Education Division, Helsinki, services

The school year in 10th grade allows young people to refine their further study plans, sharpen their knowledge and improve the grades of their...

Playgrounds and family houses organize activities for families with infants as extensions to the family training provided by family clinics for...

Helsinki’s public playgrounds organise afternoon activities for schoolchildren. In addition to this, schools, organisations, parishes and private...

The afternoon activities of comprehensive education are organized at schools or at suitable nearby facilities. Activities are organized by schools,...

The City also organises afternoon activities for schoolchildren with intellectual disabilities and autism. The afternoon activities are held in...

Apply for a municipal early childhood education place at least four months before you want your child to start attending - even if you are still...

An apprenticeship is the perfect choice if you want to combine work and study.

Pupils are entitled to necessary interpretation and assistant services for schoolwork, other teaching and student welfare services, and special...

You can take part in basic education for adults (aikuisten perusopetus), if you have not completed your basic education, you discontinued your...

Some schools in Helsinki give bilingual instruction (kaksikielinen opetus). In that case, the instruction takes place in Finnish and another language.

Comprehensive education lasts for 9 years. All the children living in Finland are subject to compulsory comprehensive education. Children usually...

Each child has been reserved a place in their own local school corresponding to the home address.

The club activities are for children aged 2–4 in Helsinki. Playgrounds and a few daycare centres run by the city have clubs, and they are all...

Early education and care is offered in municipal or private daycare, in family daycare or in playgroup club activities. Parents should apply for...

The general education information desk and the customer service of the archives operate at the service point of the City of Helsinki Education...

A hospitalized patient at the compulsory education age is entitled to instruction.

Religion or Ethics is a compulsory subject at comprehensive school. The instruction is politically independent and secular. Providing an actual...

A child is entitled to extended compulsory education if they will not be able to achieve the prescribed goals of education in nine years because of...

Family houses organise open resident based activities for families with small children.

You may cancell the course place. However the cancellation can cause extra fees for the student.