studies.
“Before my studies, I worked as a janitor, in a warehouse and on night shifts. It's hard if you don't have a professional degree. The positions change often and the pay is low,” says Farhan.
In his opinion, it is always better to study, because then you can build something new for yourself and your home country.
Farhan makes the training floor together of Muhammad Al-Sobhein with. Al-Sobhein says that he has been in Finland for eight years.
Saggad Farhan will graduate as a floor supervisor in a month. “I'm going to apply for a job right away,” he says.
“It's easy to fire you if you don't have training. If you want a better job and life, you have to study,” says Al-Sobhein.
The government's cuts affect Al-Sobheini's financial situation, at least in terms of housing allowance.
Helsinki There are 235 students at the painting vocational school. Most of them are adults.
“The cuts in funding concern about 50 adult students with a basic degree. Some of them have time to graduate, however,” the assistant principal Elise Nyyssönen tells.
The studies usually last about two years, but some students complete their studies faster. Students graduate and new ones start flexibly throughout the year.
The Helsinki School of Painting is looking for a way to survive, say principal Annukka Wiikinkoski and assistant principal Elise Nyyssönen. “Students' lives have become more difficult and our costs have already risen dramatically. The teachers' salary negotiations are now underway, and we are waiting to see if the salary costs will also rise,” Wiikinkoski says.
The opportunities for those studying with adult education support to complete their studies practically disappear, says Nyyssönen.
“We try to fix it with evening school so that they can study while working,” Nyyssönen says.
building painting 65 percent of the students have recently moved to the country. Their language skills are weak.
It is likely that organizing special education will increase the size of other groups and the school may be forced to lay off teachers.
“It's a big question how different schools organize special education and how uniform it becomes,” says Nyyssönen.
The Helsinki School of Painting now has 18 permanent and four part-time teachers, three supervisors and a study supervisor.
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