TET

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This article is about the Finnish work practice program. For the Vietnamese festival, see Tết.

TET/PRAO (Työelämään tutustuminen in Finnish language, Praktisk arbetslivsorientering in Swedish) is a part of the Finnish primary schooling system where students practice working at a real working place.

The duration of the practice is two weeks, and it takes place in the 8th or 9th grade, depending on the school. Each student can choose his/her working place independently, and has to sign a contract with both his/her school and the working place. Often, students end up working in one of their relatives' or friends' working places.

The students working in the program are entitled to one free meal per day, but they receive no salary or allowance. The costs for the working place are paid by the Finnish state.