Early childhood education and preschool education

Early childhood education in Imatra

Early childhood education services include early childhood education in kindergarten or family day care, preschool education or open club activities. Early childhood education is organized according to the national early childhood education plan (VASU) and the early childhood education plan of the city of Imatra.

Based on the law, parents of children under school age have the option of choosing early childhood education

• in an early childhood education center organized by the municipality
• by taking care of the child at home, in which case families with children under 3 years of age are entitled to home care support
• in open early childhood education services, where the right to home care support remains
• by organizing early childhood education with the support of private care.

Early childhood education offers full- and part-day care, as well as day care for families who need it.

Preschool education at Imatra

The statutory pre-school education organized by the city of Imatra is intended for all children under school age one year before the child's compulsory schooling begins. 

Six-year-olds and five-year-old children who are subject to extended compulsory schooling have the right to free pre-school education. In addition, the right to receive free pre-school education applies to those seven-year-olds whose start of basic education has been postponed by a year.

In pre-school education, the operating hours of the schools are observed. The duration of preschool education is at least 700 hours a year and about four hours a day. Preschool education follows the preschool curriculum of the city of Imatra.

Pre-school education before the start of school is functionally early childhood education. Participation in pre-school education became mandatory from August 1.8.2015, XNUMX. If a child needs day care in addition to pre-school education, it is applied for with a day care application either electronically or with an application form. A daycare fee is charged for early childhood education, depending on the family's income and the extent of care.

Welcome to early childhood education and preschool education!

Before the start of early childhood education/preschool, we have a discussion with the parents, the topics of which you can see in the form below. We ask you to familiarize yourself with the form, print it and fill it out. We need this information so that the start of your child's early childhood education/preschool goes as well as possible.

Early childhood education introduction form

For early childhood educationn's database (Varda)

The Early Childhood Education Information Reserve (Varda) is a national information reserve introduced on January 1.1.2019, XNUMX. The city of Imatra automatically transfers information from the operational early childhood education information system to Varda.

Read the relevant announcement and Privacy Statement:

• Privacy statement of the early childhood education database
• Information about Varda for guardians August 2020