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school
portrait : Native language Finish
Name: Invalidiliiton Järvenpään koulutuskeskus
(IJKK)
Country: Finland
City: 04401 Järvenpää
Street: Mannilantie 27-29
Website: http://www.ijkk.fi
Contact: sari.rantala@ijkk.fi
tel. +358 9 292 0305
fax +358 9 2920 1270
Self-description:
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FPD Järvenpää Training Centre (IJKK) is one of the special vocational
colleges in Finland. The college is owned by the Finnish
Association of People with Physical Disabilities (FPD)
and funded by the Ministry of education. Järvenpää Training
Centre operations are monitored by the National Board
of Education.
Järvenpää Training Centre was founded in 1948, watchmaking
education being our one of the very first fields of
studies. The college is nationwide, having units also
in other cities and students from all over the country.
The city of Järvenpää is located some 40 kilometers
north from Helsinki.
Järvenpää Training Centre provides special education
in vocational training, supplementary special training
for professional skills, preparatory and rehabilitative
training and guidance, additional vocational training
for further vocational qualifications and we function
as a nationwide development and service centre of special
education.
There are approximately 600 – 630 students each year.
The upper secondary vocational studying programmes educate
in Technology and Transport, Culture, Social Sciences,
Business and Administration, Natural Sciences, Tourism,
Catering and Home Economics. All the fields have various
professional qualifications to study, from business
administrators to vehicle mechanics, visual artisans,
jewelers and watchmakers etc.
The watchmaking education in Järvenpää follows the general
guidelines in special education in Finland. To help
the learning process, we supply different support services
to each student according to their Individual Educational
Plan (IEP). Our aim is to reach employability, eligibility
for further education and empowerment for our students.
To achieve these aims we offer holistic rehabilitation
in the areas of physical, psychological and social life.
The watchmaking education takes 3 years (120 credits,
40 cr. each year). The intake is 8 students / year totaling
24 students. There are 3 professional teachers and an
instructor in the department. There are also other teachers
for the common studies. In the education we follow the
national curriculum. 75% of the studying in watchmaking
is practical work, toolmaking and repairing customers
clocks and watches. There are on-the-job learning periods
each year totaling minimum 20 cr. Also the students
give skills demonstrations on each vocational study
module, either at school or on-the-job.
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