Ms Tuuli Rantala:

A big challenge, especially for some, is the lack of second-level education on the islands. Children aged over 12 cannot live on their home island. They need to move to the mainland to access to second-level education. This has a lot of affects on the families, which need to maintain two households. The support grant, which is approximately €4,000 a year, is only available for households where the parents do not live with the children on the mainland. Five out of ten of the islands have second-level education at the moment. It is something that could be easily solved through satellite education, the digital technology available at the moment and collaboration between schools.