Basic education in Swedish
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Your child receives free basic education in Swedish at City owned schools. Turku also has other Finnish language schools.
The City’s Swedish language schools have one shared student admission area. The guardians can enrol their child to the Swedish language school they want.
Comprehensive school starts the year your child turns seven. Situations where there is an official decision to start ...
Do the following
The City’s Swedish-language basic education has one shared student admission area. Guardians of students starting school get a compulsory education notification at the end of the year. The guardians can enrol their child to the Swedish-language school they want. Enrol your child online in Wilma.
If the number of applicants exceeds the number of places available in the first grade, the selection criteria will be applied in the following order:
- Health reasons and needs
- School’s Accessibility: The evaluation is made with Föli’s journey planner, looking at safe walking routes first and safe public transport routes second.
- Siblings in the school
- Drawing lots
To whom and on what terms
Basic education is for students aged 7 to 16 in grades 1–9.
Background information
Compulsory education of a child who lives permanently in Finland begins in the year they turn seven. Compulsory education ends when the student reaches the age of 18 or if they complete an upper secondary qualification (matriculation examination or vocational qualification) or an equivalent foreign education before that.
The period of compulsory education may be extended due to a disability or illness. Adults may complete the basic education syllabus for example at a general upper secondary school for adults, a folk high school or an adult education centre.