Education is an investment, not a spending item. Cuts today turn into skills deficits, social costs, and lost competitiveness in the future.
The government promised that education would be under special protection, yet it cut about 120 million euros from vocational education and training, reduced education for people retraining and abolished the adult education allowance. Index increases only keep funding in step with rising costs. Vocational experts are still needed, and vocational college is part of many people’s path to higher education, including mine. In the capital region the cuts hit Omnia, which provides vocational education in Espoo and Kauniainen, from an already very challenging financial position.
Lifelong learning is not a supplementary concern — it is a structural requirement in an economy being reshaped by automation and AI. The education system must serve adults in transition, not only young people finishing compulsory education. Public investment in adult education, retraining, and professional development pays returns across the working population.
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