Preparatory classes for migrants in Jyväskylä - Esi- ja perusopetuksen valmistava opetus Jyväskylässä

Children under 7 (born in 2019 and after)

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Day-care and preschool

In Finland every child under school age (seven) is entitled to a place in day-care run by the municipality. The goal of the day-care services in Jyväskylä is to ensure that all children have the opportunity for a good childhood and meaningful development. The early education services aim at supporting balanced growth, development and learning as well as promoting the personal well-being of all children. Children's day-care and pre-school education | Jyväskylä.fi (jyvaskyla.fi)

The day care application form is online Applying for day-care and pre-school education | Jyväskylä.fi (jyvaskyla.fi)

Please register your 2019 born child as well to the mother tongue/heritage language lessons. Oman äidinkielen opetus - Heritage language learning

Pupils born in 2010 and before

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If you have childeren who have the final diploma from basic education in you home country, they can apply directly to upper secondary education

Upper Secondary Education Tuition Fees | Gradia

If your 2010 born child don't have the final diploma from basic education in you home country, they can apply to preparatory class.

Perustietoa koulusta ja varhaiskasvatuksesta - Basic information about school and daycare

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Perustietoa perusopetusopetuksesta ja varhaiskasvatuksesta Jyväskylässä-acc.pdf

Basic information about school and daycare in Jyväskylä.pdf

Perustietoa_arabia - Basic information in Arabic.pdf

Perustietoa_persia - Basic information in Farsi.pdf

Perustietoa_kinjaruanda - Basic infromation in Kinjaruanda.pdf

Perustietoa_ranska - Basic information in French.pdf

Perustietoa_ukrainaksi- Basic Information in Ukrainian.pdf

Perustietoa venäjäksi- Basic information in Russian.pdf

Perustietoa_somaliaksi- Basic Information in Somali.pdf

Perustietoa ruotsiksi - Basic information in Swedish.pdf

Multilingual counselling in all other matters can be found on International House Jyväskylä in English | Jyväskylä.fi

Ilmoittautuminen/Registration

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We use the online registration for preparatory classes. Unfortunately the first 2 steps are still on Finnish, , https://jyvaskyla.inschool.fi/browsecourses

Choose + valmistavaan opetukseen ilmoittautuminen and click it to the shopping basket
Press the shopping basket and press green button Ilmoittaudu/Hakeudu (register/apply)
If you are registering outside of EU, the system might not let you proceed. In this case contact pia.barlund@jyvaskyla.fi.
Press Hyväksy/Jatka (I agree/Continue)
Fill the form (at least needed information: name, birthday, address in Jyväskylä, immigration date, mother tongue, nationality, reason of immigration, telephone numeber, email address, name of foster).
If the registration is not full, the procedure can be delayed.

Step by step How to fill the registration form.pdf

Please register separate as well to the heritage language lessons/mother tongue lessons.Oman äidinkielen opetus - Heritage language learning

Lisätietoa - More information

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Kieli- ja kulttuuriryhmien opetus -
Palvelpäällikkö Pia Bärlund
pia.barlund@jyvaskyla.fi
+358-40-5455257

Preparatory class for migrant pupils

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Academic school year 2026-2027: Foreign students born in 2019-2010 are provided with preparatory teaching for basic education. The preparatory teaching is attended by all non-Finnish speaking students.

Usually, a student attends preparatory teaching for one school year and then starts at the school of his or her residential area. Preparatory teaching for basic education is provided annually at various times by different schools.

We use only the online registration for preparatory class. https://jyvaskyla.inschool.fi/browsecourses If you are registering outside of EU, the system might not let you proceed. In this case contact pia.barlund@jyvaskyla.fi.

Choose + valmistavaan opetukseen ilmoittautuminen and click it to the shopping basket
Press the shopping basket and press green button Ilmoittaudu/Hakeudu (register/apply)
Step by step instruction How to fill the registration form.pdf

We provide as well heritage language lessons i.e. mother tongue lessons in 28 different languages. Mother tongue lessons or heritage language will be arranged for students whose mother tongue/heritage language (or the language they speak in addition to their mother tongue) is not Finnish. Lessons will also be arranged for Finnish students who have lived abroad for a significant amount of time and wish to upkeep the learned foreign language. The lessons can only be arranged if at the beginning of the semester the teaching group includes a minimum of four students and a teacher, who is qualified to teach the language. The registrationform can be found here.

When we have received registration, we can inform you more about the school start. It takes at the moment at least 4 weeks, to organise the school place, because all groups are full.

We provide as well mother tongue/heritage language lessons. Please, enroll your child separate to the lessons Oman äidinkielen opetus - Heritage lan guag e learning

In the 2025-2026 academic year prepatory teaching will be provided in the following schools:

In the beginning of April 2026 we will have again more free places at the preparatory groups.

Classes 1-4 Kangasvuori daycare school (group is full)
Classes 1-6 Kangasvuori daycare school (group is full)
Classes 1-6 Keltinmäki school (group is full)
Classes 1-6 Kortepohja daycare school, Group 1 (group is full)
Classes 1-6 Kortepohja daycare school, Group 2 (group is full)
Classes 1-4 Kuokkala comprehensive school, (group is full)
Classes 4-7 Kuokkala comprehensive school, (group is full)
Classes 7-9 Kuokkala comprehensive school (group is full)
Classes 1-6 Lohikoski school, (group is full)
Classes 1-6 Tikka school, (group is full)
Classes 7-9 Viitaniemi school, (group is full)
Classes 7-9 Viitaniemi school
Classes 6-9 Vaajakumpu comprehensive school (group is full)

In the 2026-2027 academic year prepatory teaching will be provided in the following schools:

Classes 1-4 Kangasvuori daycare school
Classes 1-6 Keltinmäki school
Classes 1-6 Keltinmäki school
Classes 1-6 Kortepohja daycare school (group is full)
Classes 1-6 Kortepohja daycare school (group is full)
Classes 1-4 Kuokkala comprehensive school (
Classes 4-7 Kuokkala comprehensive school
Classes 7-9 Kuokkala comprehensive school
Classes 1-6 Lohikoski school
Classes 1-6 Tikka school
Classes 7-9 Viitaniemi school (group is full)
Classes 7-9 Viitaniemi school (5 free Place)

Four facts about Finnish school system

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Four facts about Finnish school system