Primary education
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In Pielavesi, primary school education is organized in the schools of Rannankylä (grades 0-5) and Puustelli (grades 6-9) and in the schools of Säviä and Northern Pielavesi (grades 0-6).
The aim of the primary school education is to support student’s growth as people and members of the society and to teach them the necessary knowledge and skills.
Do the following
If your child has attended one of the Pielavesi municipality pre-primary schools, you do not need to register your child separately for 1st grade. Please contact the school office, if your child has not attended pre-primary school in Pielavesi and is about to start 1st grade.
The schools update their school year bulletins, including forms for requesting absences, on their school specific peda.net website.
Background information
Basic education is education delivered in accordance to a curriculum that supports the pupils’ growth as human beings and members of society and teaches them the knowledge and skills they need. It confers every pupil the same eligibility for upper secondary education.
Compulsory education applies to children who are permanent residents in Finland in the year in which they turn seven years old. Compulsory education ends when the children have completed the basic education syllabus or ten years have passed since they started in compulsory education. 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