Tampere to Create Five Upper-secondary Posts for New Hakametsä Unit

Tampere will create five teaching posts for its upper-secondary schools, to be filled in spring 2027, to staff a new Hakametsä unit and cope with growing student numbers, Tamperelainen reports.

The roles include a study counsellor and subject teachers for Finnish and literature (including Finnish as a second language), English and Swedish, history and social studies, and mathematics. Teachers have already begun shifting to the Hakametsä unit. The new staff are intended to ensure personalised guidance and learning support, in line with requirements in the upper-secondary education law and the compulsory education law. Base salaries for the posts range from €3,520 to €4,377 per month.

The city plans to house Hakametsä students at a temporary Sammonkatu campus in autumn 2027 plan for a temporary Sammonkatu campus. It had earlier scrambled to find room for about 100 new students after zoning delays pushed the permanent campus opening toward 2030 earlier scramble to find space.