Basic education in Rovaniemi includes primary and lower secondary education from grade 1 to 9. There are 23 comprehensive schools in Rovaniemi.
The teaching language in all schools is Finnish.
Rovaniemi has one bilingual comprehensive school. In Ounasrinne school teaching is 50% in Finnish and 50% in English. There is a separate application period for billingual teaching.
Schools in Rovaniemi p ...
Application
You can apply to a school other than the one assigned by the city for your child. In this case as a guardian you need to fill in the school application form (e-service). In this case, the City of Rovaniemi does not arrange or pay for school transportation.
Contact the city’s education services if you move to Rovaniemi in the middle of the school year and your child is placed in a grade other than the first grade.
Compulsory education of a child who lives permanently in Finland begins in the year they turn seven. Compulsory education ends when the student reaches the age of 18 or if they complete an upper secondary qualification (matriculation examination or vocational qualification) or an equivalent foreign education before that.
The period of compulsory education may be extended due to a disability or illness. Adults may complete the basic education syllabus for example at a general upper secondary school for adults, a folk high school or an adult education centre.
Basic Education Act