A child entitled to extended compulsory education is also approved for special support. Both of these decisions are made by the early childhood education district manager.
The decision on extended compulsory education is usually made before compulsory education begins, meaning before the child is six years old. The child’s guardians decide whether the child enters pre-primary education at age five, meaning a year before compulsory education begins
Application for extended compulsory education, PDF in Finnish
Pre-primary education for 6-year-olds may last 1–2 years, and it is organised in a daycare centre. The child will enter school when they start 1st grade. When necessary, the child may start school a year later.
Further information is provided by your child’s daycare centre and the region’s itinerant special needs early childhood education teacher.