BBC News - Finland: Typing takes over as handwriting lessons end - 0 views
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From autumn 2016, students won't have to learn cursive handwriting or calligraphy, but will instead be taught typing skills, the report says. "Fluent typing skills are an important national competence,
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she points out that handwriting helps children to develop fine motor skills and brain function, and suggests handwriting classes could be replaced by handicrafts and drawing.
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"Handwriting is a totally useless skill. Maybe not as useless as compulsory Swedish, but coming pretty close to it."
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