[HIGHLIGHTS] Minister responds to criticism of bilingual education: "Swedish is needed more"

The amount of Finnish in bilingual education was not considered sufficient in Swedish-Finnish independent schools. The Minister for Education sees no reason to change the regulation.

Lotta Edholm: "If another language takes over, there is a risk of losing important knowledge of the Swedish language" According to Edholm, one way to further expand bilingual education may be for schools to extend teaching time.More on the topic in this week's episode of 15 Minutes from Uutiset. The episode airs at 10.30am on Friday, March 2, 2015.