Academic school year 2025-2026: Foreign students born in 2018-2009 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.

1. Choose + valmistavaan opetukseen ilmoittautuminen and click it to the shopping basket
2. Press the shopping basket and press green button Ilmoittaudu/Hakeudu (register/apply)

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 most groups are full. 

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

In the 2025-2026 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 Kortepohja daycare school, Group 1 (group is full)
Classes 1-6 Kortepohja daycare school, Group 2
Classes 1-4 Kuokkala comprehensive school, 
Classes 4-7 Kuokkala comprehensive school, 
Classes 7-9 Kuokkala comprehensive school (group is full)
Classes 1-6 Lohikoski schoolo 
Classes 1-6 Tikka school
Classes 7-9 Viitaniemi school, (group is full)
Classes 7-9 Viitaniemi school

In the 2024-2025 academic year prepatory teaching will be provided in the following schools:

Classes 1-4 Kangasvuori daycare school
Classes 1-6 Keltinmäki school, group 1
Classes 1-6 Keltinmäki school, group 2
Classes 1-6 Kortepohja daycare school
Classes 1-6 Kortepohja daycare school
Classes 1-4 Kuokkala comprehensive school
Classes 4-7 Kuokkala comprehensive school
Classes 7-9 Kuokkala comprehensive school
Classes 7-9 Kuokkala comprehensive school
Classes 1-6 Lohikoski school
Classes 1-6 Tikka school
Classes 7-9 Viitaniemi school
Classes 9 Viitaniemi school