Pre-primary education
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- Lappeenranta
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According to the Basic Education Act, a child must attend one year of pre-primary education or other activities that meet the objectives of pre-primary education during the year preceding the beginning of compulsory education. Children subject to extended compulsory education must attend pre-primary education in the year in which their compulsory education begins. In addition, children subject to ...
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Lappeenranta has been selected to participate in the two-year pre-primary education trial of the Ministry of Education and Culture, wherein two-year pre-primary education is carried out. The trial started in August 2021 and continues until the end of May 2024. The aim is, among other things, to improve the quality and effectiveness of pre-primary education, to strengthen educational equality and to examine the continuums between early childhood education and pre-primary education and primary education. The goal is to obtain information about the effects of the trial on children’s development and learning potential, social skills and the formation of healthy self-esteem.
Enrol your child in pre-primary education by filling in an electronic enrolment form. If your child needs early childhood education in addition to pre-primary education, apply for it in connection with the enrolment. Early childhood education is subject to a client fee based on the family’s size, income and service needs. Pre-primary education hours are free of charge.
As regards transport and reimbursement of travel costs, the same principles apply as in basic education.
More information is available from the head of the early childhood education unit and service guidance for early childhood education.
Background information
Children in the pre-primary education age, or 6 years, participate in pre-primary education organised by the municipality. Those 7-year-olds whose school attendance has been postponed also participate in pre-primary education. It can additionally be attended by 5-year-olds to whom a decision on extended compulsory education has been issued.
The children receive pre-primary education for four hours every morning. During this time, a lunch is served to the children.
Under the Basic Education Act, participation in pre-primary education is mandatory. A child’s guardian is responsible for ensuring that the child participates in pre-primary education or activities that meet its objectives during the school year that precedes the start of compulsory education.