Day care and educa­tion

Day care and pre-primary educa­tion

All children under school age who are perma­nently resident in Finland have a subjec­tive right to early child­hood educa­tion and care.

The main form of this right is day care, which is organized in day care centers and family day care. Partici­pa­tion is subject to a fee that depends on the family’s income and the number of children.

Pre-primary educa­tion is syste­ma­tic educa­tion and instruc­tion provi­ded in the year prece­ding the start of compul­sory educa­tion. From August 2015, pre-primary educa­tion has been compul­sory. Munici­pa­li­ties have a statu­tory duty to provide a place in pre-primary educa­tion free of charge for all children. In Nurmes, pre-primary educa­tion is organized in day care centers.

Compre­hen­sive School

Schoo­ling is compul­sory for children who live in Finland perma­nently. Compul­sory schoo­ling starts in the year when the child turns seven and ends when he/she turns 18 or earlier if he/she has comple­ted a matricu­la­tion exami­na­tion or further vocatio­nal quali­fica­tion, or an equiva­lent in another country. The child’s guardian is respon­sible for ensuring that the compul­sory educa­tion requi­re­ment is met.

For more infor­ma­tion on day care, pre-primary educa­tion and compre­hen­sive school in Nurmes, please contact the admini­stra­tion of the educa­tion service centre at Nurmes House, Kötsin­tie 2, 75500 Nurmes, email: hyvinvointipalvelut(at)nurmes.fi

Studying in Nurmes

After finis­hing compre­hen­sive school, 16–19-year-olds can choose between senior secon­dary school or vocatio­nal school in Nurmes.

Senior secon­dary school

Senior secon­dary school of Nurmes, Nurmek­sen Lukio

Nurmek­sen Lukio
Koulu­katu 1
75500 NURMES

Princi­pal Mr Timo Karppi­nen, tel. +358 40 104  5171 ([email protected])

Vocatio­nal training

The North Karelia Munici­pal Educa­tion and Training Consor­tium is respon­sible for vocatio­nal training in the region. Read more