Comparisons

OPPI vs HEI Schools and other Finnish education providers

Several organisations bring Finnish education abroad. Here's how OPPI's K-5 focus compares with HEI Schools, Eduten and CCE Finland, and how to tell them apart when choosing one.

In brief

HEI Schools, co-founded with the University of Helsinki, licenses a branded early years and kindergarten concept built around Finland's national early education curriculum, extending in some markets to K-12.
Eduten, known in Finland as ViLLE, is a digital maths learning platform from the University of Turku, used in more than 50 countries; it is a supplementary tool rather than a whole-school pedagogy programme.
CCE Finland, the Council for Creative Education, offers teacher training and school development programmes, including phenomenon-based and project-based learning models, and has supported Finnish curriculum schools across Asia and Africa.
OPPI focuses specifically on bringing Finnish K-5 pedagogy, teacher training and school affiliation to existing schools, most often layered onto an existing board such as CBSE or ICSE, described in how school affiliation with OPPI works.
The providers are not fully interchangeable: some focus on early years, some on a single subject, and some on whole-school teacher training, so the right fit depends on what a school actually needs.

What each provider actually offers

HEI Schools centres on early childhood and kindergarten, licensing a Finnish-inspired play and inquiry based curriculum, teacher training and learning environment design to operators, with some markets extending the model into primary and beyond. Eduten is narrower by design: a gamified, research backed maths platform built on more than 15 years of University of Turku research, meant to sit inside an existing curriculum rather than replace it. CCE Finland works mainly through teacher training and school development, including its Phenomenon and project based learning programmes, and has helped establish Finnish curriculum schools, such as the SISU network, in several countries.

Where OPPI fits

OPPI's focus is K-5 primary pedagogy delivered through teacher training and school affiliation, most commonly layered onto a school's existing board rather than requiring a new curriculum, covered in Finnish pedagogy for CBSE and ICSE schools. That makes it closer in shape to CCE Finland's teacher training model than to Eduten's single-subject tool, though the specific programmes, markets and partner network differ.

How to choose between them

A school evaluating Finnish education providers should be clear about scope first: is it looking for a full early years concept, closer to HEI Schools, a maths intervention to sit inside its current classes, closer to Eduten, broad phenomenon-based teacher training, closer to CCE Finland, or K-5 pedagogy and affiliation built around its existing board, which is OPPI's focus. Asking each provider exactly which grades, subjects and teacher training they cover avoids comparing programmes that are not actually solving the same problem.

Frequently asked questions

Are HEI Schools, Eduten, CCE Finland and OPPI competitors?

They overlap in bringing Finnish education abroad, but their scope differs: HEI Schools is early years focused, Eduten is a maths platform, CCE Finland centres on teacher training, and OPPI focuses on K-5 pedagogy and school affiliation.

Can a school use more than one of these providers?

In principle yes, since they cover different parts of a school's programme, such as an early years concept alongside a maths platform, though most schools start with the single provider that matches their biggest gap.

Does OPPI compete directly with Eduten?

Not really. Eduten is a supplementary digital maths tool, while OPPI works on whole-classroom K-5 pedagogy and teacher training, so a school could use both.

Bring Finnish pedagogy to your school

OPPI affiliates a selective cohort of schools each year for its K-5 Finnish-pedagogy programme, backed by Education Finland. Tell us about your school and our team will reach out.

Backed by Education Finland. Over 20 schools have already affiliated, including DPS, Radcliffe and Sanctus. Places in each cohort are limited.

Apply to the affiliation cohort →