Early childhood education teacher Roosa Tilles sees in her everyday life how her work benefits children, families and society as a whole. She expects the value of the work to also be reflected in salary development and the decisions of municipal decision-makers. This would help the teacher shortage that is bothering the industry subside.

As a class teacher, Esa Ukkola feels that he is doing valuable work for the future. However, during his nearly 30-year career, he has seen the persistence of pupils decrease and the workload of teachers increase. He now hopes that municipal decision-makers will give more funding to education, because the cost is even higher for society if the funding and quality of education are not secured.