Preparatory education for pre-primary-age children

Preparatory education for pre-primary-age children is provided in municipal Finnish speaking pre-primary education groups. Preparatory education is part of other teaching and activities in pre-primary education.

Preparatory pre-primary education is free of charge and provided for five hours a day.

You can enrol your child for preparatory education for pre-primary-age children when applying for pre-primary education, but please discuss it with the staff of your child’s day care centre first.

Children attending extended compulsory education are not entitled to preparatory education. If the child has received or later receives a decision on extended compulsory education, the child’s placement will be changed to a pre-primary education placement. The child’s pre-primary education unit may also change.